Razer leans into haptics with a new gaming cushion and vibrating headphones

Razer has released the Freyja gaming cushion, a haptic cushion that you tin connect to your gaming chair, the institution announced. The cushion is $299.99, and it’s disposable to bargain now.

The Freyja is an hold of the vibration you get from gaming controllers — but alternatively of conscionable jolting your hands, it buzzes respective panels positioned down and beneath you successful effect to things happening successful a game. The institution says the cushion’s feedback comes from “multi-directional haptics powered by six precocious haptic centrifugal actuators.” It connects via Bluetooth oregon done Razer’s HyperSpeed Wireless connection.

Most of the time, that vibration volition conscionable beryllium converted from the sound successful immoderate crippled you’re playing, euphony you’re listening to, oregon movie you’re watching. Razer lists Final Fantasy 16, Silent Hill 2, and Stalker 2 as being among the games that integrate the Razer Sensa HD tech that drives the haptics.

Razer debuted a “Project Esther” mentation of the Freyja astatine CES, wherever it kicked The Verge’s Sean Hollister’s butt successful a demo during the event. At the time, it wasn’t wide if it would really go a existent happening — yet, present it is.

The institution besides rolled retired the Kraken V4 Pro, a mentation of its caller Kraken V4 headphones that rattles your caput with haptics. Like the cushion, the V4 Pro uses Razer HyperSpeed and Bluetooth, arsenic good arsenic USB oregon 3.5mm wired connections.

The V4 Pro ships with a tiny container called the OLED Control Hub for tweaking its vibratory feedback, selecting your input, oregon adjusting effects (the headphones person RGB lights, naturally). The Razer V4 Pro costs $399.99 (or €449.99) and the archetypal orders for it and the Freyja volition present starting October 7th, according to their merchandise pages.