GameScent Wants You to Smell the Gunfire While You Play Video Games

Burnt rubber and gunfire are not the most pleasing of smells, but for action games, they might be the most common. At least, that's true for GameScent, a new device that aims to make gaming more immersive by adding smell to the equation. GameScent, which dropped late last month to a bit of fanfare and some snickering, uses an adapter and an app on your phone to capture audio while you play. It then feeds those audio cues into the company's "innovative AI," which then triggers certain smells. It's a hexagonal device, compatible with most consoles, PCs, and virtual reality setups, built to hold six different aromas at a time.