Difference between revisions of "The internet experience: see, hear, touch, smell and taste"
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Nowadays there is only one, at most two senses, that we use to enjoy the internet experience: seeing and in a couple of cases -fortunately increasing in number- hearing. Although we use our hands and fingers to give in commands and to control what we want to see (and hear), we use our touching sense in connection to the internet hardly. No need to talk about smelling and tasting. | ''Nowadays'' there is only one, at most two senses, that we use to enjoy the internet experience: seeing and in a couple of cases -fortunately increasing in number- hearing. Although we use our hands and fingers to give in commands and to control what we want to see (and hear), we use our touching sense in connection to the internet hardly. No need to talk about smelling and tasting. | ||
However, the future of our internet experience will look differently. | |||
With the development of Virtual Reality | |||
With the invention of the electronic nose lately, simulating our human smelling function with chemical odor sensors, and with the ability to release chemicals proportional to electronic signals, the browser experience will be transformed into paying a visit to a saloon, a parfumerie or will be like wlking around in a smoggy city. | |||
This is due to two reasons: first there are the peripherals of our personal computer that do not support to use any further senses. Second, there are the websites that do not provide the signals | |||
Revision as of 00:19, 1 December 2004
Nowadays there is only one, at most two senses, that we use to enjoy the internet experience: seeing and in a couple of cases -fortunately increasing in number- hearing. Although we use our hands and fingers to give in commands and to control what we want to see (and hear), we use our touching sense in connection to the internet hardly. No need to talk about smelling and tasting.
However, the future of our internet experience will look differently. With the development of Virtual Reality With the invention of the electronic nose lately, simulating our human smelling function with chemical odor sensors, and with the ability to release chemicals proportional to electronic signals, the browser experience will be transformed into paying a visit to a saloon, a parfumerie or will be like wlking around in a smoggy city.
This is due to two reasons: first there are the peripherals of our personal computer that do not support to use any further senses. Second, there are the websites that do not provide the signals