At the major annual tech show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Razer unveiled a host of new products, including the Razer Blade 14 and 16 laptops, the Razer Aether display light bar, the Razer USB-C dock or even an ultimate version of its Razer Iskur gaming chair. To improve the experience of players in their chair, the American brand is announcing a multidirectional haptic cushion, the Project Esther.
Equipped with 16 haptic actuators, this device delivers feedback based on the content displayed on the screen. And so as not to clutter the gamer With cables, Razer has opted for HyperSpeed Wireless 2.4 Hz wireless connectivity, which limits latency to 20 ms.
The accessory also has three adjustable straps to be effectively secured to the cushion via the seat and back, and thus adapt to the majority of chairs gaming and office.
The Project Esther features the new in-house Sensa HD Haptic technology. Thanks to the latter, the haptic cushion should “adapt to the content displayed and generate tactile sensations of varying intensity, speed and duration”, declares the manufacturer. The immersion would be larger than life with sensations of action, direction, distance and position in the games.
According to Razer, Project Esther will not be limited to video game joys. The manufacturer explains that its new technology “works seamlessly for all games, movies and music with automatic conversion of audio to haptics in real time”.
As its current name suggests, this product is still in the planning stage. It should therefore evolve before its commercialization, but above all be adopted by video game developers. Razer has also made the Interhaptics SDK available for them.