This is a virtual reality aroma enhancement unit that was released to promote a game called The Fractured But Whole. In the game the characters use the power of flatulence in combat and this unit responds accordingly by forcefully emitting the aroma of a fart directly in your face.
I'm guessing that this was purely intended for fun promotional purposes, because I'm not sure anyone could actually handle having a fart fired up their nose every time they used that power in the game.
The unit is robust and stylish, but also carries the hallmark of being a prototype, with a lot of manual assembly associated with a short production run. Further investigation reveals that it was designed by the Hackerloop technical collective (they did a great job) and there are hints that the circuitry may be based on a custom form-fitted Arduino system. The processor is an Atmel ATSAMD21E18A-F. I get the feeling that the designers may have regretted their choice of connector. When the glue was removed the wires were prone to popping out of them.
https://hackerloop.com/
The aroma cartridges may have been based on a custom aroma absorbed into polymer pearls, but none were present when I opened it, although the aroma was definitely there. (you may have noticed) Having sniffed the cartridge that had low residual aroma first, I was a bit overconfident in sniffing the other one that seemed to have around 100 farts left in it that occurred simultaneously when I sniffed it.
I'd like to thank the Ashens channel for this worthy contribution for our technical enlightenment. You can find the Ashens channel here:-
https://www.youtube.com/user/ashens
By the time I'd finished this teardown, my fingers, tools and absolutely everything in the vicinity smelled of fart. And they still do.
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17 thoughts on “Inside south park’s nosulus rift virtual aroma unit.”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars g8xft says:

    Donโ€™t stick your nose up someoneโ€™s arse after a vindaloo

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars tigergreene says:

    When you got a whiff of the second side and starting retching I nearly fell off my chair laughing!! ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bear Fulmer says:

    Oh man this is one of the best ones Clive, โ˜บ๏ธ, I could just envision someone smelling that and just oh yeah, ๐Ÿ˜†, I'm pausing the video right now to comment because it was just yeah I want that to be my reaction that was so funny keep up the good work

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John says:

    Oh dear! ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paul Regner says:

    Tread carefully. You start out sniffing the Nosulus Rift device, and before you know it, you're huffing Jenkem.

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chloe Hennessey says:

    OMG Iโ€™m crying ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Red Hat Guy says:

    this thing is a real life south park gag

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kaj Kasket says:

    Haha, I almost pissed myself laughing. ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kraftyjoker says:

    Somebody had to do this. Thank you.

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars GashimahironChl says:

    Hey, this shit is still funny today as it was in 2017, i randomly remembered bigclive giving a good ol whiff of the fart cart and seeing stars and just had to come back for a rewatch!

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Vinyl Rips says:

    It was a fun game!

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars the Oakun says:

    If you see an Atmel chip, just assume that it's a microcontroller…

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Arfonfree says:

    Clive, I suggest talking to an organic chemist about sniffing techniques. I learned about sniffing safety 55 years or so ago.

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars john D says:

    "It's a strap-on", he says, without the slightest hint of shame or regret. ๐Ÿ˜

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Rob Smith says:

    I think that scored 101 out of 10 on the vomit inducing aroma scale

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tiny Tony Maloney says:

    ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐ŸคฃI larfed so much when you started to chuck up, I had to pause the video cos I couldn't hear what you were saying an me were watering, that was sooooo fuckin funny, brilliant ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mad Scientific says:

    ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ I guess that's different…

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