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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.