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From: a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack)
Newsgroups: comp.multimedia
Subject: Multi-media is ...
Message-ID: <4476@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 91 13:12:42 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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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."
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