This Tiny Device Could Bring Smells to Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

SMELLING IS BELIEVING

Chinese researchers invented something that could generate 30 different kinds of smells for people to sniff while playing around in VR.

Published May 9 2023 1:43PM EDT

Man sniffing a flower in the metaverse. — Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Getty

Despite the surge of buzz over the metaverse in the last few years, virtual reality has yet to really pierce the market as a mainstay consumer tech product.

Neel V. Patel

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This Tiny Device Could Bring Smells to Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

Chinese researchers invented something that could generate 30 different kinds of smells for people to sniff while playing around in VR.

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Neel V. Patel