Though only concepts, Razer stunned attendees with Project
Valerie, a concept gaming laptop with three 4K displays and Project Ariana, a concept projector that extends your screen onto your walls. Both earned spots in Mashable's Best of CES 2017.
The devices were so impressive that someone has reportedly stolen two prototypes from the company.
In a post published to his Facebook page on Sunday (the last official day of CES), Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan, said that he was "informed two of our prototypes were stolen from our booth."
Tan didn't specify which prototypes were stolen. "We aren't releasing any other information right now," Tan told Mashable when reached for clarification.
The company brought several prototypes of the two new concept devices to the show, including two versions of Project Valerie (one fully functional version and one with the finalized deployment hinges) and two models Project Ariana (one mock of the actual projector and one functional proof-of-concept of the hardware guts).
The company has filed police reports and is working with law enforcement and CES management to get to the bottom of the stolen prototypes, Tan added.
"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 said. "Penalties for such crimes are grievous and anyone who would do this clearly isn’t very smart.
The unfortunate turn of events isn't the first time Razer's prototypes have been stolen. Two prototype Blade laptops stolen from its San Francisco R&D lab in 2011.
Razer's urging anyone who might have information on the stolen goods to contact legal@razerzone.com.
While having its products stolen is a terrible way to end CES, on the bright side, it means Razer's created products with trade secrets worth stealing in the first place.
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