Smell with Genji: Rediscovering Human Perception through an Olfactory Game with AI
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| author | Chen, Awu Wu, Vera Yu Wen, Yunge Wang, Yaluo Yin, Jiaxuan Olivia Wang, Yichen Xiang, Qian Zhang, Richard Liang, Paul Pu Ishii, Hiroshi |
| author_facet | Chen, Awu Wu, Vera Yu Wen, Yunge Wang, Yaluo Yin, Jiaxuan Olivia Wang, Yichen Xiang, Qian Zhang, Richard Liang, Paul Pu Ishii, Hiroshi |
| contents | Olfaction plays an important role in human perception, yet its subjective and ephemeral nature makes it difficult to articulate, compare, and share across individuals. Traditional practices like the Japanese incense game Genji-ko offer one way to structure olfactory experience through shared interpretation. In this work, we present Smell with Genji, an AI-mediated olfactory interaction system that reinterprets Genji-ko as a collaborative human-AI sensory experience. By integrating a game setup, a mobile application, and an LLM-powered co-smelling partner equipped with olfactory sensing and LLM-based conversation, the system invites participants to compare scents and construct Genji-mon patterns, fostering reflection through a dialogue that highlights the alignment and discrepancies between human and machine perception. This work illustrates how sensing-enabled AI can participate in olfactory experience alongside users, pointing toward new possibilities for AI-supported sensory interaction and reflection in HCI. |
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| spellingShingle | Smell with Genji: Rediscovering Human Perception through an Olfactory Game with AI Chen, Awu Wu, Vera Yu Wen, Yunge Wang, Yaluo Yin, Jiaxuan Olivia Wang, Yichen Xiang, Qian Zhang, Richard Liang, Paul Pu Ishii, Hiroshi Human-Computer Interaction Olfaction plays an important role in human perception, yet its subjective and ephemeral nature makes it difficult to articulate, compare, and share across individuals. Traditional practices like the Japanese incense game Genji-ko offer one way to structure olfactory experience through shared interpretation. In this work, we present Smell with Genji, an AI-mediated olfactory interaction system that reinterprets Genji-ko as a collaborative human-AI sensory experience. By integrating a game setup, a mobile application, and an LLM-powered co-smelling partner equipped with olfactory sensing and LLM-based conversation, the system invites participants to compare scents and construct Genji-mon patterns, fostering reflection through a dialogue that highlights the alignment and discrepancies between human and machine perception. This work illustrates how sensing-enabled AI can participate in olfactory experience alongside users, pointing toward new possibilities for AI-supported sensory interaction and reflection in HCI. |
| title | Smell with Genji: Rediscovering Human Perception through an Olfactory Game with AI |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.02785 |