Every day I find dozens of reports in the email on the most disparate topics: AI, robotics, publications and new gadgets. Many deserve it, some less so. I couldn't ignore this one about the station that looks like a scorpion for the wow effect.
I'll make it short: you are either normal or you desperately want to have this Cluvens IW-SK zero-gravity, this crazy gaming chair, or eSport station, and whatever else.
Keyboard scorpions
According to the official website Cluvens, this zero-gravity “eSports workstation” in the wicked scorpion shape can support one 49″ ultra-wide monitor or three 27″ curved monitors. Cluvens IW-SK weighs a whopping 120kg, is 65 inches long (165cm), 47 inches wide (120cm) and 82 inches tall (over two metres) when fully extended.
No, it won't fit in a little corner, you'll need some space.
My sincere, ignorant impressions of the Cluvens IW-SK (and in general of the gaming and eSport stations)
Let me just say for the record that I'm neither A) an avid gamer (this is a limit that Futuroprossimo will try to reduce) or B) a fan of insects, especially ultra-poisonous ones like scorpions.
This is why beyond the wow factor a gaming chair is not something I'm really excited about. Even less so if it's actually some kind of six-legged insect cockpit.
Due to my professional bias, I'm trying to understand if I could recycle this eSports station in an office environment. Maybe when there's a job looming and some colleague comes to disturb you. It would be enough to add a device to the sting (nothing deadly, mind you) that acts as a deterrent. An electric shock, that's it.
The feeling of driving a robot, not of being on a gaming station
According to Cluvens' description, the cockpit is motorized and "at the touch of a button it transforms into anything." The "tail" of the scorpion extends and becomes the cantilever support for mounting the screens. Both the monitor distance and angle can be adjusted using a controller.
The “claws” that the mouse and keyboard rest on have rounded corners, so they're not as dangerous as they seem (but no cup holder? Where do I put the coffee?).
Cluvens IW-SK can also allow you to lie down for a break, or to soothe postural pain (I need it during this period). It also features a massage and heating function, so you can enjoy some quality time like only real bad guys can.
As comfortable as one feels on a giant insect, of course.
The price? Poisonous
To sit on Cluvens IW-SK you pay around 3.200 euros, and you have to wait a bit, but Cluvens promises that the wait will be worth it.
