A gaming chair is a type of chair marketed towards gamers. [1] [2] They differ from most office chairs in having high backrest designed to support the upper back and shoulders. [3] Like many office chairs, they are customizable: the armrests, back, lumbar support and headrest can all be adjusted for comfort and efficiency. [3] However, there are criticisms of gaming chairs. For example, they tend to be designed and marketed primarily for aesthetics at the expense of having worse ergonomics than modern office chairs. [4]
The first ergonomic gaming chairs were produced by DXRacer around 2006, a company that was originally known for producing high-end seats for luxury cars. However, the company began to experience difficulties with Chrysler discontinuing multiple lines of cars, leading to DXRacer repurposing their stockpile of bucket seats into standalone chairs, marketed towards gamers. [5] In 2008, more companies began to produce gaming chairs. [1]
The gaming chair market grew rapidly in 2011 with the advent of the live-streaming platform Twitch and the popularization of esports. [1] Within the Twitch community, it became common knowledge that having a gaming chair labeled streamers to be a legitimate and respectable gamer. [1]
There are three main types of gaming chairs. These include PC, platform, and hybrid gaming chairs.
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