Sony’s Immersive Tech Concept Puts You in a Room Made of Screens Where You Can Smell Your Enemies – Push Square
GuestGuestLogin | Sign UpPush SquareGuestLogin or Sign UpDemonstration at CES 2025At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Sony has been demonstrating a new Future Immersive Entertainment Concept that aims to give participants a new interactive experience.Though only at a conceptual level at this stage, a live demo allowed attendees to step into the world of The Last of Us and see it from a different perspective.The experience essentially comprises a box room where every surface is a high-resolution crystal LED display, surrounding you on all sides by the game world. This, combined with immersive audio, haptic feedback, atmospherics, and “scent” aims to place you within an interactive environment more deeply than before. Yes, this means you’d be able to smell whatever game you’re playing.In a gameplay sequence seemingly made just for this proof of concept, participants are given a gun controller and aim and shoot at impending threats like Clickers. We’d be willing to bet they smell absolutely foul.This isn’t some new product or service that’s ready to go, and is likely a long time from being ready for mass consumption. We could see this sort of thing popping up at theme parks or maybe arcades, but obviously given the space and technology required, it’s gonna be an expensive endeavour if they pursue it further.What are your thoughts on this conceptual tech from Sony? Would you be interested in immersing yourself in a game in this way? Discuss in the comments section below.[source ign.com]About Stephen TailbyStephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he’s developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He’s also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.Comments 30I will not be fooled again so I’ll wait until the Pro version of this tech comes outWhoever smelt it dealt it….Edit: @Czar_Khastik I can’t wait that long, I’ll get the slim version.Truly the most emotional and least technical journey in that world to date.Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.Let me guess… if it becomes a product it will require an ongoing subscription to replace smell cartridges or some such.I work in a place where I can smell my enemy..and it’s not a good smell either.So it’s like a lightgun game combined with the Unreal stage thing? A sound concept, definitely prefer to not have a VR set strapped to me head but also seems like you’re stuck on the spot right now? Would be cool to have this is a motion chamber and make it on rails. Like, sit me in a car that someone is driving and have it bump and jostle as we go. That’d be rad.Also not the world I would choose to smell given the choice.Let’s get an Overcooked one, a pizza cooking level, mmmm yes. That’s what I want to smell, freshly baked pizza.The DualSense 2 Controller is going to be wild!They say that VR is a pretty immersive experience. Sony should have a look at this new technology, maybe one day they will even release own VR goggles for its PlayStation entertainment system.Cant wait to try Action Henk with this 😃My brain is sizzling like a fried egg trying to decipher what “scent” in scare quotes is supposed to mean.@Ogbert I bet in the future they’ll combine this with the walking matts for the final product. Have you seen these things? you can kind of walk around on top of it.So you could have 2 different end products; one where you actually walk in the environment, duck for cover etc.And another following your idea, would be awesome as well. Imagine if you could play with up to 4 friends. The car shakes and rumbles and as you drive, you feel like you’re moving as everything moves around you. And even the driver can shoot as well. You can trade places, etc.And as for the smells, imagine being able to smell the gunpowder, the jungle, dirt, rain etc. It would really trick your brain into believing you’re actually there. Specially if you’re in a car or something of the sortImagine using this tech piece while visiting reddit…
Absolute torture 🫠No articles on the XYN Headset which allows easy 3D game creation and motion capture technology.They seem to be doing everything except making new gamesPeople = VR is too expensiveSony = Hold my beer.It should be a two way interaction. If I have to deal with gross smelling zombies, I want them to smell my farts and pass out.You’re just smelling Hulst.Smelling Jill Valentines farts, sign me up for pre ordersJust an excuse for another remaster probably.So basically smell-o-vision like nickelodeon used to do@rjejr how weird… I’m watching TNG atmImagine the Valley of Defilement in smell-o-vision 😳@Czar_Khastik It better come with a disc drive this time!@nessisonett Hulst’s more of a slicker than a clicker.Smellivision is real😶Also that is really cool looking techFor theme parks or movie/gaming companies for tracking setups I think this is cool. Not consumer use but that’s fine, I’m fine with more business grade tech used in interesting ways to improve things.Smell related things have been tried for years just making it worthwhile. I don’t think much of it with blood or forests or whatever.As if perfumes or scents of things Japan has done aren’t weird as well I just go yeah no.Kind of feels like without AR/VR or without 3D glasses kind of thing, very cool to simulate the experience and track interactions and how the screens cast to the screens and other factors. Very impressive.Then again of all the dual screen use cases, done and dropped to this, let’s open it gets used well and doesn’t go away even if good use of possibilities for businesses.In my opinion this has to be one of the coolest things to be able to experience and witness it just shows how much Sony can push the boundaries of immersion and what’s possible now and in the future I’m ALL for it and would love to experience this with my kiddos and the fam..What a time to be alive 💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥Love for Sail had this tech back in ‘96.@Whately86 I’ve seen those walk pads for VR but people were hooked up to harnesses with them. That was a few years ago though they’ve probably come on a long way.Also I was being a little flippant with the smells, I’m sure it will be those sort of smells rather than rotting flesh and fungus! Show CommentsLeave A CommentHold on there, you need to login to post a comment…Expect PS Portal’s Glacial Rollout of New Features to ContinueSony will “make incremental steps based on community reception”Consoles Here to Stay, PS5 to Be Supported into Next-Gen, Says PlayStation CEOThe Console Wars will be fought by future generationsThis Awesome LEGO PS2 Set Will Be Officially Considered for ProductionGetting emotionalStellar Blade Dev Says It Hopes Everyone Is ‘Living in Love’ After Naughty Dog Artist’s Interpretation of Eve Is Unfairly CriticisedThe grift that keeps on givingAlmost 3,000 Massive PS5, PS4 Deals Added to PS StoreWhatever floats your boat 4Random Sony’s Electric Car Encourages You to Flaunt Your Astro Bot Fandom 19News DOOM: The Dark Ages, Expedition 33 News in Next Xbox Developer Direct 6News Elden Ring Nightreign Network Test Sign Ups Open Tomorrow 24News Ubisoft ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Abuse Allegations at Assassin’s Creed Shadows Support Studio 4News Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip Looks Like a Great Open World Appetiser Before GTA 6News PS Plus Essential Games for January 2025 AnnouncedPoll Are You Happy with Your PS Plus Essential Games for January 2025?News Leaked GTA 6 Image, Reportedly from Rockstar’s Own Office, SurfacesNews Square Enix Wonders Why Life is Strange: Double Exposure Didn’t Work OutNews Black Myth: Wukong Game Director Confirms There Was No Secret PS5 Exclus…News PS Plus Essential’s January 2025 PS5, PS4 Games Available to DownloadNews Consoles Here to Stay, PS5 to Be Supported into Next-Gen, Says PlayStati…News This Awesome LEGO PS2 Set Will Be Officially Considered for ProductionNews Do You Put Your PS5 in Rest Mode or Shut It Down?Quiz How Well Do You Know Uncharted?Popular Right NowShow More Join 434,245 people following Push Square:© 2025 Hookshot Media, partner of IGN Entertainment | Hosted by 44 Bytes | AdChoices | Do Not Sell My Personal Information
