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SIXTH SCENTS You’ll soon be able to SMELL in the metaverse – including virtual FARTS The Sun (US) April 30, 2022 Jamie Harris “A METAVERSE without smells would be like living in black and white - and even the bad ones like body odor and farts have an important place.”
Por Dentro Do “Dromaverso”: As Empresas Que Estão Tentando Levar Cheiros Ao Metaverso | Fast Company
Por Dentro Do “Dromaverso”: As Empresas Que Estão Tentando Levar Cheiros Ao Metaverso “Para construir um metaverso realmente imersivo, é fundamental incluir aromas. Do contrário, parecerá artificial.” May 5, 2022 Zara Stone Fast Company “Uma nova exposição no Museum of Craft and Design, em São...
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What Is A Smell? When you’re a company that makes smells, what exactly is a smell? Does it differ from a fragrance or an odor? Here, we explain what a smell actually is, how it's connected to more than just your nose, and how we re-create scents for VR technology.
Most people have the same favorite scents, says new research published in Current Biology. They also usually have the same least favorite scents—regardless of where they’re from. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Oxford in England discovered that the same...
The limbic system is a group of brain structures that work together to facilitate behavioral, emotional, and survival responses. The limbic system essentially acts as a control center to bridge the gap between our psychological and physiological experiences.
And Why It’s Still OK To Be Friends With Them. (It’s Not Their Fault.) Cilantro adds fresh, slightly citrusy, herbaceous flavor to dishes such as heady curries and soups, salsas, and some stir-fries. Despite its varied potential in dishes, cilantro is also quite a divisive food. That’s because, for...
May 19, 2022 Inside the smell-o-verse: Meet the companies trying to bring scent to the metaverse | Fast Company. Zara Stone
After Facebook changed its name to Meta last year, “metaverse” has become a hot new buzzword on everyone’s lips. But if you aren’t actually sure what people are referring to, you’re not alone. The concept seems incredibly futuristic and can be a little hard to grasp. Turns out, an online world...
Our mind wanders nearly half of the time we’re awake, according to one study. And since that study was published, it feels as if we’ve become even more distracted. But also, our mind wandering (the research term is “stimulus-independent thought” pattern) is so natural to us that most of us don’t...