The advent of mobile platforms might have revolutionized the way video games have been played in the past, but what Razer is re-inventing under its sleeve seems to push the very boundaries of portable gaming. The company has revealed an innovative concept design codenamed ‘Switchblade’ which utilizes Intel’s Atom processor and wields traditional desktop gaming PC’s power into a greatly intuitive portable device.
The new Intel Atom powered portable platform boasts of a 7 inch ultra-sensitive multi-touch screen and a dynamic tactile keyboard. With its intelligent user interface, players can customize game-specific customization content and expect the key layout to get configured automatically as per the preset feeds. This innovative device focuses on augmenting gamers’ experience of playing the extensive PC game library on a handheld device.
“The main problem with mobile PC gaming so far is that no one has been able to port the full mouse and keyboard experience onto a small size portable solution,” explained Min-Liang Tan, CEO and Creative Director, Razer. “By combining adaptive on-the-fly controls and display, we managed to maintain the full tactile keyboard in a miniature computer while saving valuable screen estate.
The Razer Switchblade concept runs a Windows 7 Operating System and can be accompanied by a mobile gaming mouse if required. According to Razer’s official website, the company has no plans to release the prototype as of yet and ‘will be working with selected partners to design and launch products based off the Razer Switchblade concept design.’
The Switchblade concept is created from scratch by Razer designers and engineers in collaboration with Intel.