Japanese company wants to add smells to your VR experience

Ah, Japan – a nation that has always been famous for being a technological step ahead from the rest of the planet. The Japanese never cease to amaze us with their creativity, but sometimes this ingenuity can spawn certain inventions that are a bit too weird to the Western world.

Speaking of weird, a Japanese company is planning to take your VR experience to a whole new level. Their latest product - the VAQSO VR – is a small external device that can be attached to almost any pair of VR goggles available on the market, including the Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR and HTC Vive.

The gadget is about as big as a Snickers bar, and emits fragrances that are contained in swappable cartridges. The commercial build of the device will be able to load up to 5 of these cartridges, with many scents being planned in order to further immerse users in their virtual adventures. It will provide odors such as gun smoke in action scenes or first-person shooters, “the aroma of shampoo as a girl passes by” and the smells of nature in outdoor/fantasy games.