{"id":164862,"date":"2023-05-31T11:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/virtual-reality-could-soon-include-smells-thanks-to-new-wireless-scent-interface"},"modified":"2023-05-31T11:26:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:26:42","slug":"virtual-reality-could-soon-include-smells-thanks-to-new-wireless-scent-interface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/virtual-reality-could-soon-include-smells-thanks-to-new-wireless-scent-interface","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality Could Soon Include Smells Thanks to New Wireless Scent Interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/virtual-reality-could-soon-include-smells-thanks-to-new-wireless-scent-interface2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But they\u2019re not the only ones. Multiple companies are working on haptic devices, like <a href=\"https:\/\/haptx.com\/\">gloves<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2010\/03\/30\/haptic-vest-lets-you-feel-bullets-and-knives-in-video-games\/\">vests<\/a>, to add a sense of touch to virtual experiences. And now, researchers are aiming to integrate a fourth sense: smell.<\/p>\n<p>How much more real might that peaceful meadow feel if you could smell the wildflowers and the damp Earth around you? How might the scent of an ocean breeze amplify a VR experience that takes place on a boat or a beach?<\/p>\n<p>Scents have a powerful effect on the brain, eliciting emotions, memories, and sometimes even fight-or-flight responses. You may feel nostalgic with the cologne or perfume a favorite grandparent wore, comforted by a whiff of a favorite food, or extra-alert to your surroundings if it smells like something\u2019s burning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But they\u2019re not the only ones. Multiple companies are working on haptic devices, like gloves or vests, to add a sense of touch to virtual experiences. And now, researchers are aiming to integrate a fourth sense: smell. How much more real might that peaceful meadow feel if you could smell the wildflowers and the damp [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,47,1879],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-neuroscience","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}