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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday September 16 2018, @08:10AM   Printer-friendly
from the Bringing-Up-The-Rear dept.

Recent market research says that the average gamer spends six hours a week playing video games, and when you consider hardcore and professional gamers, you can be talking about six hours a day. IKEA, the ubiquitous Swedish furnishing company, has teamed up with the prosthetics firm UNYQ to design Ubik, the chair custom-fit to one's posterior. When someone purchases one in an IKEA store, they would get their backside scanned from which custom-made 3D-printed inserts would be produced and shipped to the customer.

"Gamers are an extreme use case. They're athletes, they're competing with their minds and their bodies," says Ingemarsson, as he tested the prototype on stage. "I think bringing this type of personalization to fit unique ergonomic needs, body types and modes of play will give somebody a healthier life and a better competitive advantage."


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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @08:54AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @08:54AM (#735585)

    "Gamers are an extreme use case. They're athletes..."

    hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by MostCynical on Sunday September 16 2018, @11:57AM (1 child)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Sunday September 16 2018, @11:57AM (#735620) Journal

    Competing with their minds and their bodies

                                                                          against the forces of entropy, heart disease [google.com.au] and stupidity. [youtube.com]

    --
    "I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @01:18AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 17 2018, @01:18AM (#735807)

      Everyone wants us to die anyway. What do you care if our asses feel a bit better while we wait for death? (forget suicide, my family needs the life insurance payout. I'm literally worth more dead than alive.)

  • (Score: 1) by easyTree on Sunday September 16 2018, @03:59PM

    by easyTree (6882) on Sunday September 16 2018, @03:59PM (#735675)

    "Gamers are an extreme use case. They're athletes..."

    hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    Olympic-level cheeto-eating is a sport.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @07:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 16 2018, @07:45PM (#735722)

    AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

    "I play video games good, give me money!"