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Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by gerdesj »

rebuilder wrote: post #69
nealabq wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would add the smells of rain, wet wool, sweat and breath, and sawdust. Fragrance is so evocative and complex, but it'll be a while before we can call it up in our browser. I remember a Disney World hang-glider ride where they puffed cool humid forest-scented air in my face. That was a very effective ambiance enhancer. I also remember getting an Odorama card [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision#/media/File…

I sure hope it's a while before smells come to the browser. I'm annoyed enough by autoplaying audio, although now that I think about it, it seems not to happen much at all these days.

"smells come to the browser"

That little pit in the border of your laptop screen near the camera could be both a puffer and a mic pick up! I'm not sure what would be behind it but I'll be putting on a full noddy suit before I do maint. on your lappie, having noted the piece of tape over it. I'm not sure what would end up trapped inside the shell over time but I suspect both of "BC".

(noddy suit: NBC suit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_suit)

Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by Animats »

nealabq wrote: post #48
conformist wrote: post #3

To recreate it more authentically, additionally dip an old towel into stout and frying oil and hang over a radiator.

I would add the smells of rain, wet wool, sweat and breath, and sawdust. Fragrance is so evocative and complex, but it'll be a while before we can call it up in our browser. I remember a Disney World hang-glider ride where they puffed cool humid forest-scented air in my face. That was a very effective ambiance enhancer. I also remember getting an Odorama card [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision#/media/File…

The military does that. The USS Trayer is a ship disaster simulator. "Suddenly, we're on a pier, the Trayer rising above us. We're indoors, but a gentle breeze carries the distinctive tang of the sea. Gulls caw somewhere overhead, and waves lap between the pier and the hull." It looks and smells like a real ship, but it's indoors in North Chicago, at the Navy's training center.

The army version, a section of a Third World city: "From the control center AFSOC can observe and change everything from lighting to sounds and smells. “They can simulate the smell of a bakery right down to burning cars or rotting meat.” The US military has several facilities like that.

Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

#93

Post by IgorPartola »

11thEarlOfMar wrote: post #67
davide_v wrote: post #61

Funny that rain is part of the sounds :D. As an italian I'd never thought about adding it. Btw it's sounds amazing, but the sounds are a bit short in length and you can "feel" the repeating loop.

After listening for a while, I came back to say exactly this. It's certainly much more work, but I think worthwhile for people want to spend a length of time with it on. Perhaps 10 minutes plus. Also, make the durations of each track different lengths so they cycle asynchronously.

This was my exact problem with the last implementation of this posted on HN. The “bartender” track asked “want another one?” Roughly once a minute. Thunder cracked on a short cycle in the rain loop. Just too many identifying marks. And after I spotted those pattern sounds I couldn’t not hear them.

Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by spurgu »

hutch120 wrote: post #94

Love it! If you make the sliders update the URL I bet people would feel more inclined to share their settings rather than just play it.

Love the idea! I would. /end-positive-tone

This is a disease nowadays in modern websites which are reactive or ajax-driven - you have to explain to people step by step how to reproduce something (or send screenshots), as opposed to back in the day when everything was a GET request.

Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by Aeolun »

Animats wrote: post #92
nealabq wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would add the smells of rain, wet wool, sweat and breath, and sawdust. Fragrance is so evocative and complex, but it'll be a while before we can call it up in our browser. I remember a Disney World hang-glider ride where they puffed cool humid forest-scented air in my face. That was a very effective ambiance enhancer. I also remember getting an Odorama card [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision#/media/File…

The military does that. The USS Trayer is a ship disaster simulator. "Suddenly, we're on a pier, the Trayer rising above us. We're indoors, but a gentle breeze carries the distinctive tang of the sea. Gulls caw somewhere overhead, and waves lap between the pier and the hull." It looks and smells like a real ship, but it's indoors in North Chicago, at the Navy's training center. The army version, a section of a Third…

Don’t you actually need something that smells like burning car though? I really wonder how you’d create that artificially.

Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by Aeolun »

rebuilder wrote: post #69
nealabq wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would add the smells of rain, wet wool, sweat and breath, and sawdust. Fragrance is so evocative and complex, but it'll be a while before we can call it up in our browser. I remember a Disney World hang-glider ride where they puffed cool humid forest-scented air in my face. That was a very effective ambiance enhancer. I also remember getting an Odorama card [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-O-Vision#/media/File…

I sure hope it's a while before smells come to the browser. I'm annoyed enough by autoplaying audio, although now that I think about it, it seems not to happen much at all these days.

Imagine getting rickrolled with the smell of rotting pig.

Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by [deleted] »

Aeolun wrote: post #96
Animats wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The military does that. The USS Trayer is a ship disaster simulator. "Suddenly, we're on a pier, the Trayer rising above us. We're indoors, but a gentle breeze carries the distinctive tang of the sea. Gulls caw somewhere overhead, and waves lap between the pier and the hull." It looks and smells like a real ship, but it's indoors in North Chicago, at the Navy's training center. The army version, a section of a Third…

Don’t you actually need something that smells like burning car though? I really wonder how you’d create that artificially.

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Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by lallysingh »

Aeolun wrote: post #96
Animats wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The military does that. The USS Trayer is a ship disaster simulator. "Suddenly, we're on a pier, the Trayer rising above us. We're indoors, but a gentle breeze carries the distinctive tang of the sea. Gulls caw somewhere overhead, and waves lap between the pier and the hull." It looks and smells like a real ship, but it's indoors in North Chicago, at the Navy's training center. The army version, a section of a Third…

Don’t you actually need something that smells like burning car though? I really wonder how you’d create that artificially.

Burning rubber, oil, plastic, and leather probably do most of it.

Re: Irish webapp to recreate pub atmosphere at home

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Post by xxpor »

vmception wrote: post #89
DyslexicAtheist wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

also missing are girls crying in the loo and occasional muffled sounds of a fight unfolding outside

and the bathroom attendant in the guys bathroom not letting two guys go in the stall together to do cocaine, while getting berated by everyone in line about equality because the girls go in stalls together routinely

You guys have security in the bathroom?
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