Digital scent technology aims to enhance virtual reality by targeting the sense of smell, evolving from perfume advertisement concepts. Key devices include smell synthesizers, cartridges, ismell systems, and scentography, allowing smells to be integrated with digital media. While this technology has promising applications like scented emails and games, limitations include high costs and implementation challenges.

1. Digital Scent Technology

2. WHAT IS DIGITAL SCENT
TECHNOLOGY ?
The technology has so far targeted mainly our
sense of sight and sound.To further enhance
the virtual reality experience and another
flavor to it, technology is now targeting your
nose and tongue.

3. EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL
SMELL
How it was invent
The basic idea for this was given by the perfume
making companies for the advertisements of
their perfumes.
Founders
founders are “Smith” and ”Joel”.

4. TYPES OF HARDWARE
DEVICES
• Synthesizer
• Cartridge
• Ismell
• Scentography

5. Smell Synthesizer
• The smell synthesizer mean the device which
is used to generate the smells.

6. Cartridge
• The cartridge will contain chemicals either natural
oils or synthetic fragrances.
• It will activated by either heat or air pressure when u
send a signal from your computer.
• Currently 128 chemicals are stored in a Cartridge.
• Similar to an ink jet printer, those oils from the core
of a replaceable cartridge.

7. Ismell
• The Ismell is a peripheral device about the size
of a pc speaker that connects to a pc via a
serial or USB port.
• It uses consumable cartridges which are used
and replaced similar to the way ink jet printers
use ink cartridges.
• It emits natural-based vapor's into the user’s
personal space.

8. Scentography
• Scentography is a new form of expression that
allows the integration of scents with traditional
digital multimedia, such as games ,DVD’s, and
web sites.
• Allowing you to communicate with smells,
scentography add a new dimension and
richness to web pages and virtually any other
form of electronic/digital communication.

9. Applications
• Receive/send scented email.
• Play scented video games.
• Sample a perfume from a beauty product’s
website.

10. Limitations
• The obvious one is the Price.
• Food manufacturers.
• Perfumes/scent manufacturers.

11. Conclusion
• A scent has a strange power over human
beings.
• It can create a mood, such as foreshadowing or
ambiance.
• “the sense of smell is closely tied to memory
and emotion, marking scent a powerful way to
reinforce ideas”.
• There are several streams over which this
digital smell is used, such as over the
television , theator and the web.

12. Thank You