a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) (01/16/91)
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." ______________________________________________________________ | Rick McCormack | IMAGISTICS BUSINESS THEATRE TECHNOLOGY | | Vancouver, BC | Information transfer - with a purpose. | | CANADA | ________________________________________ | | AOL: Rique | INTERACTIVE COMPREHENSIVE ENLIGHTENING | |________________|____________________________________________|
toyosawa@nttvdt.NTT.JP (Satoshi Toyosawa) (01/18/91)
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