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Suzanne Fisher-Murray saw the technology being demonstrated at the British Science Festival. She told VOA, “It is a really immersive experience that you have because you’re exploring this environment and you have smells … with it.”
Smell technology has been tried in the past. In the United States, Smell-O-Vision was designed to provide smells during the showing of a movie. The Smell-O-Vision system was briefly popular in the 1960s. Now, University of Sussex researcher Emanuela Maggioni says it is close to becoming popular again.
“The connection with emotions, memories, and … the sense of smell,” Maggioni said. “It is incredible what we can do with technology.”
The uses for smell technology are not just limited to films and the performing arts. Researchers also demonstrated a computer program where users could imagine themselves driving a car.
