A new frontier of immersion awaits you with a device that fires the smell of games into your home

Designers of gaming gadgets have tried for years to make something that will take you to new heights of immersion. Spatial audio, VR, and haptic triggers will only take you so far, though, because there’s one sensory input that no game tackles: Your nose. Well not anymore gamers, because with the new GameScent unit, you’ll be able to literally smell grass as you roam the fields in Skyrim.

We picked up news of this…umm…thing over at Dexerto and the response around the office ranged from ‘Dear Lord, no thank you’ through to ‘We have to review one!’ Essentially, the GameScent appears to be an automated aromatherapy type of device, containing six scent injectors that blast a combination of smells into the air, depending on what’s happening in your game or movie.