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Most of us thing that adding more immersion into PC games means better graphics or sound. But what about the sense of smell? A company called Scent Sciences is trying to sell a product ScentScape that will allow gamers to smell what they are seeing in a PC game.

The ScentScape, which was shown first with little fanfare last month at CES 2011, uses a USB port to plug into your PC. When used by a PC game that's been programmed to work with the ScentScape (and yes, the company is selling an SDK to game developers for that purpose) the product "directs the release of ScentScape scents providing background scents such as pine forest or ocean and from more scene related scents such as flowers and smoke to games or entertainment media." The scents come in a cartriage that supposedly lasts for 200 hours. The price for ScentScape is $69.99 although there doesn't appear to be an online store where you can actually buy the device.

[Via PC Gamer]