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Why Smells Are So Difficult To Simulate For Virtual Reality

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Using your nose in VR might sound slightly unnecessary, superfluous even – an optional extra once visuals, audio and haptics have been perfected. Smell has been used in VR PTSD treatment previously, he explains, but until now the difference it makes to immersion has not been quantified. But one sense Abrash didn’t mention was smell.