San Francisco-based auxiliary equipment developer UNYQ collaborates with IKEA to produce for the gaming community3D printingproduct.
Eythor Bender, the co-founder and CEO of UNYQ, said: “The gaming community has been neglected for a long time because furniture and accessories are functional and customizable, as well as aesthetics. Unique needs, and able to protect and improve their games.”
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UNYQ was established in 2014, and early produced a series of personalized prosthetic covers for upper and lower limb amputees. Recently, the company has begun to develop a “full leg” solution. In the company’s latest product series, this expertise has now been transferred to professional gaming products.
Game players usually spend most of their time still, performing repetitive actions, which can cause tremendous physical fatigue on the wrists and spine. Therefore, customized personal products can reduce the possibility of injury and improve comfort.
To help understand how to best design products for the gaming community, the company used the expertise of the Stockholm Regional College, an educational e-sports company.
Combining the Academy and Carbon’s3D printingTechnology, UNYQ and IKEA have developed three for gamers3D printingThe prototype of the accessory is called UPPKOPPLA, which means “online” in Swedish.
The series includes a biometric wrist stand, which can maintain the correct height of the player’s wrist and keyboard and reduce the stress on the tendons. The soft, ventilated keycaps make the keyboard feel like a physical extension of the game player’s fingers. The portable mouse “bungee” is used to fix the user’s mouse cable in place to prevent tangles and achieve complete freedom of movement.
for3D printingFor these products, UNYQ uses generative design. According to Bender, this modeling method and additive manufacturing process simplifies and shortens the supply chain, making it easy to replicate in different products, and allowing individuals to participate in the design process.
This is not the first time the two companies have collaborated to produce products for the gaming market.
In June 2018, IKEA and UNYQ developed an ergonomic chair for professional gamers, allowing them to sit comfortably for a long time.This chair named UBIK uses3D printingCustomized with body scanning to provide support for the player in the ideal posture.
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