Razer's Project Valerie was, hands down, one of the most ambitious concepts at the Consumer Electronics Show this year. It was so cool, in fact, that we here at PCMag named it the Best Concept/Prototype of the show.
Apparently we weren't the only ones impressed with the three-screen laptop. Someone liked it so much that they acquired the buzzed-about prototype with a five-finger discount.
In a Facebook post early Monday, Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan said he'd "just been informed that two of our prototypes were stolen from our booth at CES today." And he's not too happy about it.
"We treat theft/larceny, and if relevant to this case, industrial espionage, very seriously — it is cheating, and cheating doesn't sit well with us," Tan wrote, possibly suggesting a competitor stole the machines. "Penalties for such crimes are grievous and anyone who would do this clearly isn't very smart."
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Tan added that Razer has filed "the necessary reports" and is now working with CES management and law enforcement to catch whoever stole the prototypes. He encouraged anyone with information about the theft to reach out to Razer's legal team.
"At Razer, we play hard and we play fair," he wrote. "Our teams worked months on end to conceptualize and develop these units and we pride ourselves in pushing the envelope to deliver the latest and greatest."
Razer's 12K Project Valerie laptop sports two 4K displays, which spread out like wings from the main screen. Even with three screens, Project Valerie is only about as thick as two Razer Blade Pros stacked together, and was able to run a game at full resolution across the three screens. This thing may never end up as a consumer product, but it's cool to dream about.