Do you want to SMELL your video games?

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    Attempts at smell-o-vision have been around for a long time - but are we actually making real progress with it on the video game front?
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  • @Mr.Morden
    @Mr.Morden Місяць тому +83

    I don't want to know what the inside of Doomguy's suit smells like.

    • @qwfp
      @qwfp Місяць тому +8

      Rust, Dust & Guts

    • @milasudril
      @milasudril Місяць тому +1

      IT STINKS LIKE ROTTEN MEAT, BUT LOOKS
      LIKE THE LOST DEIMOS BASE. LOOKS LIKE
      YOU'RE STUCK ON THE SHORES OF HELL.
      THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH.

  • @oddlyunsatisfying
    @oddlyunsatisfying Місяць тому +196

    smell in vr would be great. i can finally smell how outside smells like

    • @BinkyBorky
      @BinkyBorky Місяць тому +18

      And with haptic feedback gloves you could touch grass and smell it in vr! revolutionary

    • @Jakef100f
      @Jakef100f Місяць тому +2

      *vigorously smells boyfriend*

    • @symphoricquoz3763
      @symphoricquoz3763 Місяць тому

      Same here, but I don't think I'd go out of my way to buy an additional bit of equipment for the nasal experience. If VR tech eventually added Smell-o-vision as standard in the same way that, say, vibration has become a standard inclusion for controllers, I'd definitely use it.

  • @Shinchan1221
    @Shinchan1221 Місяць тому +245

    Stop giving me ideas I don't wanna taste or smell kratos

  • @dominikbeitat4450
    @dominikbeitat4450 Місяць тому +30

    I just spent a whole in-game day in Medieval Dynasty turning manure to fertilizer... sooo, how about no?

  • @mtludens1155
    @mtludens1155 Місяць тому +22

    The minute I smell Raccoon City, is the day I stop gaming. Sometimes, a line must be drawn lmao

  • @Hypnodog_
    @Hypnodog_ Місяць тому +23

    I remember making my own smell-o-vision back when yachts were added to GTAO. I taped an ocean water scented Yankee candle car jar to a fan and pointed it towards me. It massively increased immersion and it's one of my most memorable gaming experiences

  • @TheSektorz
    @TheSektorz Місяць тому +98

    definitely... in fact, you can do it for free!
    just open any modern triple-A game (like Starfield) and fart

    • @littlekirby6
      @littlekirby6 Місяць тому +4

      ok but why do I keep smelling shit and piss when I play good games, like Zelda or something. Is my smellovision broken?

  • @ThePike220
    @ThePike220 Місяць тому +8

    Dont forget;in the Riot Games ToS, it explicitly states that Riot owns YOUR opinion on the olfactory effect of its characters/properties.

  • @MrBluelightzero
    @MrBluelightzero Місяць тому +79

    You wouldn't download a scent.

    • @slugbug8039
      @slugbug8039 Місяць тому +7

      This comment right here officer

    • @NexusGamingRadical
      @NexusGamingRadical Місяць тому +4

      But you would download a fart

    • @TAP7a
      @TAP7a Місяць тому +2

      You’re absolutely right, I really wouldn’t

    • @Charlesb88
      @Charlesb88 Місяць тому +1

      Can I use a “packet sniffer” to prove that?

  • @Meus_Artis
    @Meus_Artis Місяць тому +3

    All these scents and nobody thought of something like cooking mama, overcooked, cook serve delicious, etc...

  • @Razear
    @Razear Місяць тому +4

    Fabricated scents peaked with those scratch-and-sniff stickers that teachers gave us during elementary school.

  • @HinokasArabfan1
    @HinokasArabfan1 Місяць тому +7

    Smelling wario's farts? Full of Latin garlic? "you are sure?" RA 2 conscript.

  • @dlv5
    @dlv5 Місяць тому +2

    for company try make this, player just need basic background ambient scent, example sea, forest, city, cave different house or room, its just for adventure game or explore place or Minecraft , for player can feel and have memory. like shop use perfume and bread or food shop. start with that dont need to be specific items 👍

  • @hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898
    @hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898 Місяць тому +2

    Love these TechQuickie videos with lots of historic tech info. Also James is a great host.

  • @IrocZIV
    @IrocZIV Місяць тому +5

    Smell is very attached to memory. I would think it would be far more useful for a camera to be able to capture the smell, and then being able to recreate that when you want to reminisce

    • @Thou-tj7hd
      @Thou-tj7hd Місяць тому +2

      Hey that's a great idea, you're a mad genius my friend

    • @j.d.4697
      @j.d.4697 Місяць тому +1

      Except no, because smell doesn't distribute like light or sound, it is gasses floating around so you can have the scent of fresh grass on a meadow in one spot and take just one step for a whiff of cow instead.

    • @IrocZIV
      @IrocZIV Місяць тому

      @@j.d.4697 It would add to the skills required to be a good "olphactorygrapher "

  • @lonergothonline
    @lonergothonline Місяць тому +2

    a tiny scratch-and-smell card inserted into a facemask that doesn't just adhere to your face but rather dangles off of a vr headset like the apple vision pro, would be perfect, if it can be scratched by the vr headset using some kind of tiny actuator and lever. the player can just swap it out whenever and if they don't like it, or get tired of it, never use it. its like, really cost effective too, compared to gallons of perfum.

  • @jookm
    @jookm Місяць тому +2

    I don't think I would like smell in games. I do remember going to an interactive 3D movie one time where a flock of birds flew overhead and they dropped water droplets on us to simulate bird poo. 😂

  • @Ramadas.T.D
    @Ramadas.T.D Місяць тому +2

    A request to make tech quickie on Sodium battery or battery tech in general.

  • @CCoburn3
    @CCoburn3 Місяць тому +3

    They have had these systems for YEARS -- as well as taste systems. They never get anywhere because it turns out that people don't want to smell an orc's armpit.

  • @mikesvwcorrado
    @mikesvwcorrado Місяць тому

    The Disney Soarin ride offers this and does it well.

  • @DavidPereiraLima123
    @DavidPereiraLima123 Місяць тому +1

    They used to make parodies in the 90's about future cable TV being capable of bringing the smell to content. I'm not sure about cable, but looks like the smell part is here.

  • @cliffs1965
    @cliffs1965 Місяць тому +1

    Hoo-hoo that smell
    Can't you smell that smell?
    Hoo-hoo that smell
    The smell of GAME around you (yeah)

    • @talon262
      @talon262 Місяць тому

      Techquickie meets Lynyrd Skynyrd...

  • @DaxHamel
    @DaxHamel Місяць тому

    Lol, he mentioned "Fresh Cut Grass", lol.. Funniest name origin ever!

  • @user-cf1tm6fx4w
    @user-cf1tm6fx4w Місяць тому +1

    What a wildly well written video lol

  • @webbie7503
    @webbie7503 Місяць тому +6

    i haven't showered in months so i don't need any device to add weird smells, i got it covered

  • @onyxbackstrom3379
    @onyxbackstrom3379 Місяць тому

    I totally remember going to the movies, If I'm not mistaken, it was the Rugrats movie and they gave out cards that had the scratch to sniff at certain points in the movie. That or it was The Wild Thornberries movie. Boy if I had a spare card that wasn't used I wonder what it'd be worth.

  • @TheAnon03
    @TheAnon03 17 днів тому

    I remember something exploring the concept of smells in games coupled with VR back in the 90's, it dropped off as a realistic concept pretty quickly.

  • @accessfashion
    @accessfashion Місяць тому

    I like the history discussed in this video. Thank you.

  • @richdevil500
    @richdevil500 Місяць тому

    We went to Disney before and they had bugs life in the theater and when stuff would happen on screen there would be smells sprayed into the theater. It was alright but not really needed ha ha

  • @kngrfdegj5940
    @kngrfdegj5940 Місяць тому +3

    since vr headsets are already right by your nose, they could add some kind of scratch and sniff ribbon that goes under your nose on a conveyor belt system. Different cartridges for different games and it would automatically switch scents for different environments, and automatically scratch it to activate the scent.

  • @Vexcenot
    @Vexcenot Місяць тому

    I could've sworn this was uploaded before

  • @HedgehogY2K
    @HedgehogY2K Місяць тому +2

    0:36 No! Movie theaters failed with that ridiculous concept. What makes them think this would work on games?

  • @jase_allen
    @jase_allen Місяць тому

    Makes me nostalgic for Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail and it's scratch and sniff CyberSniff 2000 card.

  • @GuillaumeLT
    @GuillaumeLT Місяць тому +2

    For optimal immersion, I envision a separate omnidirectional speaker positioned upwards towards the ceiling exclusively for ambient sounds that don't require positioning, complemented by standard stereo speakers for the remaining audio. By segregating the channels in this manner, we can enhance overall audio quality while eliminating the need for rear/side speakers, which often present challenges in terms of both wiring and aesthetics. *This comment was rewritten without grammatical errors by ChatGPT*

    • @blackfowl75
      @blackfowl75 Місяць тому

      “Omnidirectional”
      “Upwards towards the ceiling”
      That sure is an interesting concept.
      Also, you do need rear speakers if you want to hear what’s happening behind you as actually coming from behind you. Unless maybe with binaural audio but you need headphones for that to work.
      Also, it would be more work for programmers. Stereo is fine.

    • @GuillaumeLT
      @GuillaumeLT Місяць тому

      @@blackfowl75 Even though they all look ugly AF, the concept of the speaker already exists, and some games already have a separate slider for ambient sound. It's the audio output/channel separation that we need to figure out.

    • @blackfowl75
      @blackfowl75 Місяць тому

      @@GuillaumeLT What I meant is that you can’t have an omnidirectional speaker be directed at anything. By definition, it is not directional. Also, I’m not sure how the stereo field is affected and the average room acoustics would probably not make it sound very good.
      And in games, the problem is not separating sounds, as that is quite trivial. It’s panning the sound correctly.
      And regarding the outputs, as it stands, either you have a surround system and the game supports it, or you’re basically in stereo. I haven’t seen a lot of games with surround support. And even less people with actual surround systems.

  • @Mr2Reviews
    @Mr2Reviews Місяць тому +1

    Neuralink's next goal is restore sight. Imagine they can map scent patterns and zap it directly into our brains.

    • @Plate_Productions
      @Plate_Productions Місяць тому

      Even if that worked no one wants a chip in their brain

  • @gamercollector1327
    @gamercollector1327 Місяць тому

    Imagine the emmet granger mission in rdr2 with the scent

  • @8104
    @8104 Місяць тому

    Smelling Drain Cleaning AUSTRALIA would be amazing..
    There's truly nowhere else I'd rather be!

  • @ZyliceLiddell
    @ZyliceLiddell Місяць тому

    Thor: “Uh *WHAT?!”*

  • @petertrex
    @petertrex Місяць тому

    The Japanese telecom, docomo actually made taste sharing device.
    Not sure how it's useful but transmitting taste stimuli is pretty interesting.

  • @michaelthomas3646
    @michaelthomas3646 Місяць тому

    I remember my first immersion was watching something on TV back in the early to mid 1980's with a scratch card that you had to scratch when the programme required it. I think smelly games could be a thing, but only real immersion would be in VR, so I could see it taking off in that genre before just normal video games on a display will adopt it. but would you really want to be behind someone in the food court when they let 1 rip?!!

  • @hotaru25189
    @hotaru25189 Місяць тому

    The only thing we need smell-o-vision on is cooking media...so you can smell food.

  • @iwrestleabeeonce
    @iwrestleabeeonce Місяць тому

    The rugrats movie with scratch and sniff was cool

  • @motonomy
    @motonomy Місяць тому

    Sensory overload

  • @DRAGONSAREPRETTYCOOL
    @DRAGONSAREPRETTYCOOL Місяць тому

    Depends

  • @tohothewriter8002
    @tohothewriter8002 Місяць тому +2

    I'm anosmic, so adding smells to my video games isn't going to enhance my immersion in any meaningful way at all. By the way, anosmia is the name for not having a sense of smell, for anyone who didn't know.

    • @8104
      @8104 Місяць тому +1

      I imagine that would be an amazing advantage for a plumber

  • @47trea
    @47trea Місяць тому

    I can't wait to wiff the exhaust and race fuel of my rally '04 STI

  • @Artista_Frustrado
    @Artista_Frustrado Місяць тому

    90% of videogames have sewer levels, they're the last thing i would like to smell
    Honestly other than some relaxation worlds on VRchat & cooking videos, Smell really sounds like a Novelty for the sake of Novelty

  • @sicfxmusic
    @sicfxmusic Місяць тому

    Well now I have a creative game idea: Guess the smell 👃

  • @XYoukaiX
    @XYoukaiX Місяць тому

    Well Alexibexi made a video trying this thing not long ago and he said its basically junk
    The AI doesn't seem to analyse the fame but it just reacts to sound which doesn't always work perfectly

  • @prathameshkai
    @prathameshkai Місяць тому

    Was this longer than usual techquicky?

  • @trainz10
    @trainz10 Місяць тому

    I think that the best way to have a standardized set of scents would be to completely do away with using essential oils that are dispensed, and instead find a way to stimulate the smell receptors in the nose (or the neurons responsible for processing smell in the brain). Now, if only we could find a way to stimulate those individual receptors. Who knows, maybe perhaps something like Neuralink could even be used to excite those receptors/nerve cells (though, to be honest... I'm not a big fan of having a chip inserted into my brain, lol). So it has to be something that you can easily put on or off (like with a VR headset).

  • @cadmium.8376
    @cadmium.8376 Місяць тому

    4:59 fitnessgram pacer test music?

  • @bwabbel
    @bwabbel Місяць тому +2

    Considering that i'm currently playing plague tale... no i'd prefer not to smell that

  • @Mediocre_Soup
    @Mediocre_Soup Місяць тому +2

    "smells like family" - fast & furious 78

  • @greendro6410
    @greendro6410 Місяць тому

    That's so cool 👌

  • @BinkyBorky
    @BinkyBorky Місяць тому +3

    I have some very naughty furry video games that i would absolutely not want to smell. Or...
    hmmm...
    Honestly they would have a niche but giant market worldwide if they did feet and armpits. Not for me, but there are those people out there waiting for something like this to come along. Im just spitballing ideas where they could corner a market.

  • @gatorrade1680
    @gatorrade1680 Місяць тому +1

    Smelly games would improve the smell of so many basements. It wouldn't make it worse, because there is no worse smell than gamer smell.

  • @mattcy6591
    @mattcy6591 Місяць тому

    Ah yes, the obligatory bi-annual smell o vision story resurfaces again as it has for the last 30 years

  • @NIUpiguy
    @NIUpiguy Місяць тому

    This video is either déjà vu or a re-upload.

  • @amdop
    @amdop Місяць тому

    Waiting for the smell of sadness so I can simulate real life.

  • @dop3ch3f
    @dop3ch3f Місяць тому

    now you can know the smell of being tagged in COD

  • @njdotson
    @njdotson Місяць тому

    I do really like smell effects when I experience them in theme park rides, but I think it might be tricky to implement into video games because of how much variety there is
    Edit: also fun fact, there is a vrchat convention that sometimes sells room sprays that fit the environment that it's set in. I actually thought it was really interesting how it gave a unique vibe to the setting

  • @VolumetricSBU
    @VolumetricSBU Місяць тому

    Lol, exactly what I’m looking for

  • @josephboehmer1245
    @josephboehmer1245 Місяць тому +5

    I only want to smell EarthBound

  • @4.0.4
    @4.0.4 Місяць тому

    It's funny how we don't even have an RGB-like model of scent. We would be limited by a selection of specific smells. Like imagine a "monitor" that comes with 10 possible images and just flips between them as needed.

  • @gsestream
    @gsestream Місяць тому

    smell you later, sweat you later too.

  • @abalcerzak1931
    @abalcerzak1931 Місяць тому

    Maybe all those weird candles with elaborated names could be a part of the solution

  • @Kisai_Yuki
    @Kisai_Yuki Місяць тому +1

    Leisure Suit Larry 7. Half the scents were ... disgusting in some way. (one of them was "fart", another was "diesel fuel")
    Like I get the allure of possibly having certain scents in a video game, but I think there is a very heavy line in the sand about what scents should be in a game, because something like the smell of burned coffee, or someone smoking pot ("skunk" smell) might make someone vomit in seconds. If a scent is a food, it might trigger an allergy (cause some people have had reactions this way), or it might make someone sick or hungry. If a scent is a non-food (Eg gasoline, grass, rotting flesh) it might also make someone sick.
    I'd say there are potentially maybe 20 scents that are viable, that we commonly smell:
    Food/People:
    - Coconut/Suntan lotion
    - Cherry, Raspberry and Strawberry ("berry" smell)
    - Orange, Lemon, Lime and Grapefruit (Citrus/acidic)
    - Grape/Wine smell
    - Fried Potato/Potato chip/French Fries (deep frying)
    - Corn/Popcorn/Buttered popcorn
    - Fish (fresh)
    - Women's expensive perfume (alcohol)
    - Men's expensive cologne (alcohol)
    Environment:
    - Fresh cut Grass (Kentucky Bluegrass)
    - Pine/Spruce/Douglas Fir (Evergreen conifer trees)
    - Ocean (salt water)
    - Candle/matches (sulfur)
    - Burning wood
    Gross smells:
    - Stale tobacco
    - Stale beer
    - Garbage
    - Skunk/Cannabis
    - Fish (dead)
    - 2-stroke gasoline fuel (lawn mower/outboard boat motor)
    These are all off the top of my head, now intensity of certain smells should be controlled like volume controls. Foods would be like a 1.0, where as environments might be a 1.5 but gross smells might be a 0.25. Because I don't want to play a game that is gonna make me vomit every time I go into a zombie environment. Hell, I would probably disable the system entirely. But on the flip side of that, a game like Cooking Simulator can't possibly simulate 1000 different food dishes smells, but it should be able to replicate the major smells of a kitchen, fruity smells, vegetable smells, deep frying, baking, melting butter, fish, etc. Likewise playing something like Pacific Drive would likely be exclusively Evergreen, Grass, gasoline and the occasional garbage smell.

  • @oncomingdrizzle
    @oncomingdrizzle Місяць тому +1

    I love James ❤💛💚💙💜🤎. Please find out what him and Riley smell like after they've been covered in slime and gunge 🙂 #pleasemakejamesandrileymessy

  • @soogymoogi
    @soogymoogi Місяць тому

    Stardew Valley, Harvest Moon, or other farming sims could be fun smello vision games... so long as you never get any livestock ever.
    Seriously though, imagine playing a VR cozy farming sim and smelling dirt and grass and wildflowers. That'd be awesome

    • @littlekitten6920
      @littlekitten6920 Місяць тому

      Not sure if I want to smell fertilizer either-

  • @cosmostrek512
    @cosmostrek512 Місяць тому

    smell-o-vision replaces television

  • @dubbin465
    @dubbin465 Місяць тому

    we need scents for corn

  • @donc-m4900
    @donc-m4900 Місяць тому

    Can they cover up the sent of the game player?

  • @QuinnBarnett
    @QuinnBarnett Місяць тому

    IDK delete me smells like something burning, it's not quite popcorn but something like it

  • @PurpleKnightmare
    @PurpleKnightmare Місяць тому

    I can't wait for VR to actually be VR, and not just 3D visual with head tracking.

  • @RomainFleuryWhatever
    @RomainFleuryWhatever Місяць тому

    South Park and Ubisoft had a Nosulus Rift, i am surprise that it hasn't been raised in this video

  • @JuliusUnique
    @JuliusUnique Місяць тому

    we sense smell with eletric impulses, we need to make the smell that way, not with actually fluids that smell

  • @abalcerzak1931
    @abalcerzak1931 Місяць тому

    Imagine having your smell-o-vision hacked

  • @donc-m4900
    @donc-m4900 Місяць тому +1

    How about the movie, Scent of a Woman?

  • @Sean-km7ht
    @Sean-km7ht Місяць тому

    If a game developer worked with them and released scent packs tuned to a specific game, I could see it being a good way to increase immersion or even a really good experience. Truthfully, I would love it if they would cut back on in game micro-transactions to sell scent refills for the games that somebody might spend several hundred or a thousand plus hours in, at least the money would be going to an actual consumable. Less horse armor, more horse crap!

  • @reeboothemad5514
    @reeboothemad5514 Місяць тому

    Good lord, no! Why would anyone want a FartBlaster™ to smell games?

  • @Vladek16
    @Vladek16 Місяць тому

    Do I ? I mean, am I living the true Elden Ring experience if I cannot smell smell the stench of Fia when she hugs me ?

  • @tocSIN_808
    @tocSIN_808 Місяць тому

    Automatically, I'm thinking the smell of dead human bodies should be illegal. I can imagine some weirdos getting so accustomed to it that they go seeking the smell out. Or, parents playing these games in front of innocent eyes and innocent noses.

  • @Windcolors
    @Windcolors Місяць тому

    Smell the actual displayed Content was bevore many Years a Idea in the TV Market BUT this Idea was too crazy and so was this Idea abandoned.
    This Idea is still to crazy and ever too!

  • @SkinHeadBaby
    @SkinHeadBaby Місяць тому

    smelling the sewers in max payne when? :D

  • @bahamutbbob
    @bahamutbbob Місяць тому

    Personally, I don't think I would ever use any system that adds scents. There are things that most people think smell good, that I think smell terrible, like flowers and most perfumes.

  • @mjolnirsen
    @mjolnirsen Місяць тому

    Two PCs, One Linus

  • @JeffDeLamater
    @JeffDeLamater Місяць тому

    1000% no. Scent allergies are very common, with estimates as high as 5% of the population. My wife and eldest child both fall into that category, with fragrances being a migraine trigger for them.

  • @HokgiartoSaliem
    @HokgiartoSaliem Місяць тому

    With screen it just buy 1x, then use cheap electricity. It can long last more than 10 years. With sound also the same. But speaker 1x then use electricity, also can be used more then 10 years. With smell??

  • @polarisproject1568
    @polarisproject1568 Місяць тому

    April 1st is not til Monday

  • @militzer
    @militzer Місяць тому

    This will only have a chance when we can manipulate brain signals to emulate scent without having to actually use scent particles.

  • @Sjetton85
    @Sjetton85 Місяць тому

    So if I watch how high my whole house will smell like bud... Sweet😂

  • @jarrettlone
    @jarrettlone Місяць тому

    Earthbound on the SNES came with scratch-n-sniff cards. They all smelled horrid.

  • @ncix
    @ncix Місяць тому +2

    I’m pretty sure the image behind James at 1:06, is the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Not sure if that is the best image to be using.

    • @Smasher1
      @Smasher1 Місяць тому

      I’m 90% sure it’s the background for one of the themes in the New Super Mario Bros. games
      Edit: i though you meant the thumbnail, sorry

  • @christinacarter2550
    @christinacarter2550 Місяць тому

    Perfect🤗 🏆🙂🙏🏼

  • @erelpc
    @erelpc Місяць тому

    Fuck that!

  • @12ally3
    @12ally3 Місяць тому

    Wish I could smell this video

  • @dudemaster8575
    @dudemaster8575 Місяць тому

    we need more Nosulus Rift

  • @WolfZiLLA84
    @WolfZiLLA84 Місяць тому +5

    So.. whilst playing a Bigfoot hunting game you can track him by following the scent of his balls? I'll pass.

  • @dtemp132
    @dtemp132 Місяць тому

    1. Breathing in more VOCs isn't good
    2. It's not complex enough to have