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Interview with Professor Adrian Cheok – University of Adelaide Distinguished Alumni Award

By: admineering December 8, 2016March 10, 2017

Adrian is a pioneer in mixed reality and multisensory communication; his innovation and leadership has been recognised internationally through multiple awards.
Some of his pioneering works in mixed reality include innovative and interactive games such as ‘3dlive’, ‘Human Pacman’ and ‘Huggy Pajama’. He is also the inventor of the world’s first electric and thermal taste machine, which produces virtual tastes with electric current and thermal energy.

Adrian Cheok is a 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient in recognition of his achievements and contribution in the field of computing, engineering and multisensory communication.

View more alumni award winners at adelaide.edu.au/alumni/recognised

Adrian Cheok on University of Adelaide Alumni Magazine Lumen

By: admineering December 2, 2016December 2, 2016

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Read on: https://issuu.com/uniofadelaide/docs/2725-1-lumen-2017-summer-magazine-w/30

Strange New Technologies Explore the World of Virtual Taste, Touch, & Smell

By: admineering November 1, 2016November 1, 2016

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By Adam Dachis

Virtual, mixed, and augmented reality all provide different but compellingly immersive experiences that draw us in through sight and sound. But what about our other senses? A few strange inventions are already exploring the possibilities.

Adrian Cheok, professor of pervasive computing at City University London and the director of Singapore’s Mixed Reality Labs, decided to figure out the best ways to connect our other senses to digital environments. That definitely includes smell and taste, along with touch, and those sensations can be a bit more difficult to “render” with technology.