Herman Miller and Logitech G Enhance the Embody Chair For Pro Gamers
Logitech G took a first step into the world of seating ergonomics for gamers, streamers, and esports athletes today when they unveiled a series of high performance gaming furniture and accessories, including the Embody Gaming Chair, the industry's first truly ergonomic chair.
Together, the two companies spent nearly two years studying esport pros and players around the globe to understand their needs. "Prior to the in-depth research we did, we knew many gamers loved our current offering as we are constantly rated highly in almost every gamer product review," said Tim Straker, Chief Marketing Officer for Herman Miller. "The main feedback we received was they wanted more variety."
The more research Herman Miller and Logitech did with the gaming community, the more they found that players took a variety of postures in chairs without noticing the negative impact it had on their performance and potential damage to their health over time. "This in-depth research convinced us that we needed to modify a current offering to improve lower back support, increase forward leaning, provide a greater ability to swivel, and better adjustments for tables and monitors," continued Straker. "The Embody Chair set the benchmark for pressure distribution, natural alignment, and support for healthy movement, so it was the perfect choice to be modified to meet these needs." In addition to the Embody Gaming Chair, the two companies are bringing a height adjustable desk and a monitor arm to the gaming market.
While several of Herman Miller's chair designs were tested with gamers, Embody was chosen as the perfect platform to build a gaming chair from. A typical esports athlete and streamer are seated at their desk upwards of three times as long as a typical office worker. In addition, a large number of gamers expressed widespread dissatisfaction with the comfort and ergonomics provided from traditional gaming chairs that typically focus on aesthetics, as there is a significant decline in performance due to the physical challenges that come from repetitive motion injuries.
"Gamers deserve advanced ergonomic solutions in all aspects of play. We partnered with Herman Miller to evolve their award-winning Embody Chair into a solution that meets the specific needs of gamers today," said Peter Kingsley, Chief Marketing Officer at Logitech G. "This is the first step in an ongoing relationship, and we're proud to be working with Herman Miller to find new ways to help all gamers play at their best."
The first gaming chair from Herman Miller and Logitech G addresses all of those needs and more. The Embody Gaming Chair allows gamers' bodies to be properly aligned, balanced, and comfortable. A number of enhancements were made to get there, including cooling foam with copper-infused particles that support the ideal gaming posture and reduce heat buildup caused from sitting on thick cushions for a prolonged period of time, and pixelated support, which distributes weight evenly to reduce pressure and encourages movement. These features are crucial to maintaining healthy circulation and focus.
Additional Gaming Products
In addition to the Embody Gaming Chair, the companies introduced the Herman Miller Motia, Ratio, and Nevi Gaming Desks. The perfect complement to the Embody Gaming Chair in both aesthetics and functionality, these new gaming desks encourage regular movement and allow users to switch between different postures to adjust to gamers' playing styles, increasing energy and efficiency. The enhanced desks feature a matte black anti-smudge and anti-glare finish, which can be found only on the gaming desks.
Both products can be paired with the matching Ollin Gaming Monitor Arm, which supports a range of monitors and laptops of various weights and sizes. The arm has a wide range of motion, allowing gamers to position their screen wherever makes them the most comfortable, encouraging a healthier posture when gaming.
Pricing and Availability
The introduction of these new products reinforces the companies' worldwide leadership in innovation and high-performance solutions for gamers. To order your gear, or to get the latest information about collaboration solutions from Logitech G and Herman Miller, visit hermanmiller.com/gaming.
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@MegaFalloutFan oh i am glad you are over it and drainage was able to do the trick as soon as i started reading your post my "ptsd" from that whole thing hit red alarms since i had to take the surgery and let it heal the thing they removed from me was on the size of my fist almost ....i still have to advice you to sometime check it with a doctor if you never did but you tell me it was 12 years ago ... so my red alert about it is off :p
been 14 years i had the surgery after that i even sit on rocks on the beach for hours drinking beers with friends etc not a problem what so ever ... except a little bit of shore asscheeks ... you know rough huge rocks are not exactly ergonomic :p
@K.S. sorry if i ruined your meal brother i warned about the link i was not even posting to argue about chairs at all :p
No no - it was a good share, sucks you had to live it though...

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Well, now that you guys opened the subject, and got some resistance to gross subjects, I can share that I too had one of those monster boils right at the end of my spine and between the upper part of my butt cheeks about 6-7 years ago. As I was someone plagued by boils/acnee all around that area since my early teens, I didn't care for it too much at first. But within 2-3 weeks it evolved to almost being a third upper butt cheek in size, it was so bad that I couldn't even sit on anything other that a stool or lay down without insane pain. Sleeping was almost impossible.
Mind you, this was also next to the lumbar area where I had (and still do) at least 1 herniated disc, so I was in even more pain because of that. I went to the doctor, and they day before I had scheduled a surgery, the thing popped and I literally though I shat myself. As said, I had many boils in my life, but never have I seen so much puss literally flow out, it lasted 3 days of almost non-stop drainage, but at least it did drain out completely and didn't return.

I always blamed the thing due to being very fat, very hairy and very sweaty. But now I can add having a pos wooden chair to the list. It never crossed my (or the doctor's for that matter) mind, but I did have the very opposite of ergonomic and comfortable chair at that time.
Now I don't know if having a 1500 euro chair is the answer, but since I had my ~400 euro AK Racing, it didn't happen again. But honestly, I would consider going for a HM or another more high end ergonomic brand sometime in the future, problem is you can hardly find them over here.
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Well is well over and i am now that guy that when i hear such things i grab my friends from the hair and drag em to the doctor a close friend of mine said about a bit of blood like how it started with me very early and i forcefully dragged him to the doctor it was so early he was fully healed in 2 weeks with out ever having pain i spend good 3 months cause when they open you up with this there are no stitches it has to heal from the bottom up ... :p
@Solfaur i am not sure if a bad chair is one of the causes of it but 5-10% of the population get this thing at least once on their life including women i remember a poor woman that had her 3rd case ...
Anyway sorry for derailing the thread so much.
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I mean the thread is filled with chair recommendations... It's not like chair design has changed much in the last two years.
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@MegaFalloutFan oh i am glad you are over it and drainage was able to do the trick as soon as i started reading your post my "ptsd" from that whole thing hit red alarms since i had to take the surgery and let it heal the thing they removed from me was on the size of my fist almost ....i still have to advice you to sometime check it with a doctor if you never did but you tell me it was 12 years ago ... so my red alert about it is off :p
been 14 years i had the surgery after that i even sit on rocks on the beach for hours drinking beers with friends etc not a problem what so ever ... except a little bit of shore asscheeks ... you know rough huge rocks are not exactly ergonomic
@K.S. sorry if i ruined your meal brother i warned about the link i was not even posting to argue about chairs at all :p