Razer is showing off a prototype of a new gaming chair that could prevent you overheating during intense gaming sessions.
Unveiled at CES 2025, the Project Arielle gaming chair has integrated cooling and heating, which the company claims can reduce or increase the “perceived” temperature by up to five degrees centigrade.
The chair has the same mesh design as the company’s Fujin Pro, which is already on the market. However, the prototype has a fan unit attached beneath the seat, which can act as both a cooler and a heater.
In my brief tests with the chair in a very warm Razer demo suite, the cooler definitely made a quick and noticeable impact to my body temperature. You can feel a slight draft on your back as the fans kick in, definitely making life more comfortable in the busy demo room.
Likewise, the heaters had an instant impact, feeling similar to the heated seats you get in cars. The heat seemed to be concentrated in the mid-back area, but you could feel it spreading out as the fans continued to blow.
Light Show
Being Razer, the company wasn’t likely to miss an opportunity to add a little RGB goodness to the chair. Consequently, an LED strip that runs around the perimeter of the seat’s back glows green when the chair is in cooling mode, and goes red when the heater is on. The fans are controlled by a small touch panel on the right-hand side of the seat.
An obvious consequence of adding fans to a gaming chair is that you’ll need power, which means a trailing cord to the chair. Razer claims it’s fitted with a quick-release connection, meaning you shouldn’t be able to damage the cord if you yank it out of the wall when moving the chair.
The chair definitely had the appearance of a finished product, perhaps indicating that this isn’t just a headline-grabbing show demo but a genuine product in the making.
A Razer spokesperson said the company had a history of quickly turning CES prototypes into commercial products, so this is definitely one to watch for if you find yourself getting too hot during gaming sessions… or if you’ve got a particularly chilly gaming room.
