It all began here with the original gaming cockpit!  The ergonomics, stability & versatility of the oZone cockpit has continued to challenge the status quo, at a very reasonable price.  Now going on 7+yrs the oZone is still showing the rest of the world you don’t have to be uncomfortable when using your computer! The oZone not only provides comfortable & ergonomic use of your computer, but also comes standard with all the mounts needed for racing and flying with a yoke.   Work, socializing on the web, shooters, rpg’s, flight sims, simracing, whatever….the oZone gaming cockpit has you covered at a very reasonable price!  It even costs less than a so-called computer desk & half decent office chair! The oZone gaming cockpit set a new standard for ergonomics!  Before the oZone gaming cockpit everyone dealt with the status quo.  With your legs stretched & back fully supported,  your body’s weight is more equally distributed.  This coupled with your forearms being parallel to the ground and your eyes being level with your monitor gives the user unmatched ergonomics, at this price point or any other!

Are you tired of the aches & pains associated when using your computer?  We’ve all lived with it for years, but only because there was no other alternative.  Face it, desks were designed centuries ago for writing on….NOT using a keyboard & mouse. Obutto revolutionized how we use a computer with the original oZone gaming cockpit.  We threw out everything about the ancient “desk design” and created a cockpit designed specifically for computer use. The raised footrest allows you to stretch your legs out, which in turn transfers your weight across more of your body.  Therefore, having a reclining  & supportive seat back is paramount as you are now in a much more laid back seating position.  Furthermore, the keyboard/mouse tray is positioned low and just above your lap so your forearms can be parallel to the ground.  Lastly, the monitor height is adjustable so your neck is always in alignment with the spine.  In this “laid back” seating position armrests are no longer needed, especially since the side bolsters of the seat back support the weight of the arms.

The oZone gaming cockpit continues to take the world by storm with it’s ergonomics, versatility & superb value at an affordable price.retro chairs for sale ireland Legendary Stability, Versatility & Comfortoak table chairs hutch In 2006 obutto pioneered affordable ergonomic use of your computer with the oZone! bean bag chair retailersA comfortable, fully supported seating position that gives you endless hours of comfortable computer use, whether you’re working, gaming, simming!wing back chair slip covers for sale The oZone has offered flight sim goodness since 2006!  baby rocking chair modern

If you fly with a yoke everything you need comes with the cockpit to fly and be comfortable using your computer.  table and chair rental richmond caIf you fly stick & rudder then we have mounts available to fly centre stick or side stick!  Beware of poseurs, nothing matches the oZone’s legendary stability & ergonomics! Perhaps the most solid “sim racing rig” since 2006!  Designed to allow a proper race driving position, the oZone leads the way as a true multi-purpose cockpit for computer use & all gaming! The OZONE GAMING COCKPIT includes everything to use your computer comfortably, plus all the mounts to enjoy SIM RACING or FLIGHT SIMS, if you use a yoke! real car sports seat that is reclinable real car seat sliders for easy adjustment very stable thick walled carbon steel frame (3.2cm diameter pipe) rock solid throttle/shifter mount, height adjustable and mounts on either side

very stable yoke/steering wheel mount, height & distance adjustable at angle swiveling & telescoping keyboard/mouse tray mouse pad material covers all of the keyboard/mouse tray removable VESA monitor stand, standard VESA bolt patterns 75x75mm, 100x100mm, 200x100mm height & distance adjustable rubber covered pedal tray, also fully removable oZone acrylic tabletop – Give yourself some desk space with this easy to mount (using incl double sided tape) acrylic tabletop.     oZone triple monitor mount – Double your immersion with triple monitors!  Hands down the 2nd best upgrade to your work or gaming experience.  *Note, if you have our older model cockpit, pre-Aug 2009, you will need to purchase a single VESA monitor mount*   Price USD99 Universal flight stick/throttle mount – Turn your OBUTTO into a fighter cockpit!  Stick mount can be used in centre stick or side stick position.  Just velcro your stick & throttle down and your good to go.  

A10 flight stick/throttle mount – Our A10 mount was designed specifically for the awesome Warthog HOTAS, and comes pre-drilled for hard mounting.   r3v keyboard/mouse tray – Enjoy the fully articulating keyboard/mouse tray, as found on the r3volution cockpit!   r3v monitor stand – Free-standing monitor stand that comes with the r3v cockpit.  It has a fully articulating main monitor mount, which comes in handy for all you graphic designers out there who need to pull your monitor closer to your eyes at times. Also, allows the use of the r3v triple mounts (sold separately) which are fully articulating for any side monitor angle you desire!   Obutto cupholder – One of our favs and is included with the r3v cockpit…give your favourite  beverage a nice spill free home on your oZone!  Hello, and welcome back to What Are You Doing With That Computer In Your Living Room (working title). Last week we talked about setting up a living room PC with XBMC and Steam and controlling it with an Xbox 360 controller, smartphone app, or universal remote.

I really believe that a full keyboard and mouse are both unnecessary and undesirable in the living room. Unless, of course, you want to play some types of PC games. The Xbox controller (or any similar gamepad) is perfect for many games, including those that you're most likely to play in the living room--platformers, action-adventure games, RPGs, and casual shooters. Anything that can be easily ported to or from a console, essentially (insert booing, hissing noises). But there are some types of games that are awful without a keyboard and mouse: MMOs, real-time and turn-based strategy games (like Starcraft II and Civ V), and MOBAs (like League of Legends and DOTA 2). And, of course, twitchy shooters. There are plenty of shooters developed for controllers, of course, but if you're playing on the PC you're playing against PC players, and all the auto-aim and thumbstick sensitivity in the world won't save you from a good player with a keyboard and mouse. So you want a keyboard and mouse in the living room.

But there are problems with this, and rather more problems than solutions. As it turns out, the couch is not a good place to use a keyboard and mouse. Let’s dive into why that is. The first thing you need to figure out is what kind of keyboard and mouse to use. Obviously, a wireless keyboard and mouse will be the most flexible option for the living room, and fewer cables means fewer tripping hazards. Wireless keyboards and mice have their own problems, though. Range is not a huge issue, unless you've got an enormous living room. but if you're playing games that are twitchy enough to require a mouse rather than a controller, input lag can be a killer. Not a literal killer, though. Just in video games. Logitech makes many fine wireless keyboards and mice that use its Unifying receiver, including the K800 keyboard and the K750 solar keyboard (which also, thankfully, works with regular house lights). Logitech has some good mice that work with the Unifying sensor, like the Performance Mouse MX, although their wireless gaming mice don't work with the Unifying receiver.

If your computer has a Bluetooth receiver, you can also consider a Bluetooth mouse; Razer's Orochi gets pretty good reviews, although it's not a full-sized mouse. If you're serious about input lag, though, you probably don't want to use Bluetooth or Logitech Unifying. Both Bluetooth and the Logitech Unifying dongle have a polling rate of about 125Hz, or once every 8ms, so there will be input lag. Whether or not it's perceptible to you will depend on your screen refresh rate, your play style, and the types of games you're playing, but it'll always be there. Razer, Mad Catz, Logitech and others have 2.4GHz wireless mice with ~1ms response times, rather than the 8ms response times of Bluetooth and Unifying, so they're the best bet for proper wireless gaming. Our own Matt Braga wrote a guide back in 2010 that can help you minimize OS-caused lag. Don't plug your USB mouse dongle into a USB 3.0 port, by the way. USB 3.0 ports can interfere with 2.4GHz devices (including Bluetooth) in a big way.

If you have a USB dongle for your wireless keyboard or mouse, plug it into a USB 2.0 port, as far as possible from your USB 3.0 ports. One more argument favor of wired peripherals. There are other arguments for wired, too. Any mouse that runs on battery power will run out of batteries while you're playing. It's inevitable, so you'd better have a backup battery you can quickly swap in. Some wireless mice can charge via MicroUSB while you're using them, but then you're back to using ten feet of USB cable. Most gaming keyboards, and many gaming mice, don't come in wireless flavors at all. If you're dead set on using a particular keyboard and/or mouse, a USB extension cable is your best bet. You'll get lightning-fast performance without the danger that your mouse or keyboard will stop working mid-match. Unless someone trips on the ten-foot USB extension cable stretching across your living room, of course. For most of my testing the past few weeks, I've been using a Corsair Vengeance K60 with a USB 2.0 extension cable, and a Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T. 9 wireless gaming mouse, which has worked just fine with a couch-to-PC distance of 10 feet.

Once you have a keyboard and mouse, the next step is figuring out where to put them. Some people insist that they do just fine with the keyboard on their lap and the mouse on the arm of the couch, but that's not really an ideal solution for a number of reasons. For one thing, it does nothing to prevent couch slouch--no good for your neck and back--and it keeps your arms at different heights and different angles. Yes, you need to care about ergonomics. The standard lean-back posture for TV watching is not conducive to playing games via keyboard and mouse. At the very least, you need a board to rest the keyboard on, and enough room to use a mouse. If you just put your mouse and keyboard on the coffee table and perch on the edge of your couch, you're gonna hurt your neck and back, craning your neck to see the TV. The most basic improvement is a board that you can put on your lap. At least that way you can get rid of some of the neck strain, and your keyboard and mouse will be closer to the ideal position.

There are several lapboards and lapdesks on the market for gamers, including the somehow-not-vaporware Phantom Lapboard. You probably shouldn't get the Phantom Lapboard, unless you want no control over which keyboard and mouse you use. There are actual "gaming lapdesks" available, but any flat surface will do as long as it's comfortable enough to go on your lap and has room enough for your keyboard and mouse. I've been using a $6 Ikea Ekby Viktor shelf because I have it around for a future project. This is better than no platform, but it still puts the keyboard and mouse too low. The next step up is having a height-adjustable platform that you can put the mouse and keyboard on while you're on the couch. Ikea's DAVE is a popular choice because you can adjust both the height and the pitch, and it's $20. It's only two feet wide, though. You can always get a rolling laptop stand, though that particular one doesn't tilt like DAVE does. You know the scenes in movies where kids serve their moms some horribly burnt breakfast in bed on a special tray?

You can use trays like that for your keyboard and mouse, too--the legs on the side mean you don't have to have anything actually on your lap. Just make sure you can find one without lips on the edges. Europeans and crazy people can get the Couchmaster for just $200! (Correction: Steiger Dynamics reached out to let us know that the Couchmaster is indeed sold in the US.) Unfortunately, I haven't found a really good ergonomic way to use a mouse and keyboard long-term from the couch if you don't live in Germany. If you have, please let us know in the comments. The ideal ergonomic posture for using a keyboard and mouse is, frankly, not something you're going to find on the couch. The Ergotron diagram above shows good standing and sitting computing postures. In each case, your body is very close to its natural resting position--not slumped over like a marionette with the strings cut, but the ideal neutral posture, biomechanically speaking, for the human body. Your keyboard and mouse should be at elbow height, such that your elbows are bent 90 degrees and your forearms are parallel to the ground.

This prevents strain on your shoulders, upper back and arms over long periods. The top of the TV should be no higher than eye level, and the TV itself should be at a slight 10 to 20 degree angle. Your neck should be in a neutral position, neither tilted up nor down. This prevents neck and upper back strain cause by tilting your head to see the TV. If you're sitting, you should have your thighs parallel to the ground and your feet flat on the floor. This helps keep your hips and spine aligned in their natural resting position, which keeps your back from hurting and your muscles from weakening. You also need lumbar support to keep your lower spine from slouching outward. Good chairs provide lumbar support, but you won't find that very easily on the couch, so you should put a pillow or a cushion behind your lower back so your spine doesn't go into a C shape while you're leaning back. Why is good posture important even while gaming? We sit too much as it is, and spending hours slumped in front of the TV, especially with our necks and backs in unnatural positions, can lead to weaker, more injury-prone muscles.

"I hurt my back playing video games" is not something you want to have to say in conversation. Ideally you'd have a smaller TV, closer to you and higher up, with the keyboard and mouse at elbow height, and some sort of seat that's the right height and offers proper lumbar support.I'm thinking of a desk. Short of putting a desk and desk chair in front of your TV--not unheard of for gamers--you may be able to come up with a good long-term gaming setup using your coffee table. Set up your keyboard and mouse on the coffee table as if gaming, then lower yourself towards the floor until your forearms are parallel to the ground. Note how far your butt is off the floor when in that position, then try to find a pillow or cushion to sit on to raise your butt to that level. You'll need to have good posture to game in this position without slouching, though. You might try putting your back against the front of the couch for some back support. Don't forget to take a break to stretch and move around every couple of hours.