April 15, 11 AM PST Pimax announcement.

[Fielder 3,683]

Frontier 2024. Pimax will announce their new headsets on Youtube (and probably elsewhere too).

 

[eslader 1,787]

That's interesting.

Anyone know exactly what the onboard processor in the regular Crystal actually does? is it only used for stand-alone or does it take some load off the computer when you're doing something like MSFS?  I would guess it doesn't, which makes the price and not having a big heavy battery on your head rather compelling for our purposes.

 

[hs118 707]

Wowzer, Pimax is definitely making some waves.

[Fielder 3,683]

 

 

The brand new light version has no interchangeable lenses (Oled or Qled swap), no wireless capability or option, no eye tracking, no storage for games, no local dimming (but is optional addon) etc.

 

The old Crystal still available at $1599 (no stations needed). Add wireless for $299. Or buy airlink bundled with a new old model Crystal it's $199 ($1798).

New Crystal Super is $1799 ($200 more than the old Crystal). (But then the air link wireless dongle is extra on top of that, if you want it).

New Crystal Light is $699 (includes controllers, does not use base stations).

[Donka 650]

If the base light model was a smaller size or had local dimming, I probably would have preordered. Will hold off for reviews and consider the 899 model.

[threexgreen 3,142]

Anyone dare to make a guess as to performance in MSFS with the Super model at 3,840 × 3,840 plus the wider FOV?

[Grindathotte 47]

3 hours ago, threexgreen said:

Anyone dare to make a guess as to performance in MSFS with the Super model at 3,840 × 3,840 plus the wider FOV?

I think this will depend heavily on foveated rendering so should get reasonable results with a current high-end PC.

[odourboy 1,290]

7 hours ago, threexgreen said:

Anyone dare to make a guess as to performance in MSFS with the Super model at 3,840 × 3,840 plus the wider FOV?

I'm oversampling at a higher resolution than that (I don't recall the exact figure) for my Pico 4 and I get mid 40s typically. So it might not be too bad.

[threexgreen 3,142]

10 hours ago, odourboy said:

I'm oversampling at a higher resolution than that (I don't recall the exact figure) for my Pico 4 and I get mid 40s typically. So it might not be too bad.

What do you use to oversample? Do you use DLSS or TAA?

Edited April 17 by threexgreen

[odourboy 1,290]

7 hours ago, threexgreen said:

What do you use to oversample? Do you use DLSS or TAA?

I set my resolution in OpenXR and use DLSS. I tried lower resolution with TAA versus higher with DLSS and settled on the latter for comparable image quality with a bit better performance. YMMV

[threexgreen 3,142]

16 hours ago, odourboy said:

I set my resolution in OpenXR and use DLSS. I tried lower resolution with TAA versus higher with DLSS and settled on the latter for comparable image quality with a bit better performance. YMMV

Is that the override resolution option in OpenXR's in-game overlay or the scale slider in the app itself? Thanks.

[odourboy 1,290]

5 hours ago, threexgreen said:

OpenXR's in-game overlay

 

[Fielder 3,683]

This self promotion from Pimax was published on YT an hour ago...

 

[turbomax 3,287]

good to always hear another second opinion by Sadly-it's-Bradley. He has always been critical of Pimax and questions if they will ultimately live up to their announcements/promises. just food for thought, I suggest to fast forward to ca. one hour into his speech around 01:00:00 if you have watched the original Pimax promo videos already. Bradley always takes too long, therefore Sadly it's Bradley 🤣

 

Edited April 21 by turbomax

[strider1 575]

On 4/21/2024 at 2:45 AM, turbomax said:

good to always hear another second opinion by Sadly-it's-Bradley. He has always been critical of Pimax and questions if they will ultimately live up to their announcements/promises. just food for thought, I suggest to fast forward to ca. one hour into his speech around 01:00:00 if you have watched the original Pimax promo videos already. Bradley always takes too long, therefore Sadly it's Bradley 🤣

 

This guy is a total weirdo, and he has diarrhea of the mouth.