Sony's "Immersive Entertainment Concept" Could Potentially Let You Smell Zombies
With CES 2025 in full swing, one of the more intriguing exhibits at the trade show is a proof-of-concept entertainment experience from Sony. The PlayStation company is currently showing off what a future gaming room could look and smell like, as it's demoing what is essentially the closest thing possible to a Star Trek holodeck.
According to Sony, the Future Immersive Entertainment Concept combines Crystal LED panels, audio, haptics, scent, and atmospherics with a PlayStation game like The Last of Us to create an interactive experience. You could compare this to a 4D version of Duck Hunt but with people horribly mutated by a fictional cordyceps fungus instead of mallards, and we don't even want to know what rotting mushroom-monsters smell like in a world bereft of personal hygiene products.
Visually, it's a convincing step into that bleak world thanks to the realistic graphics. This isn't the first time that Sony has revealed conceptual gaming hardware, as back in May 2024, the company showed off a high-tech PlayStation controller in a promotional video, teasing a radical departure from the standard DualSense device.
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