The Virtual Cafeteria: An Immersive Environment for Interactive Food Portion-Size Education

ÇELİKCAN U., Bulbul A. S., Aslan C., BÜYÜKTUNCER DEMİREL Z., IŞGIN ATICI K., EDE G., ...Daha Fazla

3rd Workshop on Multisensory Approaches to Human-Food Interaction, Colorado, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 16 Ekim 2018 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
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  • Doi Numarası: 10.1145/3279954.3279960
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Colorado
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Multisensory Nutrition Education, Portion Size, Adolescents, Food Interaction, Virtual Reality, CONSUMER RESEARCH, EATING PATTERNS, REALITY, OBESITY
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This work introduces the Virtual Cafeteria, a novel virtual reality simulation of a buffet-style cafeteria for use in food portion-size education of adolescents as an alternative to established approaches such as verbal education and education with fake food replicas. As user behavior is automatically recorded to the millisecond, the application also serves as a tool for assessment of food portion-size perception. The Virtual Cafeteria offers a wide range of energy and nutrient densities in 64 food and 7 beverage options. Addressing the limitations and shortcomings of the immersive environments used in previous studies on food portion-size, the Virtual Cafeteria features not only a considerably wider variety of food but also multisensory feedback coupled with a high level of interaction and photorealism, and imperceptible latency.