{"video_id":"vGP-Nt6eMk8","title":"Playseat Immersion Gaming Chair & Challenge Folding Racing Seat - PAX Prime 2013","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2014-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":236,"segments":[{"start_s":0.08,"end_s":8.279,"text":"Linus Tech Tips coverage of PAX 2013 is brought to you by Western Digital,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":4.0,"end_s":8.279,"text":"Intel, and Steel Series.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.599,"end_s":19.359,"text":"Play Seat. You may know them as the makers of fine racing chairs or flight","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":17.279,"end_s":23.92,"text":"sim chairs, but what you probably don't know them for is the makers of more like","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.08,"end_s":28.8,"text":"a media chair or something that looks great in your living room and is also","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":26.32,"end_s":35.76,"text":"designed for gaming. 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Anyone can sit in this,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":157.84,"end_s":163.44,"text":"not just a gamer. So, if you don't have the space to store something like that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":161.44,"end_s":168.239,"text":"or you don't have the room for it, you could just have living room furniture","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":165.44,"end_s":171.36,"text":"that is play seat immersions and no one would be any of the wiser if you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":169.599,"end_s":176.4,"text":"unplugged them when they came over. So, no one trips on the cables or anything.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":173.28,"end_s":178.319,"text":"Expected MSRP is around $5.99. And when","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":176.4,"end_s":183.519,"text":"you consider what a nice living room chair costs, starting to look pretty","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.8,"end_s":187.12,"text":"good. But what if you wanted a racing seat? You just want a racing seat. It's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":185.519,"end_s":190.879,"text":"not okay to have a gaming seat that you play with with a controller and you want","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":188.72,"end_s":194.239,"text":"a steering wheel and foot pedals and all those things. This is still pretty new.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":192.879,"end_s":199.28,"text":"This was released in spring this year and I'm going to have my lovely","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":196.08,"end_s":201.599,"text":"assistant Kelly Jeffrey","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":199.28,"end_s":207.2,"text":"say hi. Hello. Thank you. That's awesome. You're incredible. fold this up","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":203.84,"end_s":209.599,"text":"and show us how it can be stored in a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":207.2,"end_s":214.0,"text":"closet or somewhere out of the way if you don't necessarily want to have a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":211.519,"end_s":217.76,"text":"rigid metal structure sitting in the middle of your living room or in your","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":215.44,"end_s":223.12,"text":"gaming den or wherever else the case may be. So, just like that, this is the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":219.92,"end_s":225.36,"text":"challenge. It folds up and that is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":223.12,"end_s":228.799,"text":"pretty darn innovative, guys. Thank you so much. Don't miss any of our PAX Prime","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":227.44,"end_s":233.28,"text":"coverage. Our trip to the show here is covered by Western Digital Intel and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":231.28,"end_s":236.72,"text":"Steel Series. So, a big thanks to those guys for making this possible.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Linus Tech Tips coverage of PAX 2013 is brought to you by Western Digital, Intel, and Steel Series. Play Seat. You may know them as the makers of fine racing chairs or flight sim chairs, but what you probably don't know them for is the makers of more like a media chair or something that looks great in your living room and is also designed for gaming. So this, my friends, is the first prototype of the immersion. So this was built for E3 and is being shown off for the second time here at PAX Prime in order to get user feedback from real gamers. It is designed to be extremely comfortable, but you're still going to have those play seat features that you've come to expect. So, there are two mid-range speakers built into the headrest up here, as well as a 5 watt subwoofer that is built into the base of the seat. That's going to give you both an auditory experience and a sort of, you know, a tactile vibrational bum experience that really, I think, is uh is helpful when you're trying to have an explosive sort of thing going on and you can really feel it instead of just hearing it. On the side here is the control panel. So, it's got support for both analog in and Bluetooth in, so you can't just use it with your games. You can also use it with something like an Apple TV that is able to beam audio over Bluetooth. There's also a pass through, so you can opt to not use the built-in speakers and use your headphones instead. And because they're taking user feedback, they're looking at the possibility of adding even more features such as, oh, I don't know, say a USB port on the side because you're already powering the thing anyway. So that way you could charge your controller or your smartphone or whatever else you might want while you're sitting in your gaming chair. The construction is obviously not final, but we're expecting it to have an adjustable headrest. So, right now it's a very very very prototype, but don't worry that'll stay in place once the final product is completed. And right now, there's not really much range of motion for tilting back, but that's something that they are taking the feedback from gamers very seriously and looking into implementing as well. The thing that I like about this is that unlike that chair, which is awesome and super cool and amazing, this one is one that I don't have to think about, do I need to put this away when the relatives are coming so that there's room for everyone to sit. Anyone can sit in this, not just a gamer. So, if you don't have the space to store something like that or you don't have the room for it, you could just have living room furniture that is play seat immersions and no one would be any of the wiser if you unplugged them when they came over. So, no one trips on the cables or anything. Expected MSRP is around $5.99. And when you consider what a nice living room chair costs, starting to look pretty good. But what if you wanted a racing seat? You just want a racing seat. It's not okay to have a gaming seat that you play with with a controller and you want a steering wheel and foot pedals and all those things. This is still pretty new. This was released in spring this year and I'm going to have my lovely assistant Kelly Jeffrey say hi. Hello. Thank you. That's awesome. You're incredible. fold this up and show us how it can be stored in a closet or somewhere out of the way if you don't necessarily want to have a rigid metal structure sitting in the middle of your living room or in your gaming den or wherever else the case may be. So, just like that, this is the challenge. It folds up and that is pretty darn innovative, guys. Thank you so much. Don't miss any of our PAX Prime coverage. Our trip to the show here is covered by Western Digital Intel and Steel Series. So, a big thanks to those guys for making this possible."}