Taste Retargeting via Chemical Taste Modulators

Video figure for "Taste Retargeting via Chemical Taste Modulators" from ACM UIST 2023. This work was presented at the ACM UIST 2023 conference in San Fransisco, CA, United States by Jas Brooks. This work was done in collaboration with Noor Amin and Pedro Lopes at the University of Chicago's Human Computer Integration Lab.
Abstract:
Taste retargeting selectively changes taste perception using taste modulators-chemicals that temporarily alter the response of taste receptors to foods and beverages. As our technique can deliver droplets of modulators before eating or drinking, it is the first interactive method to selectively alter the basic tastes of real foods without obstructing eating or impacting the food’s consistency. It can be used, for instance, to enable a single food prop to stand in for many virtual foods. For instance, it can transform a pickled blackberry in: a lemon (by decreasing sweetness with lactisole), a strawberry (by transforming sour to sweetness with miraculin), and much more.
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