CHI LaTeX Extended Abstracts Template

Paste the appropriate copyright statement here. ACM now supports three different copyright statements: • ACM copyright: ACM holds the copyright on the work. This is the historical approach. • License: The author(s) retain copyright, but ACM receives an exclusive publication license. • Open Access: The author(s) wish to pay for the work to be open access. The additional fee must be paid to ACM. This text field is large enough to hold the appropriate release statement assuming it is single spaced. Every submission will be assigned their own unique DOI string to be included here. Abstract As the internet of things (IoT) has integrated physical and digital technologies, designing for multiple sensory media (”mulsemedia”) has become more attainable. Designing technology for multiple senses has the capacity to improve virtual realism, extend our ability to process information, and more easily transfer knowledge between physical and digital environments. HCI researchers are beginning to explore the viability of integrating multimedia into virtual experiences, however research has yet to consider whether mulsemedia truly enhances pattern recognition and knowledge transfer in virtual reality (VR). My work on StreamBED, a VR training to help citizen scientists make qualitative judgments of stream environments, plans to consider the role of mulsemedia in observation and pattern recognition. Future findings about the role of mulsemedia in learning contexts will potentially allow learners to experience, connect to, learn from spaces that are impossible to experience firsthand.