It's been a while since Razer, developer of gaming laptops like the Razer Blade 15 Advanced, gave fans an update on its over-the-top Project Hazel face mask. Now, six months later, there's an update and a new name.

Project Hazel is now Razer Zephyr. The company announced the name change on Twitter and opened the project to beta testing. Registration is available on Razer's Road to Zephyr website.

According to Razer, Zephyr is designed to be safe, social, and sustainable, with a 99% BFE (bacteria filtration efficiency), face seal, and anti-fog coating. In terms of features, it will have a replaceable filter, a charging case with UV light to kill bacteria and virus particles, a transparent window to view a person's mouth, and a microphone and speaker to project the user's voice.

Registration is relatively simple. All you need is your name, country, email, social media profiles, and an explanation of why you want to beta test the RGB face mask.

At this time, the Razer Zephyr does not have a price or release date. However, if will.i.am's Bluetooth Xupermask is any indication, it could be priced as high as $299.

The delta form of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus has swept the world and become the dominant strain, pushing back transmission in areas with low vaccination rates to a peak in 2020 The CDC now recommends that everyone, including the vaccinated, wear masks indoors.

Given that delta spreads 50% faster than alpha and is 50% more infectious, comparable to chicken pox, basic cloth masks and bandanas will not cope. Alpha cobid particles are approximately 0.125 microns. Cloth fibers are simply too large for the virus particles to pass through. On the other hand, the pore size of N95 and KN95 masks is 0.3 microns. While the pore size is larger, the covid must travel in droplets or large clusters.

Razer's Project Zephyr will provide a trial version as soon as it becomes available.