Razer, a maker of PCs and PC peripherals, is starting to think of humans like any machine. People get hot and overheat. They grow cold and start to shiver. To solve this dilemma, Razer’s “Arielle” concept chair is full to the brim with a cooling apparatus meant to fan you or warm your spine to ensure you’ll never want to leave your gaming cocoon.
If you’re getting deja vu from the Project Arielle chair images, it’s because it’s built on the base of the Razer Fujin Pro with its mesh back and seat. The integrated blade-less fan system is housed around the border of the Arielle chair’s backside. Razer claims you shouldn’t hear it running, and the motor powers it sits in the chair’s base. The air is sent down your back, and you can toggle whether the chair blasts cool air or heated air generated through built-in PTC heaters. According to Razer, the chair can generate hot air up to 86 degrees Fahrenheit. The company also added that users will feel between 35 to 41 degrees cooler in a dry room.
The chair includes a small panel at the side to control the temperature. The controls also allow a “quick release” if you accidentally run over the power connection. That would have been handy on the Razer Freyja, the company’s previous concept-turned-product that acted as a haptic cushion for your games. The chair is just a concept, so there’s no guarantee it will ever become something you can buy.
Razer is known for its RGB lighting, and it still wants to call our gaming desks “battle stations,” as much as I may gag every time I hear the term. That doesn’t mean there aren’t some highlights this CES. Razer’s new $80 Handheld Dock Chroma, with its 100W power passthrough, is certainly more sporty than your typical Steam Deck dock, and it costs the same as Valve’s own docking station MSRP. The company also has a new $100 glowing Aether Standing Light Bar and $200 glowing monitor stand for when there’s just not enough strobing Razer products on your desk.
However, Razer’s big contribution to PC gaming this year may be its new beta software for streaming games from your rig to your phone. This Razer PC Remote Play uses the existing Razer Nexus app on your PC to stream what it describes as “full-resolution” gaming to your Android phone (sorry, iPhone users).
As a bonus, Razer said this service will come “subscription-free.” It will be a boon to anybody who has games outside of Steam, like on Epic Games Store or GOG, and wants to play them more easily without forcing them onto Steam Link. The flip side is dealing with Razer’s software ecosystem, which can prove a pain.
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