The Future of Gaming Can Help You Smell the World of The Last of Us: Sony’s Future Immersive Entertainment Concept is Absolutely Insane

SUMMARY

• Sony’s Future Immersive Entertainment Concept, revealed at CES 2025, combines advanced visuals, haptics, and scents to redefine gaming immersion.
• The innovation allows players to interact with real-world items, aligning sensory experiences with in-game action for emotional engagement.
• 2025 is a big year for The Last of Us fans, with HBO’s second season and The Last of Us Part II Remastered launching alongside this concept.

The gaming industry has come a long way from arcade games like Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Donkey Kong to almost realistic VR games like Metal Hellsinger, Lone Echo, and Half-Life: Alyx.

In a world where gaming continues to blur the lines between reality and virtual experiences, Sony is taking the concept of immersion to an entirely new level. 

Ellie shooting a clicker in The Last of Us | Credits: PlayStation Productions

Sony’s groundbreaking Future Immersive Entertainment Concept aims to engage all your senses, redefining how we experience video games. With the company’s feature reveal at CES 2025, the future of gaming is more sensory-rich and interactive than ever. Here’s how Sony’s latest innovation could revolutionize the gaming industry.

Sony reveals its Future Immersive Entertainment Concept at CES 2025

The Last of Us Part II | Credits: PlayStation Productions

Sony’s concept revolves around multi-sensory gaming combining the latest technologies in the gaming industry to provide an experience so real, it feels indistinguishable from reality. It makes use of Sony’s Crystal LED panels, engaging audio, haptics, scent, and atmospherics surrounding you from every direction. 

This set up along with interactive blockbuster games like The Last of Us Part II Remastered is a recipe for unforgettable gaming experiences. Sony revealed this concept at CES 2025 and the fans went wild. 

The reveal also showed the possibility of wielding real-world items such as torches or weapons that will interact with what’s on-screen. Imagine whipping out a flamethrower to roast a bloater and smell it burning to a crisp. Ah! Another one bites the dust. 

Although we don’t want to particularly smell clickers dying or bloaters burning, emotional engagement in games could revolutionize the experience when players’ senses align with the arc playing out in the game. 

The smell of fresh air in a field could evoke a calming feeling, while the smell of smoke during a final boss battle could give an adrenaline boost. Games are a profound means of escapism and this proof-of-concept brings us closer to that more than ever.

Did they time The Last of Us Part II release dates intentionally?

Ellie and Joel in The Last of Us | Credits: PlayStation Productions

Fans of The Last of Us series have plenty to look forward to in 2025. HBO’s highly anticipated second season of The Last of Us is set to release this spring, continuing the emotional and action-packed journey of Joel and Ellie. 

The show’s first season captivated audiences with its accurate adaptation and powerful performances. Hence, fans have high expectations for the second season.

Meanwhile, gamers will finally get to experience The Last of Us Part II Remastered on PC, with the release scheduled for April 5th. These developments, paired with Sony’s Future Immersive Entertainment Concept, hint at a future where games and their adaptations transcend traditional boundaries. 

Whether it’s through the storytelling brilliance of HBO’s series or the unreal and interactive gameplay, fans are set to explore the franchise like never before.

The Last of Us is streaming on HBO Max.

Written by Ojas Goel

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Ojas Goel is not a writer by profession but one by heart. His love for Marvel, DC, Star Wars, LOTR, Game of Thrones, and the intriguing world of anime is unmatched. This burning passion urged him to voice his opinions on the such topics and remain connected to the developments that follow. He particularly resonates with Tyrion Lannister as he likes the way he thinks and gets out of tricky situations. Ojas is a BCA graduate and loves to dive into the tech intricacies in his free time.