CES 2024 isn't short on exciting concept products that will never see the light of an actual production line, but after spending just under half an hour with Razer's Project Esther, this gamer equivalent of a cabbie's beaded seat cushion absolutely needs to be one of the few that breaks through to the mainstream.
The concept is simple. You have a cushion that you can put in any chair, gaming or otherwise, connect it to a PC (or any other compatible gaming system like a PS5), and experience deeper immersion in games, movies, music, and more through the power of carefully calibrated vibrations. But unlike haptics of the past that have never really been able to move beyond rumbles of varying intensity, the Razer Sensa HD Haptics at the core of Project Esther aims to do something different by utilizing something known as directional haptics to better sculpt how we perceive the games we're playing.
