I thought I would start a thread on specific VR deals for all the simmers that are thinking about jumping into VR

 

USA

Many WMR deals (inc Acer and Lenovo for $299) at the Microsoft store

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/b/black-Friday?WT.mc_id=PromoEmail_14835_en_US_Black_Friday_Reveal_11-13-17_Hero_PreviewDeals

Oculus Rift for $350 at Bestbuy (You need to be logged in to see lower price)

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/oculus-rift-touch-virtual-reality-headset-bundle-for-compatible-windows-pcs/5989502.p?ref=8459201

UK

HP WMR £299 at amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/HP-Windows-Reality-Headset-VR1000-100nn/dp/B0758HPMQ6

France

Lenovo WMR at €249 (€299 - €50 using "VR50" deal)

https://www.darty.com/nav/achat/telephonie/telephone_mobile_seul/casque_realite_virtuelle/lenovo_casque_rv.html

 

Wow, those are some good deals, didn't even know about most of those headsets!

Also have a look at this one:

PIMAX 4K UHD: 110 Degree FOV 60Hz Refresh Rate 3840 x 2160P 8.29MP

https://www.gearbest.com/pc-headset/pp_423476.html

It is currently listed at $375, but often gets offered at $299. I just got mine and it is really good, but I would still say that Oculus is marginally better:

• The major plus for the PIMAX is the resolution - it is vastly better than Oculus. I tried it in DCS World and IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad and you can see targets more clearly and read the instruments perfectly, whereas with Oculus you can see the instrument, but cannot read the values.
• The negative of the PIMAX is the headtracking. It doesn't have a positional tracker, meaning that it cannot follow the position of your head through space. So you can only look left/right and up/down. There is slight forward/backward and sideways tracking but it is very small. You cannot do things like poke your head outside the cockpit or lean forward to find an obscured switch. This is where the Oculus wins the race in my opinion as it gives the sensation of being inside the virtual world, wheras the PIMAX is merely observing the virtual world, albeit much more clearly. Games/applications where the head would be perfectly still (eg driving or space sims perhaps) would be perfect for PIMAX, but when I fly aircraft, especially in combat, I want my head to move around as well.
• A possible maybe for some users is the 60Hz refresh rate (causing motion sickness). Apparently it is better to have the 90Hz of Oculus, but I had no problem with 60Hz. The PIMAX did stutter a bit more than Oculus here and there, but it is probably because my GTX 1070 was struggling with the much higher resolution and I haven't tweaked any settings yet, like I did with Oculus.