During its annual online Pimax Frontier 2024 event, VR specialist Pimax has revealed its new range of VR headsets and accessories. These are mostly new additions to the Pimax Crystal line, rather than new product lines of their own. Below is a summary of the products revealed during the event:

• Pimax Crystal Super: This is Pimax's latest "ultra-high-end headset" for PCVR which features inside-out tracking, up to 120Hz refresh rate, increased FOV, 29.5 million pixels, 3840 x 3840 pixels per eye and an innovative changeable optical engine. The headset will start from 1799 USD and is estimated to start shipping in Q4 this year.
• Pimax Crystal Light: A budget-friendly high-end PCVR headset with 2880 x 2880 resolution per eye, up to 120Hz refresh rate and weighs 30% less. It has no standalone capabilities, no swappable lenses and eye-tracking feature. The Crystal Light will start at 699 USD and is available for pre-order now with an estimated shipping for May 2024.
• Pimax Crystal AirLink: This accessory for the original Pimax Crystal VR headset enables users to play PCVR game wirelessly with highbandwidth. It includes a transmitter and receiver that plugs into the PC and a lightweight dongle that attaches to the headset via a micro-HDMI connection. With this accessory, the Crystal supports the full resolution at 2880 x 2880 resolution per eye, supports 90 Hz refresh rate, has ultra-low latency and has an expected battery life of 2-3 hours. The AirLink is priced at 299 USD, and is expected to ship later this year.

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You can also watch the full Pimax Frontier event below:

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SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[MaskedRed]

Those prices are highway robbery

 

[Xzi]

You're not alone, I too don't understand this logic. "Budget-friendly" VR would be around the $99 mark if it ever wants to be taken seriously. It's a headset, not a GPU doing the rendering... It shouldn't cost the same price as a PS5 or more.

They kinda bury the lede by putting "budget-friendly" in front of "high-end." You can probably get some form of VR headset used for around that price, but you can't expect two >4K displays with wide FoV and no SDE, along with the custom lenses to accommodate them for that price. Same deal with standard displays, you can get one from Goodwill for $10, or you can get a brand new giant OLED monitor with HDR and 144Hz support for $1000+.

Even from the early bird tier of Kickstarter, my Pimax 5K was not cheap. Thankfully, it is still working great, so I'd say I've gotten plenty of value from it over the years. With that said, my 1080 Ti was just barely enough to drive it without causing motion sickness, it took a 3080 to catch up to it. For the people saying they'll need a 4090 to drive the Light here, you're probably not far off the mark. The Super will require GPUs from the future, and might even eat those up.

 

[K3Nv2]

$1799 gosh, that's a big ask

I'm a pleb who's only used the oculus headsets, is the price of something like this worth it?

Edit: so after some more research this thing has significantly better resolution than a lot of other products on the market, BUT you are gonna need a really beefy PC to make that useful (which makes sense)

I'll say definitely not when the quest 3 is about $600. It's just one of those that claim premium when you don't really need all the premium stuff. The only people that say not to buy quest though has a huge hatred for Facebook. Never made sense to me when the person controls their account. I digress. Psvr2 is even around $550 but of course you need a ps5 making it around $1200 after tax. You'd probably be happy with a pair of xreals and a phone but the sunglass type vr/ar isn't as immersive only down side really.

 

[elm]

Never had A VR headset... So I have no idea what are you guys talking about

Try a Quest 3 or a PSVR for the PS4, those are good headsets (in my experience) with a great library of games

 

[UltraHurricane]

I'll say definitely not when the quest 3 is about $600. It's just one of those that claim premium when you don't really need all the premium stuff. The only people that say not to buy quest though has a huge hatred for Facebook. Never made sense to me when the person controls their account. I digress. Psvr2 is even around $550 but of course you need a ps5 making it around $1200 after tax. You'd probably be happy with a pair of xreals and a phone but the sunglass type vr/ar isn't as immersive only down side really.

not to mention using your phone as a VR headset is incredibly limiting since it doesn't have as smooth tracking or the 6DoF that dedicated headsets have

 

[DadinthePacific]

$1799 is the reason why VR will never go mainstream. Also, I thought they were a handheld manufacturer? Since when they are a 'VR specialist'?