“Blooming Resonant Tea: A Multisensory Dining Experience with Dynamic Visuals and Music” by Chen, Liu, Cao, Kamiyama, Wakisaka, et al. …
Conference:
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Title:
- Blooming Resonant Tea: A Multisensory Dining Experience with Dynamic Visuals and Music
Organizer(s)/Presenter(s):
- Weijen Chen
- Kao-Hua Liu
- Jiashuo Cao
- Youichi Kamiyama
- Sohei Wakisaka
- Stefano Citi
- Mark Billinghurst
- Yun Suen Pai
- Kouta Minamizawa
Interest Areas(s):
- Art / Design
- Gaming & Entertainment
- New Technologies
Description:
This study introduces the Blooming Resonant Tea system, a drinking system that integrates taste, visual, and auditory stimuli to enhance the flavor of herbal tea and ingredient immersion. Studies show that cymatics—using vibrational frequencies to create dynamic liquid patterns—and music can amplify existing flavors, while dynamic projections can enhance food perception. To augment flavor, the system employs two methods: generating cymatics patterns through a VP2 vibrator embedded in the cup and using flavor-associated music. For ingredient immersion, blooming projections are used to visually transform the tea from a bud to full bloom. This system offers a customizable multi-sensory drinking experience, allowing users to select different herbal teas with matching projections, cymatics patterns, and music, creating a tri-sensory tea-drinking ritual for the future.
References:
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