The Sensoramo, mon kiki c'est de la bombe
reoscopic color display, fans, odor emitters, stereo‐sound system, and a motional chair. It simulated a motorcycle ride through New York and created the experience by having the spectator sit in an imaginary motorcycle while experiencing the street through the screen, fan-generated wind, and the simulated noise and smell of the city.[1] These elements are triggered at the appropriate time, such as the release of exhaust chemicals when the rider approached a bus.[2] The petrol fumes and the smell of pizza snack bars were recreated by chemicals.[3] While the machine still functions today, audiences cannot interact with it and it cannot respond based on the user's actions.[4]
Howard Rheingold (in his 1991 book Virtual Reality) spoke of his trial of the Sensorama using a short film piece that detailed a bicycle ride through Brooklyn, created in the 1950s, and still seemed quite impressed by what it could do more than 40 years later. The Sensorama was able to display stereoscopic3-D images in a wide-angle view, provide body tilting, supply stereo sound, and also had tracks for wind and aromas to be triggered during the film. Heilig was unable to obtain financial backing for his visions and patents, and so the Sensorama work was halted.
Rheingold, H. (1991). Virtual Reality, Simon & Schuster, New York, N.Y.
Robinett, W. (1994). "Interactivity and Individual Viewpoint in Shared Virtual Worlds: The Big Screen vs. Networked Personal Displays." Computer Graphics, 28 (2), 127.
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^Craig, Alan; Sherman, William; Will, Jeffrey (2009). Developing Virtual Reality Applications: Foundations of Effective Design. Amsterdam: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. p. 4. ISBN9780080959085.
^Grau, Oliver (2003). Virtual Art: From Illusion to Immersion. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. p. 1786. ISBN0262572230.
