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Smell - #1 sense?

Mermaidman

Mermaidman

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Can you imagine if film-makers can literally convey the SMELL of a movie's setting? A fetid sewer, rotting bodies, a crack house, Jessica Alba's sweaty body, New Jersey . . .

People want more realistic sound, better visual quality, but I'll bet no one wants realistic SMELL. (Same with computer games - e.g. What would Doom3 smell like?)
 
Didn't somebody experiment with this a while back? I thought I read something about it but I sure can't find it now. But yeah, I think it would be pretty cool... er, well not for pr0n and stuff but.. yeah.
 
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont want to smell nasty things in a movie theater or in my bedroom while Im on the computer.
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That's what I'm saying. People have a natural inclination to look at nasty stuff, but they'd never want to smell them. What is it about smell that is so powerful?
 
Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Didn't somebody experiment with this a while back? I thought I read something about it but I sure can't find it now. But yeah, I think it would be pretty cool... er, well not for pr0n and stuff but.. yeah.
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A couple of products have tried to come out. Just think if it was USB controlled and you got nose spammed.
 
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont want to smell nasty things in a movie theater or in my bedroom while Im on the computer.
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That's what I'm saying. People have a natural inclination to look at nasty stuff, but they'd never want to smell them. What is it about smell that is so powerful?
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I think we're conditioned from a very young age to be non-responsive to the sight of blood, violence, pretty much everything that can be seen. This comes from hours in front of the tv everyday. But how often are we really exposed to the natural smell of some of those things? Almost never.
 
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont want to smell nasty things in a movie theater or in my bedroom while Im on the computer.
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That's what I'm saying. People have a natural inclination to look at nasty stuff, but they'd never want to smell them. What is it about smell that is so powerful?
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Simply put, people are desensitized to the visuals.

For example, if you worked with manure all day, or worked in waste treament, smelling some fertilizer in someone else's garage wouldn't be so bad.
 
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont want to smell nasty things in a movie theater or in my bedroom while Im on the computer.
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That's what I'm saying. People have a natural inclination to look at nasty stuff, but they'd never want to smell them. What is it about smell that is so powerful?
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I think we're conditioned from a very young age to be non-responsive to the sight of blood, violence, pretty much everything that can be seen. This comes from hours in front of the tv everyday. But how often are we really exposed to the natural smell of some of those things? Almost never.
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Well sight usually produce an emotional response. Smell produces a physical response. IE, you smell puke you start puking.
 
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Can you imagine if film-makers can literally convey the SMELL of a movie's setting? A fetid sewer, rotting bodies, a crack house, Jessica Alba's sweaty body, New Jersey . . .

People want more realistic sound, better visual quality, but I'll bet no one wants realistic SMELL. (Same with computer games - e.g. What would Doom3 smell like?)
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Damn, those are things I just REALLY want to smell.


Vision - #1 sense. No other sense can perceive objects millions of light years away.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Can you imagine if film-makers can literally convey the SMELL of a movie's setting? A fetid sewer, rotting bodies, a crack house, Jessica Alba's sweaty body, New Jersey . . .

People want more realistic sound, better visual quality, but I'll bet no one wants realistic SMELL. (Same with computer games - e.g. What would Doom3 smell like?)
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Damn, those are things I just REALLY want to smell.


Vision - #1 sense. No other sense can perceive objects millions of light years away.
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Well . . . lets make the assumption that you can't choose what smells are emitted. It's all or nothing 😛

I know it can't really be done, but it'll be interesting to compare the visible spectrum vs the number of different smell receptors. And remember--the sense of taste is mostly smell.)

 
Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
I would rather lose my sense of smell then sight.
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There was a thread about smells recently. One poster said he's never been able to smell anything, I was like ORLY?
 
Originally posted by: Mermaidman
People want more realistic sound, better visual quality, but I'll bet no one wants realistic SMELL. (Same with computer games - e.g. What would Doom3 smell like?)
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I'm waiting for SMELL-HD, then I'm upgrading fo sho.
 
Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: KarmaPolice
I would rather lose my sense of smell then sight.
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There was a thread about smells recently. One poster said he's never been able to smell anything, I was like ORLY?
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I'm pretty sure I have a deficiency when it comes to sense of smell. I can only notice extremely strong smells. It sucks. I don't know how it happened because I recall that I could smell as a child. Somewhere over the past 10 years its died hardcore (I'm a non-smoker, don't work in a factory, no exposure to toxic chemicals, still rather young etc).
 
Disney does do this at their theme parks but only good smells, not rotting mice corpses and the like.
It's a surprise the first time, but subsequently thereafter it doesn't really enhance things very much. It was stuff like smelling orange groves, the forest, the ocean, as you flew over them.
 
I don't know about that. However, I do agree that smell is the scent that has the most impact. It's also the one tied closest to memory. Remember that foxy lady in the elevator? Next time you smell the same perfume, you'll instantly be reminded of her.
 
Originally posted by: ColdFusion718
I don't know about that. However, I do agree that smell is the scent that has the most impact. It's also the one tied closest to memory. Remember that foxy lady in the elevator? Next time you smell the same perfume, you'll instantly be reminded of her.
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Remember the last time you saw a pizza in a certain *ahem* online variety of "video?" Now what will you think of each time you open a box of pizza? Will you ever eat pizza again?
 
"It stinks like sex in here."

/Thorny

But what IF you could really smell what The Rock was cooking? Chances are you wouldn't watch wrestling any more, lol.
 
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