This is almost the sci-fi gaming desk of my dreams yet I am not worthy

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When I started my career as a games then tech journalist nigh-on two decades ago, I never thought I'd spend so much time writing about furniture. I'm no interior designer and sticking a couple of LED panels on the wall is about all you're going to get out of me as far as DIY is concerned. And yet PC gaming has changed so much that even chairs and desks are created with your computer habits in mind.

We write about gaming chairs a fair bit, but desks less so. Though we've tested our share of gaming desks(opens in new tab), and even PCs within desks(opens in new tab), we haven't really had smart desks. Which is kind of what Lumina is promising with the first programmable desk and it looks as sleek and shiny as it does largely impractical for my own personal work style.

But with an inlaid OLED panel in the desktop I can't help but want it.

It's a way off, however, as the Lumina Desk(opens in new tab) has only been announced and is still very much in the prototype stage. Final release of the ~$1,500 motorised desk is scheduled for the second half of next year, though we are told that it does already have the OLED screens working in its prototype models.

It is obviously that 24-inch OLED panel in the middle of the desktop that makes it so damned sci-fi, but it's probably not going to work in the way you might think. When I first saw the pictures I was expecting some kind of Star Trek Next Gen touchscreen console—like some tablet on motorised legs—but it's not strokeable and is only configurable from a desktop app.

Thankfully it's still resistant to fingerprints, with a 1200cd/m² peak luminance and an oleophobic coating. Though my phone still has that and is grubby as all hell.

From there, Lumina promises, you'll be able to