Quality of experience assessment of 3D video synchronised with multisensorial media components

While traditional multimedia has primarily focused on vision and hearing, a new form of rich media known as “multiple sensorial media” (mulsemedia) is actively growing and developing. Mulsemedia represents a revolutionary type of media which integrates additional components capable to target other senses (e.g. touch, olfactory, gustatory) alongside multimedia content. In the context of classic multimedia applications, user quality of experience (QoE) has been extensively studied. Some QoE related research has also been performed in case of 2D video based mulsemedia content, demonstrating the fact that mulsemedia increases user QoE as compared to classic multimedia. However, there is a need for further studies on the user QoE when experiencing mulsemedia. This paper performs an extensive subjective study in order to investigate for the first time in the literature user QoE when subject to 3D video based mulsemedia. The results obtained from tests run for the 3D video based mulsemedia are discussed and analyzed in comparison with the results obtained for the same tests performed with 2D video. The results show how user QoE associated to the 3D video based mulsemedia is higher than the user QoE associated to the 2D video based experience.