Smell-o-vision.

Avid inventors for years have been trying to develop the idea that a viewer could not only watch and hear a film, they can smell it also.  Even though scents used with the combination of film dates back to 1906, the technique was created by Hans Laube and only appeared in the 1960 film 'Scent of Mystery' - hence the title. During the film's showing in a cinema, 30 different smells were somehow released into the air when triggered by the film's soundtrack.

The whole idea of 'smell-o-vision' sprang to mind when the advert for the new Spy Kids movie was shown. As a kid of around the age of 8, i loved the films, now not so much. The advert explained that there is a new thing called 'Aroma-Scope' (why its called 4D) and i knew i had to research it.

'Aroma-scope' is basically a card which when instructed to, the viewers can smells certain sections of the card which match what is going on visually. This comes at no additional cost. These cards let the young audience get involved with the film, it offers something new, alien and interesting.

Even though i have no plan whatsoever to go see this film, i am secretly hoping that this will develop further into films more aimed at my age - but I'm not to sure this will happen very soon - is it more of a child's thing which they will find amusing?