Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Dolby 5.1 for your Olfactory System?

Wild new concept idea from the Behance Network: a way to add smell to your television or movie-watching experience. And we're not talking about the smell of butter and dried soda syrup in the theater lobby, either...we're talking surround sound for the nose!

Cartridges load into the SMELLIT unit (sketched out above) just like you load color packs into a printer, except they pack "scents" instead of toner. They then discharge in time with whatever is happening on screen.

Car peeling out of a parking lot after pulling a bank job? Get ready for pungence of burnt rubber. The guy at the end of the street doesn't pick up after his dog, and the main character in the movie you're watching steps right in...well, you get the picture.

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