Kotaku: chairs

Ace Bayou Rolls Out New Gaming Rocker

torif — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:00:00 MST

Ace Bayou, a manufacturer of "innovative lifestyle furniture", announced two new gaming chairs at CES, the X Rocker Pro-Series and X Rocker 4.1.

Said to be twice as powerful as the traditional X Rocker chair, both new models come complete with four built-in speakers plus subwoofer, wireless capabilities, and the ability to daisy-chain multiple chairs together (or connect them with other items in the Xfunctional media furniture series). The X Rocker 4.1 also has "true" surround sound, which is designed to let gamers hear more audio clues when immersed in game play. Now, you'll be able to hear when someone's sneaking up on you right before you get fragged in Halo 3! The speakers on the X Rocker 4.1 are also removable.

Ace Bayou will also have some of their pre-existing Xfunctional furniture on display at CES, including the X Pedestal Wireless Home Theatre Chair (US$199.50) and the Evolution Wireless with Battery Pack Chair (US$149.99). The company also says that their furniture is compatible with most entertainment devices: iPod, PS3, Wii, Xbox360, PSP, and DVD players. Good for all those times you thought to yourself, "wouldn't it be great if I could just sit IN my iPod?"

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Gaming Chairs Evolve: Witness The Gaming Ottoman

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:30:06 MST

One thing that the Consumer Electronics Show isn't lacking are adequate gaming chairs, the kind that gently caress ones bowels with a precisely placed subwoofer in an effort to "get you in the game." This year's CES will be no different, I'm sure, but it will bring at least one gaming chair advancement to the gadget-loving public's attention: the gaming ottoman. Known as the Boompod from Boomchair, it appears to pivot, in an attempt to appeal to the more animated, more spastic gamer seen in television commercials and print ads. Expect plenty of the annual gaming chair coverage you crave and have come to expect from Kotaku when we touch down at CES 08 next week. Rump-on impressions of the Boompod will be posted as soon as is humanly possible.

LumiSource Bringing Gaming Ottoman To CES [Gadget Lab]

Sitting Technology A Huge Priority At CES

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:30:50 MST

The one thing the Consumer Electronics Show is not lacking in is people. And gaming chairs. In fact, the number of gaming chairs on display at CES outnumbered the PlayStation 3 and Wii games present at the show combined. Granted that latter number is five, but come on.

While companies like Intel and Sharp went to great lengths to bring in Formula 1 and NASCAR replicas into their booths to give aging executives something memorable to sit in during their gaming sessions, others were simply trying to convince the handful of gamers in attendance that their current sofa just isn't as good as a chair with a subwoofer aimed directly at their ass. Serious gamer chair gallery after the jump.

And yet, with all that effort to capture the show's game chairs on film, that I somehow failed to capture the "Ultimate Game Chair"? So sad. Michael McWhertor