Reality strikes gaming world with olfaction supplements

Imagine playing a war game with smell of gunpowder and pine forest wafting through or maybe while watching the video for making a chocolate cake the aroma of the sinful chocolate hits you and you can hardly wait until you pop the slice into your mouth. This blurring of lines between the virtual and reality is no delving into the mind's eye or living a dream sequence but the actuality of a new gadget in the scene of entertainment media. The ScentScape system of Scentscience seeks to pull you off your feet into the virtual world by packing your visuals and acoustics with the missing link of smells.

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The product

This olfactory treat to the gaming world is a plug-and-play USB gadget which connects to the PC to release odors on digital prompts with computer games and also other supported video formats . It comes packed with 20 different scents or odors and can fill your room or booth with the aroma of flowers or ocean or smoke while playing a racing game with appropriate visuals. With the help of the tools provided by ScentEditor , an additional application, one can add background scents, which will whiff off at strategic points of inclusion in the videos. The layering of scents in the videos not only makes the virtual experience more real but also kindles passion into the game. This extra dimension to the gaming experience can also be tailor-made according to the user’s personal smell specifications.

Specifications

The appliance is equipped with 20 different scents per cartridge. Each cartridge lasts for 200 hours of arduous use depending on the settings. It also has a demo software to help users further. The company assures that other than the customized set of smells, tailored cartridges would also be available to address precise media particulars of users.

The user will be equipped to control and specify the volume of scent released at each cue points of the videos. With its dimensions of 3.5"h x 4.25"w x 5.5", this USB device is compact and can easily fit in the setup.

The Scenteditor system, which is an additional application to the hardware and software Scentscape player, comes with a user manual and white paper with use applications.

System Requirements

Windows 98, XP, Vista, 7, Pentium processor or higher, 1GB RAM, 250 MB available hard drive space and availability of USB Port.

Price

The ScentScape is priced at $69.99 and the ScentEditor comes with an additional price of $19.99.

Via: Digital Trends