January 1999
Smell-O-Vision
By Technology Review
Stinking sulfur. Sweet peppermint. Sweat. These are the smells of Myron Krueger's laboratory, where virtual reality is taking on a new aroma. Krueger has built an olfactory display system-the nasal equivalent of the head-mounted displays used for visual effects. The portable device dispenses scents from bottles of liquid odorants; tubing carries the vapors to the nose.
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