{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7153742392","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799121","title":"Smell with Genji: Rediscovering Human Perception through an Olfactory Game with AI","display_name":"Smell with Genji: Rediscovering Human Perception through an Olfactory Game with AI","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-13","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7153742392","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799121"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3772363.3799121","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799121","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799121","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5128000105","display_name":"Awu Chen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63966007","display_name":"Massachusetts Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/042nb2s44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Awu Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambrdige, Massachusetts, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3079-9717","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambrdige, Massachusetts, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114099489","display_name":"Yu Wu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6871-9263"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63966007","display_name":"Massachusetts Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/042nb2s44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vera Yu Wu","raw_affiliation_strings":["MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6871-9263","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5124145019","display_name":"Yunge Wen","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I57206974","display_name":"New York University","ror":"https://ror.org/0190ak572","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yunge Wen","raw_affiliation_strings":["New York University, Brooklyn, New York, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1410-6665","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"New York University, Brooklyn, New York, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I57206974"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5125025869","display_name":"Jiaxuan Olivia Yin","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210160844","display_name":"Individual Differences","ror":"https://ror.org/05patbw61","country_code":"US","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210160844"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jiaxuan Olivia Yin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Individual Researcher, Orange, California, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3125-1784","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Individual Researcher, Orange, California, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210160844"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5104148064","display_name":"Yaluo Wang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I136199984","display_name":"Harvard University","ror":"https://ror.org/03vek6s52","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801851002","display_name":"Harvard University Press","ror":"https://ror.org/006v7bf86","country_code":"US","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984","https://openalex.org/I2801851002"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yaluo Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate School Of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4193-7075","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate School Of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801851002","https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Yichen Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2892-2957"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I136199984","display_name":"Harvard University","ror":"https://ror.org/03vek6s52","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801851002","display_name":"Harvard University Press","ror":"https://ror.org/006v7bf86","country_code":"US","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984","https://openalex.org/I2801851002"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yichen Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate School Of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2892-2957","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate School Of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801851002","https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5125032214","display_name":"Qian Xiang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I136199984","display_name":"Harvard University","ror":"https://ror.org/03vek6s52","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2801851002","display_name":"Harvard University Press","ror":"https://ror.org/006v7bf86","country_code":"US","type":"other","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984","https://openalex.org/I2801851002"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qian Xiang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Graduate School Of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5758-5137","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Graduate School Of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2801851002","https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Haoxi Zhang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0508-7203"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63966007","display_name":"Massachusetts Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/042nb2s44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Haoxi Zhang","raw_affiliation_strings":["MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0508-7203","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086233510","display_name":"Paul Pu Liang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7768-3610"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63966007","display_name":"Massachusetts Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/042nb2s44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Paul Pu Liang","raw_affiliation_strings":["MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7768-3610","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130624680","display_name":"H. Ishii","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63966007","display_name":"Massachusetts Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/042nb2s44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hiroshi Ishii","raw_affiliation_strings":["MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4918-8908","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":10,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5128000105"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63966007"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.83414634,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"5"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10971","display_name":"Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies","score":0.9768000245094299,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2809","display_name":"Sensory Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10971","display_name":"Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies","score":0.9768000245094299,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2809","display_name":"Sensory Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/28","display_name":"Neuroscience"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11667","display_name":"Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies","score":0.003800000064074993,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12032","display_name":"Multisensory perception and integration","score":0.0035000001080334187,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/perception","display_name":"Perception","score":0.4894999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/olfaction","display_name":"Olfaction","score":0.40299999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/olfactory-perception","display_name":"Olfactory perception","score":0.3628000020980835}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.6011999845504761},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.4894999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46312422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11024","display_name":"Communication","level":1,"score":0.42719998955726624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163214680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1541064","display_name":"Olfaction","level":2,"score":0.40299999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.3750999867916107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2910791027","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1541064","display_name":"Olfactory perception","level":3,"score":0.3628000020980835},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.32190001010894775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2766999900341034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.26080000400543213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.24320000410079956}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3772363.3799121","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799121","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3772363.3799121","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3799121","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1523238790","https://openalex.org/W2006226513","https://openalex.org/W2011942600","https://openalex.org/W2016486222","https://openalex.org/W2047594849","https://openalex.org/W2075443969","https://openalex.org/W2163544283","https://openalex.org/W2318650553","https://openalex.org/W2346884567","https://openalex.org/W2472423243","https://openalex.org/W2981744743","https://openalex.org/W3002832207","https://openalex.org/W4210345114","https://openalex.org/W4385610062","https://openalex.org/W4396833086","https://openalex.org/W4396917535","https://openalex.org/W4398184816"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Olfaction":[0],"plays":[1],"an":[2,50,75],"important":[3],"role":[4],"in":[5,126,141],"human":[6,114],"perception,":[7],"yet":[8],"its":[9],"subjective":[10],"and":[11,20,74,83,98,111,115,139],"ephemeral":[12],"nature":[13],"makes":[14],"it":[15],"difficult":[16],"to":[17,35,95],"articulate,":[18],"compare,":[19],"share":[21],"across":[22],"individuals.":[23],"Traditional":[24],"practices":[25],"like":[26],"the":[27,91,109],"Japanese":[28],"incense":[29],"game":[30,69],"Genji-k\u014d":[31,59],"offer":[32],"one":[33],"way":[34],"structure":[36],"olfactory":[37,54,81,127],"experience":[38,128],"through":[39,104],"shared":[40],"interpretation.":[41],"In":[42],"this":[43],"work,":[44],"we":[45],"present":[46],"Smell":[47],"with":[48,80],"Genji,":[49],"artificial":[51],"intelligence":[52],"(AI)-mediated":[53],"interaction":[55,138,143],"system":[56,92],"that":[57,107],"reinterprets":[58],"as":[60],"a":[61,68,71,105],"collaborative":[62],"human-AI":[63],"sensory":[64,137],"experience.":[65],"By":[66],"integrating":[67],"setup,":[70],"mobile":[72],"application,":[73],"AI":[76,123],"co-smelling":[77],"partner":[78],"equipped":[79],"sensing":[82],"large":[84],"language":[85],"model":[86],"(LLM)-based":[87],"based":[88],"conversational":[89],"capabilities,":[90],"invites":[93],"participants":[94],"compare":[96],"scents":[97],"construct":[99],"Genji-mon":[100],"patterns,":[101],"fostering":[102],"reflection":[103,140],"dialogue":[106],"highlights":[108],"alignment":[110],"discrepancies":[112],"between":[113],"machine":[116],"perception.":[117],"This":[118],"work":[119],"illustrates":[120],"how":[121],"sensing-enabled":[122],"can":[124],"participate":[125],"alongside":[129],"users,":[130],"pointing":[131],"toward":[132],"new":[133],"possibilities":[134],"for":[135],"AI-supported":[136],"human-computer":[142],"(HCI).":[144]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-04-29T09:16:38.111599","created_date":"2026-04-13T00:00:00"}