Razer, the corporate finest recognized for its RGB-infused keyboards, cat-ear headsets, and over-priced gaming chairs, has simply revealed that its “AI gaming copilot” Mission Ava will probably be utilized in its newest invention: an AI anime waifu that sits in your desk, named “Kira.” She’ll be powered by Elon Musk’s Grok.
The 2026 Shopper Electronics Present kicked off in Las Vegas this week and, unsurprisingly, AI-powered tech is all over the place. Razer introduced its AI gaming assistant, Project Ava, eventually 12 months’s present, alongside a prerecorded video of the copilot program suggesting suggestions to assist a participant navigate a boss battle in Black Delusion: Wukong.
Razer’s Mission Ava has now returned in bodily kind. The newly unveiled “AI Desk Companion” model comes geared up with a built-in webcam (which Razer states is for its “human-like imaginative and prescient” and “full contextual consciousness”), a collection of customizable RGB LEDs, a USB-C port, and, most notably, a “swappable” 5.5-inch-tall 3D holographic avatar.
Razer Holographic AI Voice Assistant Kira (Mission Ava) CES 2026 Demo #Razer #CES2026 pic.twitter.com/ah54Us7QMJ
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In response to the press launch, Mission Ava’s holographic companion at present is available in 5 varieties. These embrace the default, amorphous inexperienced blob Ava, the aforementioned cat-ear carrying anime waifu Kira, and a buff “gaming wingman” referred to as Zane.
The opposite two holograms are literally 3D recreations of actual folks: the South Korean eSports legend Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok and the J-Pop idol Saori “Sao” Araki, the latter of whom exploded in reputation final 12 months following her viral “Workplace Girl” meme.
As detailed in a report by Inverse, the bodily model of Mission Ava will probably be powered by xAI’s Grok, which not too long ago started posting CSAM online. If you happen to’re curious the way it will carry out as Grok races to seed social media with deepfake porn, a number of shops, together with both Gizmodo and The Verge, had been lower than complimentary about its implementation.
Gizmodo’s James Pero said that his expertise with Mission Ava was “as wonky as chatting with another AI chatbot on the market,” and The Verge’s Antonio G. Di Benedetto famous that the anime AI assistant Kira “stored incessantly filling gaps in communication with annoying chatter.”
If you happen to’re nonetheless eager to get your arms on certainly one of these regardless, the FAQ on Razer’s Mission Ava web site states that it’s “anticipated to be obtainable within the second half of 2026” and that people in the USA can already reserve one of many models by placing down a $20 deposit. The corporate nonetheless hasn’t revealed how a lot the total Grok-powered holograms will value.
