Fiction is a fundamental part of human culture

Touch Taste Smell Virtual Reality

Forscher zeigen Konzept des "Virtual Cocoon" Auf dem britischen Wissenschafts-Event Pioneers 09 haben Forscher mit dem "Virtual Cocoon" ein Konzept für wirklich immersive virtuelle Realität (VR) vorgestellt. Ziel ist es, im Gegensatz zu exisiterenden VR-Systemen alle fünf Sinne gleichzeitig mit hohem Realitätsgrad zu stimulieren. (quelle deutsch)

‘Real Virtuality’ is a term coined by the project team to highlight their aim of providing a ‘real’ experience in which all senses are stimulated in such a way that the user has a fully immersive perceptual experience, during which s/he cannot tell whether or not it is real. (original source english)

EXCITING WIND-TUNNEL GAME TEACHES PLAYERS TO FLY (1934)

Smell-O-Vision In the 1950s, Hans Laube, a Swiss professor of osmics (the study of smells) created a process for reproducing odors in a movie theater. The invention—which came to be known as Smell-O-Vision—was introduced in the 1960 film Scent of Mystery. (source)