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While at CES 2025, I had the chance to experience a variety of fantastic gadgets – I he was riding Segway’s new electric motorcycleexperienced it the first time interactive exhibition The Last of Ussaw some impressive ones AR glasses from brands like Xrealand also he played a guitar without strings. But as I prepared to leave Las Vegas, one device stuck out to me more than the rest: RazerGaming chair designed by Project Arielle.
At a glance, Project Arielle it looks like your normal mesh office chair, complete with a comfortable lumbar support design and Razer’s iconic RGB lighting. However, this chair has an extra motor at its base to heat or cool it as you wish.
At Razer’s expo, I had the opportunity to experience Arielle first hand, and although it looks like it would be one of the trickiest launches we’ve seen at CES – and we’ve seen a lot of them – it was probably the best I’ve seen. seen, and the gadget that would be most likely to buy from the whole show (if I ever can, more on that below).
The working demo Arielle was super easy to control. A small touch control panel on the side allows you to adjust the temperature – between 2°C and 30°C (35°F and 86°F) – and the intensity of the bladeless fan system. And while the convention wasn’t super quiet, I didn’t notice the chair humming loudly at the fan’s highest power.
Besides being an excellent way to find some refreshment in the hot Vegas convention center, I loved that Arielle wasn’t claiming to be anything more than a comfort system. Razer isn’t launching this as a haptic chair that can mimic the in-game temperature of virtual environments to enhance your immersion; instead, Arielle is here to make you feel toasty when you’re at your desk in the cold winter months or to help keep you cool in the summer heat – features that sound ideal for my home office based in the UK that lacks AC.
Unfortunately, at the time of writing, Razer has not made any plans to release Arielle to the public – dash my dreams, I might have one at home. For now, he insists Arielle is just a concept at this stage.
That said, as my host acknowledged, Razer’s Frejya touch pad was “just a concept” at CES 2024 — under the name Project Esther – before becoming a reality later in the year. For example, I seriously hope that history repeats itself with Arielle.
I’m seriously considering making a run through the convention center before I go home to see it again, and I’d like to make it a permanent fixture in my house. For now, we’ll have to wait and see what Razer announces.
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