Most gaming laptops have similar basic features: a clamshell form factor, a keyboard (sometimes mechanical), a big touchpad and some booming speakers. But Acer has a unique idea it’s showing off at IFA in Berlin: a gaming laptop with a wireless controller that serves as a touchpad and pops out on demand when you are gaming.
Dubbed the “DualPlay,” this concept laptop’s controller looks a bit like a Nintendo Switch JoyCon grip, but with a large square between the two joysticks that serves as a touchpad when the peripheral is docked in the laptop. The controller uses an electromagnetic lock to stay in place and you make it pop out by pressing a release button that sits above the keyboard.
