"Razer's Project Ava AI game coach from last year's CES is taking a new form for 2026: a tiny holographic anime girl in a capsule you can put on your desk. Anime girls in pods were already a thing at CES 2025, but Razer's take on it is much smaller and desk-friendly. The new Project Ava is a 5.5-inch animated hologram that can take the form of Kira, an anime waifu in a green dress and black thigh-high socks,"
"These AI avatars watch you and what's on your screen to answer your questions, give you gaming tips as you play, help with brainstorming or problem solving, and, according to Razer, even help with wardrobe tips and fit checks. You can talk to it via its dual-array mics by holding down a custom key binding, like a side mouse button."
"Project Ava avatars are designed to have "natural movements, eye-tracking, facial expressions, and lip sync for engaging interaction." But what's most important is what they're constantly looking at: your screen and you, via Project Ava's own built-in webcam and even the webcam on your own computer. When you do that, you're talking to Grok, which is the LLM Razer had set up for the demo I got to see."
Razer's Project Ava is a 5.5‑inch desktop holographic avatar system offering animated characters such as Kira, Zane, and future options including real esports figures or a glowing orb. The avatars deliver natural movements, eye‑tracking, facial expressions, and lip sync, and they observe the user and on‑screen content via a built‑in webcam plus the PC's webcam. The system answers questions, provides in-game coaching, brainstorming help, problem‑solving assistance, and wardrobe fit checks. Voice interaction uses dual‑array microphones and a custom key binding to speak to Grok, the integrated large language model powering responses.
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