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New Technology Allows You to SMELL Your Video Games
If cool graphics and sound aren't enough for you, enhance your gaming experience by immersing yourself in smell-o-vision. Picture the scene: you're engrossed in fighting German troops in Stalingrad when you gradually notice the unmistakable whiff of gunsmoke in the air. Or perhaps you are speeding around the race track when you suddenly have to slam on the brakes. As well as the sound of screeching tyres emanating from your PC, you experience the smell of burning rubber. The idea is that the smells would change during the game to add atmosphere. So you might get a quick whiff of pizza as you drove by a fast-food outlet in Grand Theft Auto.
According to Jo Cooke, chief marketing officer at amBX, a gaming special effects company, owned by Philips. "The first level of sensory experience is light and sound," she says. "We make it possible for any effects to be produced, and this includes SMELL! It's easy to introduce a smell into a room, the problem is how to remove an odour quickly in order to create the next one."
So how does it all work? The current amBX system enables game makers to add trigger points into their titles that can tell external kit connected to your PC to perform a specific action at an appropriate moment. These trigger points would be used to release smells.
The company has tested several types of smell-release device that employ a variety of techniques such as emitting fine sprays of fragrance that evaporate quickly or wafers preimpregnated with odours. However, until the issue of removing a smell from a room quickly is resolved, the smell machine will remain under lock and key.
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