Imagine this: you’re confined to your bed, with two or more monitors in front of you where fast images keep on moving in front of your eyes. To your right, refreshments high in sugar, to keep you pumped and disturb your already messed up sleeping patterns. What sounds like the opening scene of a cheap horror movie is the concept underpinning the gaming bed developed by Bauhutte, a Japanese company specializing in dark-toned gaming furniture.

It serves only one purpose: helping hardcore gaming enthusiasts avoid even the slightest physical activity. The structure includes a moveable cart, a shelf for (lukewarm) power drinks, and even a movable arm to hold a smartphone as close as possible to your eyes while lying down. 

To further elaborate on this insanity, Bauhutte has now developed a motorized frame for the bed itself, so that bed-gamers can speed up the atrophy process of their core muscles.

The irony here is that this contraption is the exact opposite of what a successful gamer should aim for, which is an enhanced level of physical activity to manage stress and improve reflexes more effectively. 

We’ll hardly see this product reaching the shelves outside of Japan. Still, while researching for this article, it has been clear (as per Google research suggestions) that there is an actual interest in the “Bauhutte gaming bed,” even outside of Japan. Let’s just hope Ikea doesn’t get a whiff of the new trend.