If You Ever Wanted to Smell the Metaverse, This Wearable Might Let You Do Just That

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?