Internet of Senses Podcast

Join Smell Expert Sofia Ehrich as she interviews Professor Charles Spence of Oxford University. In this interview, they discuss how the senses work together to enhance our experiences and the different research labs he runs. 

Professor Charles Spence is a world-famous experimental psychologist with a
specialization in neuroscience-inspired multisensory design. He has worked
with many of the world’s largest companies across the globe since establishing
the Crossmodal Research Laboratory (CRL) at the Department of Experimental
Psychology, Oxford University in 1997. Prof. Spence has published over 1,250
academic articles and edited or authored, 16 books including, in 2014, the Prose
prize-winning “The perfect meal”, and the international bestseller
“Gastrophysics: The new science of eating” (2017; Penguin Viking) – winner of
the 2019 Le Grand Prix de la Culture Gastronomique from Académie
Internationale de la Gastronomie. “Sensehacking” was published in 2021, and
“Digital Dining”, with Prof. Carlos Velasco, in 2025.
Much of Prof. Spence’s work focuses on the design of enhanced multisensory
food and drink experiences, through collaborations with chefs, baristas,
mixologists, chocolatiers, perfumiers, and the food and beverage, and flavour
and fragrance industries. Prof. Spence has worked extensively in the world of
multisensory experiential wine and coffee and has also worked extensively on
the question of how technology will transform our dining/drinking experiences
in the future.

Join Smell Expert Sofia Ehrich as she interviews Sam Wisniewski and Sarah Socia from OVR Technology. In this interview, they discuss the intersection of smell & gaming and how OVR's product is applicable across multiple genres of immersive gaming experiences. 
Sam Wisniewski is a Co-Founder and President at OVR Technology, where he works to bring scent into digital media and immersive experiences. His career spans investment banking, hospitality operations, and fragrance formulation, giving him a multidisciplinary perspective on business, sensory experience, and emerging technology.
Before OVR, Wisniewski founded a boutique flavor and fragrance company developing products for food, beverage, and personal care brands. Today he leads operations, strategy, and commercialization efforts as OVR prepares to launch consumer scent technology that enables developers and creators to add smell to digital content.
Sarah Socia is Director of Fragrance Innovation and R&D at OVR Technology, where she develops scent cartridges and olfactory delivery systems for immersive digital experiences. With a background spanning chemosensory research, fragrance development, and life sciences consulting, she brings a scientific perspective to how scent can be thoughtfully designed and applied within digital content, translating the science of smell into innovative scent technologies.
Link to the kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/omara/the-omara-scent-display-for-gaming/comments
Link to Website: https://www.ovrtechnology.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ovromara/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ovromara
Twitter: https://x.com/OVROmara

Join Sight and Emerging Tech Expert Samantha Wolfe as she interviews Jeremy Dalton, Founder of XRHQ.com. In this interview, they discuss Jeremy's background, how it lead to him creating his own company, and the evolution of XR technology. 
Jeremy Dalton leads XRHQ.com, a free intelligence platform for XR professionals, tracking real applications of immersive technologies as they go live across every industry worldwide.Previously, he established PwC's global immersive technologies practice, leading over 150 projects across 50 countries. He has co-authored research published at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), and his insights have been cited by the World Economic Forum, Citigroup, and The Economist.

Jeremy is an international speaker and author of Reality Check: How VR and AR Can Supercharge Your Business, translated into Chinese, German, and Korean. He currently advises venture capital firm FOV Ventures on AI, robotics, and spatial computing investments.

Join Smell Expert Sofia Ehrich as she interviews Carl Philpott, Professor of Rhinology and Olfactology. In this interview, they discuss smell research and funding in the UK and how it is applicable to studies done in the US. 

Professor Philpott leads the research group based at UEA with a team of academic trainees and collaborators as well as links to national and international colleagues and units. He leads the MACRO Programme Grant and is President of the British Otorhinolaryngology & Allied Sciences Research Society. A full biography is available on the UEA website. Research details can also be found on his ResearchGate profile, and he also has a UEA Experts profile page, and a profile page on Top Doctors.

Join Smell Expert Sofia Ehrich as she interviews Brian Goeltzenleuchter, interdisciplinary artist. In this interview, they discuss how Brian utilizes scent to influence the experience of art and his future innovations. 

Brian Goeltzenleuchter is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of olfactory art, social engagement, and image making. Goeltzenleuchter is widely recognized as a leading figure in the field of olfactory art. His art and writing treat air as an artistic medium and breathing as a vehicle for aesthetic and critical contemplation. His socially engaged projects investigate themes of identity, ecology, and the boundaries between humans, institutions, and the natural world. His practice has been recognized for its contributions to the emerging fields of olfactory art and socially engaged art, and it has been discussed within art criticism, philosophy, disability studies, and environmental studies. He is the Darlene Shiley Honors Faculty Fellow in the Weber Honors College, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Public and Urban Affairs, San Diego State University.