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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: 2) by richtopia on Monday September 17 2018, @04:53PM (2 children)

    by richtopia (3160) on Monday September 17 2018, @04:53PM (#736055) Homepage Journal

    Yea, you are right about hit or miss used chair quality. Specifically the Large size Aeron chairs: they have wider mesh (more leverage) and handle heavy occupants, so they wear out much faster. At work we have Steelcase Leap chairs and I now prefer them to the Aeron I personally own.

    Often on Craig's List you can find a clearing house (example below). The price may have a premium over private party sales but you can sit in and inspect the furniture before purchasing, and there is a selection to choose from. Like everything life is a compromise: brand new is pricy, reseller is less pricy, sight unseen is risky.

    https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/fud/d/herman-miller-aeron-chairs/6680709540.html [craigslist.org]

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Monday September 17 2018, @08:56PM

    by VLM (445) Subscriber Badge on Monday September 17 2018, @08:56PM (#736178)

    Steelcase Leap chairs

    I've heard nothing but good stories about those, specifically version 2 or option 2 or some such. Are they any good? I've never sat in one.

    I came up with an interesting justification for mail order sight unseen used Aeron chairs... spare parts are supposedly not cheap, so if an entire used chair is cheaper than two new replacement arm rests, may as well buy the whole chair for the arms and toss the guts in a corner of the basement until needed.

    My main office chair is a office warehouse store "executive chair" all puffy and comfy. My general understanding from when I hurt my back based on talking to the doc is the quality of the chair sets how long you can sit in it without pain; but since I was prescribed to get up and walk around on a regular basis for my back recovery (more than a decade ago) it doesn't matter too much for me, although I am thinking of getting a new chair, so maybe... Kinda like my back and now my lifestyle limit me to a couple hours without a break so there's no point upgrading from a four hour chair to an eight hour chair if I never exceed two hours anyway between getting up and walking around or even working out during a break.

  • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday September 17 2018, @09:34PM

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday September 17 2018, @09:34PM (#736211) Journal

    But then the question of how do you avoid knockoffs? (Clearing house or private party)?

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