The LiberNovo Omni is the breakout desk chair of 2025. This is a market that's often dominated by big brands and established names, so it's been nothing short of amazing to see a scrappy Kickstarter project come out of nowhere, securing ~$9.4 million in crowdfunding. I strongly believe gaming chairs that use electronics, whether it's for heating, cooling, massaging, or otherwise, are usually a massive gimmick. But when I saw this chair's bionic backrest that moves around with you, my interest was well and truly piqued.
I first saw LiberNovo's Kickstarter page back in June, right when its campaign was about to launch. A week or two passed, and then another. Kickstarter goal after Kickstarter goal came and went, and this innovative chair from a new company in Hong Kong kept securing more funding. It became clear that, beyond a hypetrain of excitement for the Omni's clever design going viral, people were screaming out for chairs that do things differently from the status quo.
