I can SMELL the Haters now! - GameScent

[@ShortCircuit]

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[@unknownhours]

I don't have a scent for the ad read

[@djfromla]

You guys in Canada do so much hunting, gun shot smell IS COLOGNE :D

[@zodiacfml]

e-waste. it should inxclude room/relaxing aromas to repurpose this as an aromatherapy machine as the novelty dies in an hour or two

[@typerightseesight]

is farts 1 of the 6 smells. cuz i mean its probably gunna be most compatible with todays media. lol

[@rob2257]

@@unknownhoursThat’s probably a REALLY good thing, considering today’s sponsor. 😬

[@DarthVader-dc5ef]

....So it's 6 vapes in a trenchcoat with a raspberry pi?

[@Lampomaniac]

don't forget the AI part!

[@Wzkz_YT]

i was gonna say the same thing

[@zimbu_]

Wouldn't be surprised if it's detecting something pretty basic from the input with zero machine learning, which would need less than a small Pi to run it.

[@Xamiakass]

not even a raspberry pi...

[@new-kids-on-the-block]

jip

[@bpetewemh]

"Napalm, human exertion, ocean, golf course . . . I've never been to a golf course so I can't really speak on that." -- Elijah, finally admitting his experience with napalm.

[@yellowflag4803]

Back in Nam he did some questionable things

[@Chris-hw4mq]

@@yellowflag4803 people who played call of duty black ops will get PTSD from the smells

[@siffoine]

All those are part of the origin story

[@oafkad]

This genuinely got me teary eyed. Brilliant.

[@RisingRevengeance]

He's seen things but never touched grass or been to a forest

[@deddwolf]

I'm getting late 90s e waste vibes

[@KR0KVNT]

You mean it smells like e-waste?

[@smashed_penguin]

90's e-waste remastered

[@Vss077]

for 50 buck i imagine it might be a good product, if it actually last a long time without a "refuel". hide it in a corner somehwere & it might work - maybe - + movies sounds more like the market u prob go for so then it actually last years

[@CanIHasThisName]

​@@deangordon8993 You don’t launder money by developing a new product of which you then sell very limited quantities on Amazon. Crappy products are just that, don’t look for a conspiracy behind everything.

[@brulsmurf]

i loved those vibes🤤

[@Asbu666]

"FOREST?!?! I don't know how that would be different from a golf course? It's green right" - Elijah outing himself as a true gamer lmao

[@rodwanolds1871]

Right? Way to pick the least qualified person to review smellovision.

[@philliphobkirk6577]

The fact he doesn't know the difference makes my heart hurt a little bit. He is adorable though!

[@datsunmedia91]

😅😅😅

[@technicavivunt]

Potential product pivot. Throw bits to a streamer on twitch and it triggers a smell. I bet 3rd party scents would help too

[@kirokubandit]

I clicked because I wanted to see Elijah smell things.

[@jeffw991]

This'll wind up being "that video where Elijah kept huffing a forest."

[@Antrikshy]

He did a great job hosting this video!

[@Ninja-tp8xs]

So, if I play Colonel Sanders dating sim will I be smelling fried chicken??

[@wizz1358]

We asking the real questions right here, WE DEMAND ANSWERS

[@buhammot]

You might be smelling some Old fish as well

[@AstonGryffynn]

Or have KFC while playing it.

[@6wholepizzas795]

no that's only if you play the latest NBA game.

[@ronntan8]

smelling the 11 herb and spices

[@bobspldbckwrds]

So, it's an "a.i." essential oil atomizer that is supposed to trigger ptsd episodes in veterans?

[@Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

fr

[@tim3172]

Why would a veteran buy something that is *literally advertised* as smelling like something triggering?

[@bobspldbckwrds]

@@tim3172 Spouses, children, roommates parents and extended family are all a thing, and can happen in any combination of them.

[@halomika4973]

​@@bobspldbckwrds So we should all refrain from doing what we enjoy because of someone's blind patriotism, got it.

[@Varxiii]

Nobody said that? But whatever floats your boat dude 😂.​@@halomika4973

[@privacyvalued4134]

"Human exertion." Uh...what? Is that body odor? Butt stank? Vomit? A kidney stone? I don't want to smell any of that!

[@jeffw991]

Just be glad they didn't add one for the level that every game seems to have: the sewer level.

[@wreckronomic6663]

What does a kidney stone smell like?!

[@tim3172]

@@wreckronomic6663 Kidney stones are often easily diagnosed in areas without easy access to imaging (i.e. MRI or CT) by the distinct smell the give the urine. Other indicators are: cloudy urine, intensely-yellow urine, and blood in urinalysis. The odor isn't easily described until you smell it... then you know.

[@Combba6]

​@@jeffw991 civvie needs this

[@ccricers]

People will just want to mask their bad smells just like people today use filters to hide wrinkles and acne in photos.

[@djones6211]

He's never been to a golf course but he knows what "old gunfire" smells like. I know exactly what kind of neighbourhood Elijah grew up in.

[@kg4wwn]

You are presuming that Elijah grew up.

[@tiagobelo4965]

​@@kg4wwnelijah is a bioengineered irl capitain america

[@josephfrick6743]

I mean if you have ever been around fireworks you would know what gun powder smells like

[@Zanzubaa]

Using the six scents, now you can smell dead people on top of seeing them.

[@jooplin]

At the end of the movie gamer finds out he smells

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Resident evil anyone?😂

[@Aspen910]

I've had the pleasure of using plenty of grenades and rockets. Going into a room that a grenade just went off in does NOT smell like axe and weed. It stings your nose with more of a very thick black smoke, toxic like smell. Similar to the smell of a rifle chamber right after firing, but still different. A smell I have never had anything similar enough to even describe it well.

[@aJazzyFeel]

does a rifle chamber after firing smell similar to fireworks that just went off?

[@Aspen910]

@@aJazzyFeel no, fireworks smell more like smoke. The chamber of a rifle smells much more like carbon. I suppose fireworks would be more of a lighter smell, while gun smoke smells more robust.

[@elbeetlebeasto]

You're probably thinking of sulfur. It's one of the key ingredients used in gunpowder and explosives and has a very distinct and unpleasant odor

[@leeroyjenkins0]

​​​@@elbeetlebeastoguns have no used black powder since a couple centuries ago, and black powder is not explosive (it burns quickly but doesn't explode) so it would not be used in a grenade. Modern explosives and propellant ("smokeless") powder don't really use sulfur in any meaningful capacity, except to maybe slow down burning. Usually they all just use nitrogen oxygen and carbon as nitrogen bonds can hold a lot of energy. So there's really no one element that contributes to the smell as they're all odorless, it's just the shapes they take that five off odd smells.

[@Jj82op]

Elijah dropping the scent bottle... It must be something you get from working with Linus

[@Antrikshy]

It’s hereditary.

[@ArturoTabera]

Linus' long lost 4th kid. They really grow up so fast.

[@Okand2]

This thing relies on internet connectivity, all your audio is sent online for processing, and then scent commands are sent back. Consider the implications of that if you also end up running voice chat through it.

[@nathanl2966]

All your gamer words, in the cloud, forever. Oh no.

[@phlm]

And. In the vídeo, Elijah mentioned using the video output to determine what scent should be used... Imagine all your passwords being logged and sent to who knows where lol

[@sireuchre]

"Golf Course" almost certainly just smells like fresh cut grass. "Forest" would probably smell more like wet moss, sap, bark dust, and pine or fir needles. "Human Exertion" is a nice way of saying "smells like a sweaty dude".

[@turbonerd3075]

I’ve often thought “man, I wish I could smell this sewer” when playing video games

[@Graxu132]

I wish I could smell that tropical Far Cry 1 sewer that Jack wakes up In at the beginning 😭😭

[@jeffhidalgo6037]

Smellovision is NOTTTT something that sounds like a good idea lol

[@anonymoususerinterface]

Nah it sounds like a good idea, but doenst smell like one

[@13orrax]

....it smells like a good idea 🤔

[@jeffhidalgo6037]

Very true! Lol ​@@anonymoususerinterface

[@Samsonfs]

The egirl feet compilations are gonna hit DIFFERENT

[@fabianlaibin6956]

It feels like a kind of niche application for a first person perspective movie...which I guess a lot of games can be considered one, only interactive.

[@j.a.velarde5901]

#ShortCircuit -- The best part of this review is how you hit the nail on the head: A.I. is truly... the world's most hated word. - Thank you.

[@SleepyFen]

Smell is absolutely something that could take the immersion of games and movies to a whole new level, but the side effect of filling my room with smelly perfumes is definitely a deal breaker, regardless of whether the product works well or not. I am not a fan of my bed sheets smelling like zombies or my face reeking of swamp. Just because I'd like to immerse myself in the entertainment doesn't mean I want my room, my furniture and the clothes I'm wearing to reek of what I just played. And I can't even begin to imagine how allergenic some of those perfumes might be.

[@90-10-2]

I would imagine the future of smell based media (if there even is one) is carefully tuned and crafted scents to go off at pre-set times at a movie theater or a game cutscene. Rather than something like this, where the game/movie is separate from the smells and the timing.

[@ericw.1620]

@@90-10-2 That's not the future, that's the past lol. "4 and 5D" movies have existed for decades now, and many have scents integrated.

[@moldo.cel.barbos]

i just love how he almost pukes and 2 seconds later goes for one more sniff

[@colink2967]

5:03 I think your smelling the alcohol smell of cologne next to someone who’s clothes smell like pot 😂

[@smellcaster]

The Explosion Smell after throwing a Hempgrenade.

[@Eli-zb2yj]

Imagine playing a zombie game with this

[@mniakan754]

I want to play Signalis with this

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

Trust me: you don't want to smell rotting meat

[@Walker_96365]

5:31 It smell like urine. It looks like urine. Is that just urine?

[@hammerth1421]

The problem with smell is that it isn't really additive, so there can never be a device like a screen or a speaker which can replicate any arbitrary scent. It's like if our only way of replicating music still was playing it live on each instrument according to musical notation. And then you give dubstep growls encoded in some absolutely cursed notation to classical musicians and they just look at you in confusion...

[@Kumimono]

Could, kinda, work with movies, with a script that tells it what to spurt out at certain times. Like, closed captions. [smell of gunpowder] I don't dislike the idea. I was playing Oblivion, long time ago, it was raining in-game, wind howling, rain, happened to have an oscillating fan on. Got a jolt of, wow, that really immersed me. Just, needs less AI thinking what we want to smell, more, devs thinking there should be storm smell here.

[@makoaki9071]

Even if the smells trigger at the right times... they won't disappear at the right time, so this kind of stuff will always be a mess.

[@Stealth86651]

Yeah, I totally want my room to smell like a gun range or just general burning lol.

[@jyveturkey1894]

Here are the 6 scents. Total missed 'I see dead people' joke.

[@Kyle-yn5hy]

I think the reason it's so delayed is because it's querying an AI model remotely and awaiting a response before it triggers the smell. Probably why they don't process video as well, because then it would take even longer to upload video of your game to some server somewhere and wait for an AI model to report back with probably the wrong answer. Overall, just kind of a bad way to do it. It *does* technically make it compatible with any game (or anything that produces sound, would be especially wild with music I imagine) but it does so at the cost of having a massive delay between something happening on screen and a smell being produced. The ideal solution would be a local model, but that seems a bit beyond the scope of the Gamer Smell Box 5000.

[@kurtis9999]

As an army guy, I can confirm, hand grenades smell like marijuana and cologne.

[@cjhan47]

Funny thing about war. I don't actually remember smelling gunfire, mostly I smelled petrochemical and death. It's funny because I'm sure I experienced much more gunfire.

[@AllahDoesNotExist]

Sure bro

[@seeman24]

Every time I see a Game Scent kind of product i think of that one part in Shadow of the Tomb Raider where Lara crawls on top of soupy dead bodies through a small tunnel.

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

I'm just reminded of ready player one (the book not movie) where game devs would put in really offensive odors just to troll people who bought the smellovision module

[@bakutie]

nooo

[@ghossts]

my first thought was "there are so many games that i DONT wanna smell"

[@BrickTamlandOfficial]

human exertion is a nice way of saying sweaty taint

[@sng2225]

Smell your enemies fear. Soiling themselves... I take that back.

[@mikewifak]

“That kinda concept that came out since TVs have been around where you can smell the media you’re listening to.” And with that opening volley, the world surmised that the Bard of Avon had been dethroned.

[@compaqdeskpro5770]

This will much more useful for movies, I don't want to smell a warzone.

[@tomerhorowitz4779]

Why, it can add to the immersion. I would at least be excited to try it out

[@mniakan754]

Your house is gonna smell like war crimes for two weeks

[@ZinoAmare]

@@tomerhorowitz4779 how far do we need to go for immersion. lol. Like race track why just not buy an old car and go on the track with it.

[@BobzBlue]

Maybe if it was smaller, had a subtler mode, and was scalable to not be limited to 6.

[@aJazzyFeel]

it's such a faux pas that this device doesn't let you control the intensity

[@carter-the-coder]

"Available Scents: Human Exertion" whats this gonna be used for?💀

[@Layjus123]

The only way smell effects could work in a game is if an big enclosed arcade game invention had a version of it that works perfectly tailored to it, and the game would also be creatively structured with it in mind apart of its gameplay. This would be something you'd have to play to experience, like going to a movie theater, but this idea sounds fun.

[@Alwaystired21]

Play a cod game with a dragonshot and smell the crispy smell of your roasted enemies and gunpowder

[@mniakan754]

I prefer spec ops the line white phosphorus

[@Alwaystired21]

@@mniakan754 gotta love that chemical smell ❤️

[@BattleChickenYT]

Can't wait to smell the metallic tinge of blood while playing hell let loose 😂

[@fledgeking]

"I've never been to a golf course" and "It doesn't smell like recent gunfire, it smells like old gunfire". Never been to a golf course, but smells gunfire frequently. 😂

[@michaelrogers6008]

I could see a version of this that is much more accurate. Like if you can actually smell Pine as a character is weighing through a forest with pine trees or whatever, then it would be really cool or if you are near an ocean in a game like GTA 5 and the causal salty air smell picks up but not if it's a non reactive gimmick

[@ventrueinconnu3527]

I'm kinda terrified about what the room would smell like playing Resident Evil when Lady Dimitrescu was on screen.

[@ElectroOverlord]

As a 12B (Combat Engineer) who blew up all kinds of shit in Iraq with C4....cannot remember a god damn smell. Oh and big ups to Manscape!!!!

[@GerardoOntiveros10]

That is straight-up e-waste!

[@joeykeilholz925]

Finally I can smell the dragon's toes in paper mario

[@drunkedhusky24]

Imagine playing an fps and an enemy throws you a gas nade?? XD

[@dirtydoge756]

4:04 As a long time experienced vaper. (i know, shutup) I can confirm that the awful smell from seemingly nothing was the polyester or cotton batting they wrap the atomizer coil in. That output is probably cooked, since that happened. It's like dry firing a vape. You don't do it unless you want to destroy the coil.

[@dafrandle]

where is the scent for doing emergency first aid on someone who has had their bowels punctured?

[@kcscustom9759]

Oh god

[@maciaslewa]

„It’s gren, right?” Spoken like a true connoisseur of the inside

[@ReclaimerTyphoon]

Needs to be a compound that deteriorates quickly, so that it doesn't linger or mix. Needs to be in a box of 400 scents, and pulls the scent from the correct via as needed. Needs to be bundled with a good VR game. ... VR headsets need to be bundled with a good VR game, on that note.

[@hammerth1421]

Yep. To use the technical term, it can only contain headnotes or your room will smell like racetrack for the next three days.

[@osmandahman9162]

this product is suche a scam, you never smell the right thing

[@SleepyFen]

Idk if scam. But seems undercooked. Also not sure I'm a fan of filling my room with "gaming perfumes".

[@VincentGroenewold]

@@SleepyFen It's basically a scam, technically not as you get the product but 150 for something that simply doesn't actually works like it claims... there are many of those around.

[@hammerth1421]

Overpromise and underdeliver, that's how Silicon Valley startups work these days.

[@VDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVDVD]

I was laughing my ass off during 11:08 all the mariuana and cologne smell descriptions xD . I just couldnt imagine it.

[@washuai]

They added computer collage, sound. How to make a bad idea worse, bad scent matching vs tailored scent

[@Zastrutzki]

Smello-VISION, the media you're LISTENING to.

[@donc-m4900]

If the the trailer is doing a 'burnout', I would expect more Marijuana.

[@jakesinclair69420]

ELIJAH!!! I'm excited to see him as a host of videos across LMG's network of channels, he seems happier than the other hosts and isn't monotone like Plouffe

[@TheSeanmortimer]

0:09 That’s what she said

[@sinistergrin7053]

Why do so many companies waste money making this kinda stuff lol

[@4RILDIGITAL]

The concept of this scent device for gaming is intriguing and weird. Not surprised by your headache-$150 is quite steep for a gimmick that ended up being less immersive and more of a nuisance.

[@chanm01]

I'm not ready to write off smell-o-vision as a dead idea. After all, 4D experience rides like Disney's Soarin seem to do it in a way that people enjoy. But I think it's about a) subtlety, and b) a more curated experience. They idea that you'd just put a bunch of super strong, super weird scents into an atomizer and let the AI at it is crazy to me.

[@FedericoAltolaguirre]

That bottle drop at 5:20. He's truly Linus' son

[@VindicatorsTwo]

It's Amazing that LTT Labs closed Nathan Lane and made Elijah.

[@benjicohn]

its a cool idea, but you would need a few things to make this work: 1. direct access to the nose, so random things don't linger 2. far more scents. things like "storm" is way too broad 3. more accurate scents 4. visual aid. as, sounds can only get so far 5. low latency. the delay shown here is just too long for something like a shooter or racing game 6. doesn't give you a headache

[@IBottemFrag]

11:04 confirmed he’s held marijuana.

[@Koalateatimes]

Not even 60 seconds into ShortCircuit and chill and there are TWSS jokes

[@Graxu132]

Instead of having 6 bottles with one specific smell each, it should have a bunch of small or big bottles with different fragrance that the AI would mix to create a much bigger variety of smells. Remember Nosulus? the April fools South Park fart smell device? This could be it but we are not there yet...

[@proxanna]

hahahaha elijah always make me smile. his facial expressions yanking on the atomizer lmfaoooo

[@Loopbroom]

"Hey make it smell like war" 😭😭

[@BorealBlizzard]

You know, at least the AI is doing more than being a marketing trick. Overall seems kinda useless but kinda neat. On another note, I really enjoy Elija as a host. Excited to see him more in the future.

[@MillhouseDaPlug]

"Car driving and drifting" 😂😂😂 that was a wreck lmao

[@nirmalkarthikeyan7346]

Smellovision! As a HCI student, this sounds amazing.

[@neonswift]

Golf courses are largely open spaces. Fresher air. Woods are damper. There is a distinct smell. You need to go outside more :P

[@redavatar]

Many many years ago I wrote a lengthy letter to PC Gamer magazine about how smells could greatly improve our immersion but in that letter (I was 16 at the time) I said that you'd need about 20 basic smells to MIX together to achieve the right affect. Oil, burning wood, burning rubber, grass, flowers, trees, gun powder, sewage, rust, damp wood, rain, damp dirt, pond water, river water, sea, etc. etc. Basically stuff you'd encounter in a LOT of games. And this set? It lacks the really basic smells of water (which has a powerful smell in nature) which you encounter all the time in nature & would be easy to pick up with audio but in my letter I said that the game itself would need to support the system because you'd want it to be scripted. Shooting at trees = smell of trees + gun powder. A burnout in a game = oil + burning rubber. Until they can do this, all these smell systems will be pointless and a gimmick.

[@iankphone]

Narrator: there was no AI. Prediction: this is no different than a haptic vest or butt-kicker. It squirts scent on low frequency thumps.

[@ReclaimerTyphoon]

I should call her...

[@typerightseesight]

i think you could substitute almost all of them with either old fart or wet fart.

[@thomasvic1761]

Elijah is doing great as a host, I'm loving his videos and personality.

[@imaginesagi]

I could see this working great for story driven games But with more passive scents during cut scenes.

[@Nullpersona]

2019: Touch grass 2024: Smell -grass- _Golf Course™_

[@zualo]

Now I just need the GameScent to watch the GameScent review with to smell what you're smelling with the GameScent the entire time!

[@metlingaming9162]

"While u get a sniff...of our sponsor!...Manscape!!" 😂😂😂😂

[@Icon1306]

5D cinema scents now available for you... Add wind and water splashing for even more immersion.

[@iwasahoneybadger5946]

"napalm" "gunfire" "golf course" wait until they add a war crime smell

[@beastlysun]

Well the AI part in this is that it will compare audio waveform from set database. This is why exhaust pops with engine rumble caused it to use storm and why you needed to stop your car in forest for it to use forest. So in short, it's not AI as it can't learn itself

[@WadeRavenWatts]

You should have Elijah on here doing this more often. You're not doing him justice most of the time in contrast to what he's done in this video as well. He's good in his own comfort zone. I liked this video for real. I'd love to see him doing this kind of stuff more often

[@thatpitter]

I feel like unless we could have like “primary scents” like how with light we use regular / green / blue but for scents this likely won’t be practical

[@ethanlieske9678]

Thanks short circuit for reviewing silly stuff like this. Its something 99% of us would never think to buy but would still love to see how its suppose to be used.

[@romanantonacci4622]

Finally, with Napalm; my immersion into Spec Ops the Line will be complete.

[@coxroach1]

Any UK viewers remember the scratch n' sniff Comic Relief in the 90's? Those were interesting times!🤣

[@aceholeas]

I like how it's so advanced it's got A.I. in it. And it doesn't even fucking know if you're use hdmi or 3.5mm you have to tell it.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

ok being an obvious gimmick nobody asks for aside, the main issue is that Smell-o-vision still relies on hyper specific smells that change constantly; & that's not really how smell works, smell lingers & builds up Also, most videogames aren't things you actually want to smell maybe if these kind of Smell-o-visors used something like Vibes, something like the Smell of Hot, Calming, Urban, Nature. very non-specific smells that evoke the ideas; so for example Journey would smell like Hot/dry + Calming, while CS:Go would smell like Hot/Dry + Conflict also, having something that properly moves the smells instead of just spraying them

[@Sashowindfeather]

oh i'm noticing the two different thumbnails now that you guys talked about it. And different titles too! interesting interesting...and on the same account logged into it. so different ways to 'catch' attention.

[@deadly_mir]

Ah yes, the smell of war, Normandy beach on June 6, 1944 scent when?

[@piratecheese13]

1:28 should have used the fancy new xray scanner

[@ruchiraeshan2K]

This should be marketed as a cinema product. Smellivision for the streaming age if you will. Have timestamps and corresponding smell combos for popular movies available to download via the app and allow users to make their own custom profiles for lesser known movies. that would be a much better experience. Delay would not be a problem because timestamps and you would need less processing on device. since movie scenes last longer the experience would be much more significant.

[@InsanityPlusOne]

Oh I just had a terrible thought, this thing is just a vape more or less and it gives you 6 bottles set to trigger on specific cues... You could buy thc e liquid or various flavoured vape juices to refill those bottles and really fuck with people with it.

[@Jdbye]

"I can't turn the smell down" Just dilute it. It'll last longer that way too.

[@that_jason_black]

I'm on to "Elijah". He's been Jack Quaid the whole time probably doing some method acting. Fucking Brilliant.