Acer’s Concept Dual Play Embraces It’s Inner Transformer

As Kendrick Lamar said, “sometimes you gotta popular out…” and Acer did conscionable that. During its IFA presentation, the institution unveiled their Acer Project Dual Play concept. A 2-in-1 machine, Acer strives to reply that age-old question: controller oregon keyboard. The answer, it seems is “Why not both?”

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At first, the notebook conscionable looks similar immoderate different Predator gaming laptop – large connected RGB lights and a Transformer aesthetic. But it lone took 2 fastener presses to uncover that the strategy is much than meets the eye. And suddenly, the assemblage erupted into oohs and ahhs. In a flash, we saw the touchpad and portion of the thenar remainder popped retired of the keyboard deck. If that wasn’t chaotic enough, flipping the way pad implicit revealed the instrumentality arsenic a crippled controller. It’s an elegant, you-got-your-chocolate-in-my-peanut-butter solution.

But that’s not all. The controller tin beryllium breached down into 2 abstracted joysticks a la the Nintendo Switch. And erstwhile the controller is removed from the laptop, the side-mounted speakers popular out. I’m not definite however overmuch the caller positioning volition impact the audio, arsenic the portion I saw was lone a prototype.

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The controller felt precise solid, but not excessively bulky. The sides of the controller detach with a firm, speedy pull. The pieces are held successful spot with beardown magnets. The buttons felt okay, but could beryllium a spot firmer. But again, this is presently a prototype and astir apt not the last product. Hell, we don’t adjacent cognize if this conception volition spot the airy of time arsenic a fully-realized user product.

I’d personally emotion to get my hands connected this arsenic I could power betwixt keyboard and controller astatine the click of a mates of buttons. No much hunting astir for the controller erstwhile it’s clip to play Black Myth: Wukong oregon Street Fighter 6.

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But determination are inactive truthful galore questions to beryllium answered astir Project Dual Play. Will it request a abstracted app? How agelong tin the controller past connected a charge? Can you inactive interact with the keyboard erstwhile the touchpad’s successful controller mode?

Whether oregon not those questions get answers depends connected Acer’s appetite to bring the Dual Play from conception to reality.