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Not a fan of your keyboard for gaming? At the IFA trade show in Berlin, Acer is showing off a gaming laptop with its own wireless game controller built into the touchpad.
Project DualPlay stands out by featuring a large trackpad that can be pulled out to become a controller, giving consumers another convenient way to game on the product.
“Players can easily wield the wireless controller from its electromagnetic lock by simply placing two fingers on the release button located on top of the keyboard,” the company says.
(Credit: Acer)At its IFA press conference, Acer representatives showed off the function by placing their fingers at the top of the laptop to eject the touchpad. Once pulled out, you can turn to the touchpad’s back side, which contains all the buttons and joysticks to act as a game controller.
Accessing the controller also causes the laptop to release two pop-up speakers on the side, which amp on the volume during gaming sessions.
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(Credit: Acer)Acer only showed off Project DualPlay for a short moment, so we didn’t get to see what gaming on the laptop and its gamepad is actually like. But the company notes that the “detachable controller can be further separated into two joysticks,” similar to the Nintendo Switch, opening the door for two people to enjoy gaming on the laptop.
The detachable controller is designed to make DualPlay especially appealing for fighting games. In addition, the laptop has “customizable 360-degree dynamic RGB lighting on the keyboard, screen bezels, and wide trackpad area,” allowing it to power a light show during gaming sessions.
For now, Acer says Project DualPlay is merely a concept for the company’s Predator PC gaming brand, making it unclear if the laptop will ever become a real product.