Pimax Crystal Light & the London Roadshow
Вставка
- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- I attended the London Pimax Roadshow in early June and got some hands on time with the Crystal Light. This is a little waffle on my thoughts of the new headset and the roadshow itself.
Feel free to use the discount codes below, and if you choose to use the affiliate links too, that would be very much appreciated.
15% off Zyber VR accessories with code: ADAMSSIMPORIUM
Zyber VR: zybervr.com/?r...
Amazon: amzn.to/4adzACf
10% off VR Rock lenses with code: ADAMSSIMPORIUM
VR Rock: www.vr-rock.co...
Save money on Pimax store with code: adam20 (amount varies, try it and see)
Pimax: pimax.com/?ref...
Amazon: amzn.to/3IAV9kt
10% off Annapro accessories with code: simporium
Annapro: annapro.com/?r...
Pimax staff "Sir, your head is shaking, you OK...."
Adam "That's why they call me the raging beard matey"
"There's a bee trapped in here!"
If only it had eye tracking it could very well be the end game vr headset
The crystal light is overall a decent headset. It clearly needs a new housing but I understand the costs of that (we are a manufacturer of sim equipment ourselves) and it is a compromise that can be made since you did manage to balance the headset well enough and are using a massive facial interface to spread the pressure and load and excellent light sealing. The lenses and display are great, there is some chromatic abberation on the edges but within acceptable tolarences.
The FOV is compromised by the facial interface as this is non adjustable in distance and with that a huge advantage of the headset is negated. The temperature of the displays is also creating too much heat within the headset and in my tesing I did not see any venting option. The cable is too stiff and non removable from the headset - this weighs the headset down unless you use a cable strain relief while using the headset. Inside out tracking is working well, on par with Quest headsets.
In summary, its decent but you are competing with the Meta Quest3 and as much as we want to focus on sim racing - this is the headset to beat for you in price, not only image quality.
The roadshow itself really needed a bit more organizing and preparation. You cannot showcase the Crystal with pcs that either are not set up correctly with the appropriate games where the Crystal shines (sim racing and flying) or using slow cards - all pcs should be using 4090s. The staff was great and friendly although I feel you need technical staff as well, not just commercial such as Dragon.
It all looked and felt a bit rushed and last minute.
i think my crystal light weighs just as much as my q3, i can play for hours now
I haven't received my PCL yet, but according to real time weigh-ins I've seen here on UA-cam, I think it comes in lighter than my Q3 with the Bobo VR battery head strap. It still LOOKS bulky as heck but it's good to know the weight is not going to be an issue.