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There's no virtual flavor here.

>There were nine taste-generating channels filled with flavored hydrogels. The gels were made out of agarose mixed with a bit of mineral water and specific flavor essences: sugar, salt, citric acid, cherry, milk, green tea, passion fruit, durian, and grapefruit.

Don't get me wrong, the miniturization and delivery is cool, but nothing virtual here.

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I mean.. what did you expect? Did you think that they wired electrodes into someone's brain and simulated taste? We're you expecting claims of telepathically communicating taste channels to virtual reality users? Or maybe they managed to upload someone's consciousness into vr, through which delivered virtual taste.

As far as hacker news pedantry goes, this is award winning.

> what did you expect?

Something like electrodes stimulating the tongue to create the sensation of flavour. I wouldn't call this "virtual taste" for the same reason I wouldn't describe Glade as "virtual scent".

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