Smells Like Fire: Exploring the Impact of Olfactory Cues in VR Wildfire Evacuation Training
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| author | Crosby, Alison Johns, MJ Choi, Eunsol Sol Polu, Tejas Isbister, Katherine Kurniawan, Sri |
| author_facet | Crosby, Alison Johns, MJ Choi, Eunsol Sol Polu, Tejas Isbister, Katherine Kurniawan, Sri |
| contents | This paper presents a pilot study exploring the effects of an olfactory stimulus (smoke) for a Virtual Reality game designed to support wildfire evacuation preparedness. Participants (N=18) were split evenly into either a smoke or a control condition, and both completed the same evacuation task. Post-task surveys assessed the participants' perceived preparedness and overall experience. Initial findings suggest participants in the smoke condition reported significantly higher immersion compared to those in the control condition. Across both groups, participants expressed an increased sense of preparedness for real-world wildfire evacuations following the experience. |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Smells Like Fire: Exploring the Impact of Olfactory Cues in VR Wildfire Evacuation Training Crosby, Alison Johns, MJ Choi, Eunsol Sol Polu, Tejas Isbister, Katherine Kurniawan, Sri Human-Computer Interaction Emerging Technologies This paper presents a pilot study exploring the effects of an olfactory stimulus (smoke) for a Virtual Reality game designed to support wildfire evacuation preparedness. Participants (N=18) were split evenly into either a smoke or a control condition, and both completed the same evacuation task. Post-task surveys assessed the participants' perceived preparedness and overall experience. Initial findings suggest participants in the smoke condition reported significantly higher immersion compared to those in the control condition. Across both groups, participants expressed an increased sense of preparedness for real-world wildfire evacuations following the experience. |
| title | Smells Like Fire: Exploring the Impact of Olfactory Cues in VR Wildfire Evacuation Training |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction Emerging Technologies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.07699 |