Japanese smell-o-vision TV releases scents with per-pixel accuracy

The media and electronics industries have mastered the home theater. We have sharp HD television and movies, crystal clear surround sound, and can access whatever we want to watch or listen to in a moment’s notice with the help of the internet. What our home entertainment setups still don’t have, though, is smell-o-vision. Thanks to a Japanese team of researchers, we might soon be able to smell those 11 secret herbs and spices in that Kentucky Fried Chicken ad.

Cool, i definitely want one of these! Hope they work a little better than the current 3DTVs! Obviously i'm thinking of the applications way beyond advertisements.

Brings a whole new definition to party political broadcasts, I wonder if we will be able to smell the bull crap coming out there mouths? LoL

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Oh My God.

Sorry for the Cliché internet comment, but this sounds like the death of many people when advertisements for fast food might be able to use this to market their product...

I know my mouth waters when i smell some good food being cooked near by, this could be extremely unfair!

and also how far could it go, do you want to watch "worlds worst jobs" with smell of vision? i dont!

could make for some extremely disturbing channel flicking!

Do not want.

Seriously, why do some of the strangest things always seem to come out of Japan?

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And now, from the people who gave you used undergarments in a vending machine; SMELL-O-VISION!!!11!1!!!!1!11!!!one!!!!11!!!

Yeah, no thanks.

Scary…

More «strange and unknown substances» are released to our already polluted air under the name of “entertainment enhancements” to gain more control on the “systematically brain washing” process.

Originally posted by TokiTheDestroyer
Do not want.

Seriously, why do some of the strangest things always seem to come out of Japan?

www.oddee.com...

And now, from the people who gave you used undergarments in a vending machine; SMELL-O-VISION!!!11!1!!!!1!11!!!one!!!!11!!!

Yeah, no thanks.

Lets thank the Japanese again, well done for making this world more interesting. To say no thanks is being ignorant to the true genius of the Japanes people. They Have invented and discovered Many things that made our lives easier and more intresting

I want to say so much about this but wont. Im biting my lip on this one

Ill just say 4 words : Japanese adult movie industry..

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"Ill just say 4 words : Japanese adult movie industry"

Stop biting them lips PhoenixOD, spill!

Say your piece mate, I could do with grin! LoL

Would you be able to filter the bad smells out?

I see a lot of crap on tv that I wouldn't want to smell..

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That's sick man, the Japanese porn industry is the most perverse and degenerate on this planet.
Nothing good to smell there!

Originally posted by daryllyn
Would you be able to filter the bad smells out?

I see a lot of crap on tv that I wouldn't want to smell..

People say most of anything on TV, is crap and crap smells!

To the guy that mentioned adult entertainment..... in japan.... smell o vision... EEEUUWWWW!!

Thats amazing,but I`m not sure people would want most smells in their homes.


I`ll never watch "Blazing Saddles" again!

This is great.
I mean in my head it sounds good, but realistically, how is this going to be possible. The TV is generally far away. I like the idea, I just don't see how they are going to pull it off.


....am I the only one.

Originally posted by AKINOFTHEFIRSSTARS
This is great.
I mean in my head it sounds good, but realistically, how is this going to be possible. The TV is generally far away. I like the idea, I just don't see how they are going to pull it off.


....am I the only one.

dont stress lets leave it to the scientisits to figure out

Imagine walking in a room and painfully asking as to who just ripped the nasty one, only to see it's just the daily wolf blitzer telecast.

DO NOT WANT

worst idea ever...

I'm sitting here and right now Mad Max Thunderdome is on....and as I watch this and think about the associated smells I want to vomit...

hell no

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This is unbelievable..! For years my Dad used to joke with my cousin about smell-o-vision. And now its a reality..! Holy moly.. Good find OP

s/f

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....we are the scientist.

jk....your right. Its just hard to stop that "gemini/mercury" force, I have to know how and why or I can't sleep
anywhoo, I really like this idea. I'm going to have to break my old incense collection out, I don't want my gf smelling all of the Brazilian women that will be in my living room
im jk for the sensitive ats'ers.

What i'm wondering is once you have the smell associated with the image on screen, how do you then dissipate said smell and substitute another in line with the video moving forward?

Will it accomplish the feat of "smellovision" by the use of odor cartridges that require refills?