You can already see and sometimes even touch things in VR, but what about smell?
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00:00The metaverse is okay, but it's not really wowing anyone with its graphics or utility just yet.
00:08But what if you could pop on your VR goggles and glide into Zuckerberg's world, pick a flower, and literally smell it?
00:14Well, that's exactly what Japanese tech startup Aromajoin is hoping to allow you to do with this.
00:19A device they say will let you tickle your least suspecting senses virtually.
00:23They're calling it the Aromachooter.
00:24Probably named that because it targets your nose and your nose only,
00:27not letting any of the odors out into the environment,
00:30which the company says means the smells will never mix accidentally.
00:33The whole thing works with small cartridges of solid-state odors.
00:36Each one contains different olfactory arousers,
00:39which can then be combined by the device to pretty much come up with any scent.
00:42They have also released a scent creator to go along with it,
00:45so users can come up with their own aromas to correspond to their own digital items.
00:49The company already has an aroma diffuser that does a similar thing,
00:52but this wearable version is currently being crowdfunded.
00:54They are now adding more scents to their ever-increasing library,
00:57but we can't help but wonder,
00:58will this be used for good or for evil?