Here’s Your First Look at the Futuristic BMW Gaming Chair Design

Maxing out performance combining the best of both comfort and functionality

Here's Your First Look at the Futuristic BMW Gaming Chair Design
The BMW gaming chair. Credit: RIVALWORKS – BMW Desingworks

BMW’s design studio, RIVALWORKS just unveiled a futuristic BMW gaming chair concept called “The Rival Rig”. And just like the high-performance vehicles that BMW produces; this gaming chair is also packed with some high-end technology.

 

This BMW gaming chair is designed to max out performance in Esports by combining the best of both comfort and functionality. It features a “Microclimate Control System” along with “Adaptive Seating”, both of which are powered by AI sensors, electro-mechanical actuators, and pneumatic air-pads.

However, the design procedure of the BMW gaming chair was not straightforward at all. Based on reports, Designworks reached out to athletes and gamers to understand the various moods the players go through during their gameplay. At the same time, understanding body posture was also critical.

 

Apart from the ergonomic design itself, the chair features some futuristic technology. For instance, the BMW gaming chair detects the rise in temperature throughout the body and cools that part down via air. But that is not all.

This BMW gaming chair also features various sitting modes. For instance, the boost mode puts the players in a position optimal for high mental concentration. On the other hand, the ease mode results in a relaxed posture.

 

The built-in massage function is the cherry on the top, that helps release the build-up of stresses in the muscles from lengthy gaming and button mashing. Perhaps the only thing that the chair lacks is a toilet system. But other than that, this chair is nothing but a huge flex from the BMW’s design studio. After all, it is unlike anything that we have seen before.

Regarding this, the Designworks President, Holger Hampf stated, “What we wanted to achieve is a gaming rig design that takes both technology and aesthetics in this field to the next level.”

 

The BMW gaming chair

 

Though, if the BMW gaming chair does hit the market, it is not going to be cheap. But either way, it is going to make big waves in the world of gaming and would be dubbed as a true revolution.

In other news, Valve just unveiled the Steam Deck, a next-gen hand-held PC capable of running AAA titles from Steam.

 

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