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From: toyosawa@nttvdt.NTT.JP (Satoshi Toyosawa)
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Subject: Re: Multi-media is ...
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Date: 18 Jan 91 04:25:47 GMT
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In-reply-to: a544@mindlink.UUCP's message of 16 Jan 91 13:12:42 GMT


Hello there;

In article <4476@mindlink.UUCP> a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) writes:
 >>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

I have read a long time ago an article in a non-technical magazine,
which described "a movie with odor". It said the idea was considerably
interesting, but changing air frequently caused the audiences to
sneeze. So far, it seems there is no good solution for this problem
discovered. Sounds like a joke. 
--
----  Satoshi Toyosawa
      Visual Media Lab., NTT Human Interface Labs.
      Take 1-2356, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-03, Japan
      e-mail: toyosawa%nttvdt.ntt.jp@relay.cs.net