{"id":25079,"date":"2016-04-27T13:01:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T20:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/virtual-dining-experience-allows-you-to-taste-food-without-the-calories"},"modified":"2017-04-24T21:11:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T04:11:10","slug":"virtual-dining-experience-allows-you-to-taste-food-without-the-calories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/virtual-dining-experience-allows-you-to-taste-food-without-the-calories","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Dining Experience Allows You To Taste Food Without The Calories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/virtual-dining-experience-allows-you-to-taste-food-without-the-calories.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is AR your new diet plan?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The future of dining is here, and it\u2019s all about molecular gastronomy, augmented reality headsets and multi-textured algae \u2014 and it\u2019s virtually no calories.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectnourished.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Project Nourished<\/a> have found a way to merge the taste, feel and smell of food using atomizers, virtual reality headsets, a device that mimics chewing sounds, a glass with built-in sensors, a specialized utensil, and a 3D-printed food cube. The goal is to trick the user\u2019s mind and palate into thinking they\u2019re experiencing something entirely different than what they\u2019re actually eating.<\/p>\n<p>According to CEO Jinsoo An, the project was born out of his frustrations with his own gluten and soy sensitivities. He wants to help people struggling with weight management, diabetes and other food intolerances, so they can enjoy foods they might not otherwise be able to consume.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/virtual-dining-project-nourished_us_571fa82ee4b01a5ebde38f98\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/virtual-dining-project-n...5ebde38f98<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is AR your new diet plan? The future of dining is here, and it\u2019s all about molecular gastronomy, augmented reality headsets and multi-textured algae \u2014 and it\u2019s virtually no calories. Researchers at Project Nourished have found a way to merge the taste, feel and smell of food using atomizers, virtual reality headsets, a device that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,1498,11,1694,1506,1879],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-augmented-reality","category-biotech-medical","category-electronics","category-food","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25079"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50701,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25079\/revisions\/50701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}