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2 total messages Started by Rick McCormack Wed, 16 Jan 1991 13:12

#901

Author: Rick McCormack
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 1991 13:12

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several messages have jokingly referred to SMELL-O-RAMA as something we could
use in multimedia.  In 1976, in sydney, Australia, a company called
Hunter-Douglas installed a 5-screen multimedia presentation theatre that
included, but was not limited to:
a) 15 slide projectors b) 2 movie (16 mm) projectors
c) a 30 foot revolving stage with 3 sets
d) laser lighting effects
e) a projector that caused a moon to rise, travel above the screen area and
then set
f) room lighting and curtain control
and (finally) control of 3 odors, including apple pie, fresh leather (to
simulate a new car smell) and flowers.

All were controlled from a single 4 channel audio tape.  (by the way, we used a
fourth aerosol to spray a neutral smell after each of the others to enhance the
next smells effect - you should have seen the electro-mechanical device we
built to do this!!!)

So, don't get startled if your next boardroom presentation includes the smell
of new money, roses or oil wells.  It's just another case of "everything old is
new again."
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Re: Multi-media is ...

#908

Author: Satoshi Toyosawa
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 1991 04:25

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Hello there;

In article <4476@mindlink.UUCP> a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) writes:
 >>and (finally) control of 3 odors, including apple pie, fresh leather (to
 >>simulate a new car smell) and flowers.
 >>All were controlled from a single 4 channel audio tape.  (by the way, we used a
 >>fourth aerosol to spray a neutral smell after each of the others to enhance the
 >>next smells effect

I have read a long time ago an article in a non-technical magazine,
which described "a movie with odor". It said the idea was considerably
interesting, but changing air frequently caused the audiences to
sneeze. So far, it seems there is no good solution for this problem
discovered. Sounds like a joke. 
--
----  Satoshi Toyosawa
      Visual Media Lab., NTT Human Interface Labs.
      Take 1-2356, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-03, Japan
      e-mail: toyosawa%nttvdt.ntt.jp@relay.cs.net

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