{"id":10156,"date":"2024-03-22T02:05:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T02:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10156"},"modified":"2024-03-22T02:05:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T02:05:49","slug":"gamescent-wants-you-to-smell-the-gunfire-while-you-play-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10156","title":{"rendered":"GameScent Wants You to Smell the Gunfire While You Play Video Games"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Burnt rubber and gunfire are not the most pleasing of smells, but for action games, they might be the most common. At least, that\u2019s true for GameScent, a new device that aims to make gaming more immersive by adding smell to the equation.<\/p>\n

GameScent, which dropped late last month to a bit of fanfare and some snickering<\/a>, uses an adapter and an app on your phone to capture audio while you play. It then feeds those audio cues into the company\u2019s \u201cinnovative AI,\u201d which then triggers certain smells.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a hexagonal device, compatible with most consoles, PCs, and virtual reality setups, built to hold six different aromas at a time. At launch, those smells are called gunfire, explosion, forest, storm, racing cars, and clean air\u2014perhaps the most important, as it\u2019s intended to neutralize whatever odors may linger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel like we are adding the missing link, if you will, to gaming, which is the use of olfaction,\u201d says GameScent president Casey Bunce. Future scents the company intends to release include ocean, sports arena, and\u2014perhaps troublingly\u2014blood.<\/p>\n

Bunce says that the device\u2019s launch scents\u2014which I\u2019d argue are not the most aromatically pleasing lineup\u2014were largely decided based on requests from gamers. They wanted smells to go along with action or horror games, thus all the explosions and gore.<\/p>\n

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