More Annoying Than 3-D: Smells From Your Television
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 12:01
in Psychology & Sociology
Does 3-D television seem like a waste of time to you? Perhaps you will like Smell-O-Vision more.Or not. Even if you like neither of those things, they are waypoints on the path to immersive, interactive environments. So buy this stuff today and some day we Science 2.0 folks can solve mysteries on the Holodeck with Data from "Star Trek: The Next Generation."Television programming executives want to be able to trigger your emotions as effectively as possible so engineers have focused on sight and sound - but that doesn't mean it has to stop there. Wouldn't Pizza-Hut love to advertise right after the characters on a program eat some pizza and you can smell it? Indeed they would. read more