At CES 2014 Razer unveiled Project Christine, pitched as "the world's most modular PC concept design": sealed, plug-and-play modules for CPU, GPU, storage and cooling slotting onto a central spine, no screwdrivers, no cables. It landed hard: Engadget's Best PC of CES 2014, wall-to-wall coverage from PC Gamer to Engadget. And then, like a lot of Razer concepts, it never shipped: Min-Liang Tan later said it needed three to five OEM partners on board, and none stepped up. This is the teaser that opened that hype cycle.
I made it in-house at Razer. The brief landed right before the holidays, so it came together over Christmas in roughly a week or two. My first fully 3D piece, rendered with Cinema 4D's Physical renderer.
It plays out in pure black and Razer green: the triple-snake logo, the modular tower built from stacked cylinder modules with green light rails running between them, lens-flare wipes and kinetic type reading "INTRODUCING THE MODULAR PC," "MODULAR," "EASILY UPGRADED," "SILENTLY POWERFUL." A module slides out, a monitor reads out system stats, and it closes on the end card: "PROJECT CHRISTINE" over "MODULAR PC CONCEPT DESIGN."
Credits
- 3D, Animation & Edit
- Ryan Johnson
- Client
- Razer