<s>
The	O
Sensorama	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
machine	O
that	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
known	O
examples	O
of	O
immersive	O
,	O
multi-sensory	O
(	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
multimodal	B-Application
)	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
technology	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1962	O
by	O
Morton	O
Heilig	O
,	O
is	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
(	O
VR	O
)	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1962	O
he	O
built	O
a	O
prototype	O
of	O
his	O
vision	O
,	O
dubbed	O
the	O
Sensorama	B-General_Concept
,	O
along	O
with	O
five	O
short	O
films	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sensorama	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
mechanical	O
device	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
stereoscopic	B-Algorithm
color	O
display	O
,	O
fans	O
,	O
odor	O
emitters	O
,	O
stereo‐sound	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
motional	O
chair	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Howard	O
Rheingold	O
(	O
in	O
his	O
1991	O
book	O
Virtual	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
)	O
spoke	O
of	O
his	O
trial	O
of	O
the	O
Sensorama	B-General_Concept
using	O
a	O
short	O
film	O
piece	O
that	O
detailed	O
a	O
bicycle	O
ride	O
through	O
Brooklyn	O
,	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
1950s	O
,	O
and	O
still	O
seemed	O
quite	O
impressed	O
by	O
what	O
it	O
could	O
do	O
more	O
than	O
40	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sensorama	B-General_Concept
was	O
able	O
to	O
display	O
stereoscopic	B-Algorithm
3-D	B-Algorithm
images	O
in	O
a	O
wide-angle	O
view	O
,	O
provide	O
body	O
tilting	O
,	O
supply	O
stereo	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
had	O
tracks	O
for	O
wind	O
and	O
aromas	O
to	O
be	O
triggered	O
during	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Heilig	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
obtain	O
financial	O
backing	O
for	O
his	O
visions	O
and	O
patents	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
the	O
Sensorama	B-General_Concept
work	O
was	O
halted	O
.	O
</s>
