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Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Theaters in Japan offer new sensory experience to moviegoers: aromas synched with film
The whole concept seems really interesting, but you have to wonder about some problems that might arise, what if someone is allergic to something in the sent, I can see a nice lawsuit coming form that. You also want to wonder how expensive something like would be, especially if it came to America, movie prices are already too expensive, if they add this smell-o-vision, are we going to have to pay, like $30 to see a movie?
This really is an interesting concept. It seems to work well in Disneys "Soarin' over California" ride-which involves pine and orange scents as you experience the ride. This would be a really exciting step for the film industy-being able to bring the audience into the world of a movie in a completely new way.
Hasn't this already been tried in American theaters? It seems like smell is the most memory-laden and personal scent and that unlike sound or visual designs, could never have the same universal effect on an audience. I can't imagine there ever being and "scent" design major offered at CMU.
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The whole concept seems really interesting, but you have to wonder about some problems that might arise, what if someone is allergic to something in the sent, I can see a nice lawsuit coming form that. You also want to wonder how expensive something like would be, especially if it came to America, movie prices are already too expensive, if they add this smell-o-vision, are we going to have to pay, like $30 to see a movie?
This really is an interesting concept. It seems to work well in Disneys "Soarin' over California" ride-which involves pine and orange scents as you experience the ride. This would be a really exciting step for the film industy-being able to bring the audience into the world of a movie in a completely new way.
Hasn't this already been tried in American theaters? It seems like smell is the most memory-laden and personal scent and that unlike sound or visual designs, could never have the same universal effect on an audience. I can't imagine there ever being and "scent" design major offered at CMU.
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