Pimax Crystal Light Partial Payment Version - High Clarity PC VR Headset with 8K Resolution & 120Hz - For SteamVR Games, Flight & Racing Simulators - Controllers Included

JUNK. 1. My headset is defective and will randomly show a pink staticy screen for a second and then show a blank screen (or extremely dim, I can see like shadows..) until the Pimax Play software is restarted - turning the headset on/off again doesn't fix it. 2. The tracking is appalling and just judders all over the place, lags.. It'll be fine for a minute or two then go completely unplayable. This seems to be caused by the Pimax Play software which uses up all of my CPU - a 5700x3D. Not the best around but it's still pretty good. I did some research to try and fix this and apparently it's a known issue, the Pimax tracking algorithm is bad. It needs more than a 5700x3D while Meta have been fine on a lil mobile phone chip since the Quest 1. It's really sad as the image quality is fantastic in this thing. It's very, very clear and sharp while approaching the colours and contrast of an OLED screen. It's a pretty big headset but I find it not too bad comfort wise. I could deal with having a faulty headset but the whole tracking situation renders this as junk.

I already have 700hrs in Elite Dangerous but playing in VR with this headset was like a massive update to the game and a true WOW experience! There are no compression artifacts to break emersion - when you look into the black of space you don't see blotches or pixelation. However, even with local dimming maxed the HUD and ship do have some glow around them in space -- only a significantly more expensive OLED display can eliminate that. The glow is not distracting for me and I dismiss it as a slight condensation/dirt effect on a car windscreen in real-life. The audio quality is ok for gaming but it is a bit quiet even at maximum. I plugged in some cheap wired ear-buds for a big improvement and even more emersion. The built in microphone seems to work well with Voice Attack. The optical quality is very good indeed, the FOV seem big and the sweet spot is also quite big. There is some blurring right at the very edge of the display but its not a real issue (I'm playing a game not looking at pictures!). Even though the sweet spot is big wearing glasses means it can be tricky to setup the ideal position each time without chromatic aberration. I can wear vari-focal glasses comfortably with this headset but I've now switched to clip-in lens from VR Optician. Switching to clip-in lens greatly improved my comfort, image contrast and clarity over the whole screen and there is no fiddling needed to get the best visuals. The lens prescription needs to be for a 1m focus. With my face shape I needed the thicker foam face plate. This is my first VR headset so I didn't know what to expect. When I wear glasses in real life everything I look at is framed by my glasses (everything outside the frame is blurred of course) . With this setup I have the same wide FOV except things outside the frame are black. Its a bit like wearing a scuba facemask with a large rounded-rectangular window. Its not like using binoculars. Its very comfortable to wear but I did add a top strap for improved support. If you can run the headset at full-resolution it gives fantastic visuals. I use the PIMAX Crystal Light with an AMD 5800X3D and Radeon 7900xt. In ED, tweaking visuals with FSR and a mix of ultra, high and medium quality settings I get a steady 50+fps in stations and a steady 70+ in space. Alternatively I can drop resolution in Steam VR to 68% and max everything to ultra. But for me the best experience is with full resolution.

Paid for a new Pimax crystal light and received a used faulty one, the plastic lense covers were just stuck onto a bubble wrap bag and what I thought were scratches on the left lenses were grease smear marks ( see photo's) the controllers were dead on arrival but I understand they might have needed charging but after an hour only the right controller would charge and the left one was faulty. I did start the headset just to see what all the fuss was about regarding pimax headsets and the headset is so uncomfortable and bulky, the cable is so heavy it pulls you head to the left and puts pressure on your neck , the spherical lenses make you feel dizzy and I really do not like them and compared to the Quest 3 they simply are not as good.... period!!! And for more than twice the price!! The screen door IS visible and with the lenses not being that good it actually degrades the image. I did understand before I bought the Pimax that there has been some Quality control issues and was like a lottery if you was sent a new working headset and that's why I bought from Amazon as back up but I still ended up with a second hand headset and for all that money!!!!! Disgusting service and I cannot recommend that you use Pimax for your next Vr headset.

If you can wait then order direct from pimax as they are a few hundred ££ cheaper. I've been lucky the headset is working well. They have their issues with QC so it can be a lottery.

Had this just over a day and wow very impressed with it.I own the hp reverb g2 and this is miles better.I saw a few reviews about lens issues etc but mine seem to be ok love the clarity of the image.Not tested it yet on my simracing yet but can't wait to try it on it.It more comfortable than I was led to believe by some reviews but not had it on for more than an hour.But no issues for me upto now very happy.

Awful headset. Incredibly unergonomic. Not heavy, just very uncomfortable. Panels.... Sure better than the quest 3. The lenses.... Horrendous. A sweet spot of about 5% of the lens. Anything else made it look like you had glaucoma and cataracts. Not pimax foveated rendering either.... This was turned off. 20 mins of trying to find a sweet spot resulted in a bad headache (I'm used to vr). Needed a towel to move the lenses away from my face to Tey find a better focus spot, so no variable face plate like most others. Very plasticky and cheap feeling. Pimax software was awful, and took up a lot of cpu. Returned after 7hrs. A super sampled quest 3 was a lot better for me.

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I use VR primarily for DCS, IL Strumovick, MSFS and some car games like Dirt Rally, etc. Before buying the PIMAX Crystal Light(PCL) i had the OCULUS Rift (2yrs) and then the HP G2 Reverb (3yrs). Both of these units where comfortable, and both fitted well enough that there were no light leaks and they were comfortable. The Reverb took some time to get configured well, and once sorted out it was reliable. Conversely, the PCL is uncomfortable, it has light leaks, the soft foam face plate it too soft so the actual plastic behind the foam presses on your forehead, its quite uncomfortable. There are soft rubber flaps around the crown of the nose area to stoplight leaks but they are too long and for me they rub on the bottom of my eyelids causing irritation. Also when putting the headset on the flaps can be upturned and are really uncomfortable. Obviously all of the above problems can be associate to different head shape, so these may not be an issue for you. Also, I could live with those issues as obviously its hard to make a VR fit all heads (even though for me the previous 2 headset fitted well) but the next issues shouldnt happen on released commercial products. The room boundary once set up continuously moves, sometimes it s up in the sky and almost in another room, other times it moves straight up above you. Once it does that you need to stop the game, which is hard to do, go back to the PIMAX client and reset the room. My room is well lit and its not cluttered. The next annoying thing is that when in DCS, if I look over my shoulder to see if there's a bogie behind me the headset looses track and next thing I know I'm sitting about 5 meters below the FA/18. It happens a lot. Luckily I have a view reset button on the stick. If you watch the official PIMAX setup videos, they talk about these issues and say "we are working on these issues". PIMAX, if you haven't got these headsets sorted out then don't release them, we aren't BETA testers (unless you want to give them to us for free). I'm so disappointed, I had high hopes. BTW, I have watched many videos on setting up the PCL for DCS, there are about 3popular ones (pretty much the same content in each), however the tracking issues still remain. On a good note, the image quality is markedly better than the Reverb.

Nachtrag 1.8.25: Mittlerweile wurden die zu zahlenden Preise in der Artikelbeschreibung erklärt und ergänzt. Für mich aber immer noch unverständlich, warum ich nicht den gesamten Preis direkt auf Amazon bezahlen kann und nicht über diese blöde App diese "Prime-Gebühr" bezahlen muss, die ich in einem Garantiefall (Rücksendung) wahrscheinlich niemals zurückbekommen werde von Pimax. Gewollt? Ich hatte aber aus Interesse noch ein wenig im Internet geforscht von wegen meinem Trackingproblemen mit diesem Pimax Headset. Pimax hat es aber wirklich geschafft, das erste Headset mit Inside out Tracking auf dem Markt zu bringen, welches sich selbst noch nicht einmal schafft zu tracken. Respekt. Aber bei den ganzen Youtubern scheint alles top zu sein 🤔. Oder gibt es wirklich so viele Headsets mit defektem Tracking wovon Pimax nichts wissen will und die Kunden alleine lässt. Meine Informationen zu den im Internet aus Foren recherchierten Lösungsvorschlägen sind wirklich erschreckend. 😧 Es wird dazu geraten, auf Einrichtungsgegenstände inklusive Beleuchtung in Verbindung mit verschiedenen Stoffen von möbeln und Gardinen zu achten. Manche Leute kleben ausgedruckte QR-Codes oder rotes Klebeband in verschiedenen Mustern auf die Wände für besseres Tracking. Es liegt also an deiner Umgebung, auch wenn andere Brillen bei dir fehlerfrei funktionieren. Auch den Spielbereich sollte man nicht mehr einstellen, weil er mehr stört als hilft. Andere wiederum empfehlen die unteren Kameras vom Headset ab zu kleben für besseres Tracking. Verrückt. Manche geben aber auf und kaufen sich ein zusätzliches Lighthousesystem (Pimax Lighthouse Faceplate + neue Controller inklusive zusätzliche Basisstationen von Steam) für fast 1000€, damit man das Pimax Headset überhaupt benutzen kann. Das längere Kabel, die besseren Kopfhörer und zusätzliche Gesichtsauflagen kommen natürlich auch noch dazu, sofern überhaupt lieferbar. Man ist also locker bei weit über 2000 € im Gegensatz zu den Preis, den man hier auf Amazon sieht. Nur damit das Gerät überhaupt vernünftig funktioniert! Was mich aber allermeisten wundert, wie schmerzfrei manche Kunden sind. Sie kaufen ein Headset für über 1000 € und leben mit solchen Kompromissen. Kein Wunder, dass die Hersteller sich nicht mehr bemühen vernünftige Hardware auf dem Markt zu bringen. Den meisten Kunden scheints ja egal zu sein. Ich würde diesem Headset tatsächlich eine Chance geben, wenn: Ich eine komplette Zahlung hier auf Amazon leisten kann, ohne nachträgliche anfallenden Kosten. Natürlich einwandfreies Tracking im Auslieferungszustand. Komplette Lieferung inklusive vernünftigem Kabel, verschiedenen Gesichtsauflagen und die guten Kopfhörer. Ursprüngliche Rezension: Oh mein Gott, was für eine Enttäuschung. Pimax macht auf mich einen absolut unseriösen Eindruck. Okay, die Bildqualität und das Sichtfeld haben mich im Vergleich zu meiner HP überzeugt, das war’s aber auch schon. Du hast deine Pimax hier auf Amazon gekauft und bezahlt, das reicht uns noch nicht, Zahl bitte noch mehr. Das Kabel ist dir zu kurz, kauf dir doch ein längeres. Das ganze passt nicht auf dein Gesicht, kauf dir doch ein ein zusätzliches Gesicht Polster. Du bist mit der Soundqualität der Kopfhörer nicht zufrieden, kauf dir doch die besseren. Das Zubehör ist nicht lieferbar, tja, Pech gehabt. Ich könnte hier ganze Seiten schreiben über meine negative Erfahrung, mach es aber kurz. Ich komme von einer HP Reverb G2. Ich habe eine normale Gesichtsform, und die HP war mir ein ganz klein wenig zu schmal auf meinem Gesicht, ging aber. PC ist ein Ryzen 9 mit RTX 5070. Auch mit Pico 4 und Quest 3 habe ich ausführlich positive Erfahrung machen können. Diese Brille ist ein schwerer Riesen Klopper und sitzt bei mir absolut wackelig und unbequem. Viel zu breite Gesichtsauflage, so dass ich links und rechts noch einen Finger reinstecken kann, obwohl ich es so fest angezogen habe, dass es auf meinen Wangenknochen unangenehm drückt. Meine Wimpern berühren bereits die Linsen der Brille. Eine Sehbrille passt definitiv nicht darunter, ich glaube auch Korrekturlinsen sind hier nicht machbar, dafür braucht man ein ganz anderes Gesichts Polster. Das Kabel ist viel zu kurz und viel zu steif. Die Soundqualität ist absolut schrecklich. Die Durchsicht ist von so schlechter Qualität und absolut verzerrt, dass mir bei Kopfbewegung sofort schwindlig wurde. Ich soll nach 14 Tagen noch mal Geld bezahlen, wie viel, wofür, warum? Ich hab das doch hier auf Amazon gekauft und bezahlt. Das habe ich tatsächlich erst nach Installation der Software auf meinem PC gesehen. Mittlerweile steht es auch in der Artikelbeschreibung, aber nicht wie hoch diese zweite Zahlung ist. Auf der Internetseite vom Hersteller stehen wieder ganz andere Preise. Alles absolut verwirrend und undurchsichtig. Wer denkt sich sowas aus? Was passiert denn, wenn das Gerät nach einem halben Jahr defekt ist und ich es zurückschicke nach Amazon. Bekomme ich dann nur den Kaufpreis von Amazon zurück, oder auch die Zusatzzahlung von Pimax. Das alles macht auf mich ein absolut unseriösen und undurchsichtigen Eindruck. Ach ja, der passende Stecker Adapter war auch nicht dabei. Kein Adapter für unseren EU Stecker. Aber ich hatte Gott sei Dank noch so ein Reiseteil. Sonst hätte ich das Ganze direkt wieder einpacken können. Das Allerschlimmste war aber, dass das Ganze absolut Instabil während des Betriebes funktioniert. Der eingestellte VR Bereich inklusive Bodenhöhe wurde grundsätzlich mehrmals täglich vergessen und musste immer wieder neu eingestellt werden. Das Bild im Headset fing zwischendurch immer an zu verzögern und nachzuziehen, als wenn er das Tracking verloren hätte oder die Leistung meines PCs nicht ausreicht. Das betraf das Headset und die Controller, unabhängig ob das Spiel oder die Umgebung mit den Kameras angezeigt wurde. Das dauerte immer ein paar Sekunden und dann ging es normal weiter. Manchmal aber auch nicht. Einstellungen in der Software brachten keinerlei Verbesserungen. Auch während ich verschiedene Einstellung durchprobiert habe, hing sich das Headset immer wieder auf und ich musste es neu starten. Nachdem ich einen ganzen Tag nur mit Einstellungen und Testen verbracht hatte, habe ich frustriert aufgegeben und wieder meine HP angeschlossen, wo alles wieder auf Anhieb einwandfrei funktionierte. Ein Defekt, Software oder Qualitätsprobleme, da bin ich mir bei diesem Pimax Headset nicht so sicher. Das Ganze geht definitiv wieder zurück. Zu viele Kompromisse für zu viel Geld. Vor allem mit dieser lächerlichen bezahl Methode war das meine letzte Pimax. Ich bin wirklich froh, das ganze hier auf Amazon gekauft zu haben zwecks unkomplizierter Rücksendung.

Pimax created this simplified version of their standalone offering by removing some of the extras, like onboard battery, eye tracking, etc. to make it more affordable for those who intend to use it seated at their computer desk for flight simulators and racing games. Their advertisement and product description clearly reflects on that and surely, they are spot on, everything about this headset as advertised. The Crystal Light retained the original Crystal's super high resolution and high-quality display. It is somewhat disappointing that they are charging extra for the software, but once installed and the VR headset initialize, it is ready to go! The game controllers aren't really needed for flight sim, but they are very easy to set up and can be useful time to time, while can be turned off at any time. During the initial setup, it is recommended to charge them right away before the setup is completed, in case one chooses to use them right away. For seated applications like flight simming, I recommend disabling the safety boundary by unselecting the "Activating Chaperone" feature in the Device Settings/Advanced. With that feature selected, the headset will keep turning on the see trough screen and safety boundary lost error every time the headset is removed and placed on the desk. Very annoying, because one cannot select another flight and continue with the gaming session without exiting the game and recalibrate the room setting. That's something to beware of. Otherwise, the software is fantastic, very simple and easy to use, and includes their own version of built in Open XR. I must say it does worth the extra, if they keep on maintaining it. The performance enhancing features work great, fixed foveated rendering greatly reduces processing load, and the lack of eye tracking probably won't affect most of the users, while also eliminates some extra burden of processing. I expected a serious performance hit coming from the HP Reverb G2, but to my surprise, it was the other way around, I noticed a slight increase in the frame rate, while sharpness and clarity blew me away. I surely did not expect that level of upgrade in performance, The Reverb G2 is known for its incredible image. The mild screen door effect of the G2 completely disappeared From the Crystal light, colors and brightness are eye candy. I tried the "smart smoothing" feature enabled from Device Setting/Games, also works as expected, but I did not gain enough boost to keep the feature enabled. For fast aircrafts Like the Daher TBM930, Pilatus PC-21 trainer, fighter jects or choppers it worth enabling smart smoothing over busy terrain at very low attitudes, but for normal flights, for maximum clarity and sharpness, better leave it off. As far as comfort, this unit is a mixed bag. It is incredibly big, almost intimidating, and covers one's entire face! Because it covers my nose as well, it tends to fog up very easily, and I have to remove the headset several times to clear it out, until it warms up enough to eliminate fogging. It takes lots of attempt of adjustment to make it the most comfortable, and once that's done, it can be worn for hours without much of any discomfort. The 120 Hz refresh rate is a Godsent. It took me a year to be able to use the Reverb when I started, I was hit with motion sickness so powerful that I felt sick even the next day. The high refresh rate of the Crystal Light helps to completely eliminate any residues that I still suffered occasionally time to time, when simulated real time weather conditions and some turbulence effects. While not a perfect product, the team's attempt and effort to fill the void Micro$oft left in the wake of deprecating its own VR portal, is greatly appreciated. Hopefully they will be successful and are here to stay. I cannot recommend this headset strongly enough for other potential armchair pilots, who are looking for superhigh resolution crystal clear VR solution to upgrade their existing deprecated ones or just getting ready to immerse into the VR flight realm for the first time, without mortgaging their homes for a Somnium VR1 or other super expen$ive units out there. The seamlessly working standalone software independent from Steam VR (though it is supported and featured if one chooses to install it) and any other standard platforms, plus the solid performance of the VR headset with incredibly stable tracking is difficult, if not impossible to beat at this price point! Kudos to the team at Pimax for their work and dedication!

Riacquistato dopo aver cambiato componenti del mio pc, in quanto con i componenti vecchi, non riuscivo a far girare bene il visore (simulatori d’auto che richiedono parecchie risorse) dunque cominciamo col dire che i materiali come detto in precedenza non sono granché, e il peso rimane elevato… attendo ancora il kit confort della studio form, ormai da due mesi, ma per accomodo ho accrocchiato un po di spessori, e riesco a usarlo per una mezzoretta di fila, grazie anche alle lenti della vrrock (acquistate a parte) perché con gli occhiali anche se piccoli, niente da fare, si sporcano subito. L’applicazione é stata migliorata, hanno tolto molti bug riscontrati in precedenza , quindi vuol dire che Comunque lavorarono ascoltando la comunity. Nota di merito invece per quanto riguarda l’assistenza, si sono rivelati parecchio attenti alle mie richieste e lamentele :D. Le lenti sono sempre ottime come detto prima. Quindi cambio da 2 a 5 stelle perché ho visto una azienda abbastanza attenta alle varie richieste, e perché sostanzialmente il visore vale quello che costa, a patto di avere un buon pc e il viso meno a punta possibile, ma per quest’ultimo c’è la possibilità di adattare un kit confort (speriamo che arrivi) dove molti dicono di aver risolto questo problema.

Coming from a Valve Index and G2.... To be clear from the start the visuals are good there is no denying that! However this is high end PCVR so there are some things I'd expect... The stock audio is junk compared to the Index ..DMAS should be standard for this price, if you've not experienced what good audio sounds like you might be ok with it The inside out tracking is junk... if your lighting is not optimal forget it! Mine is ok for about 10minutes or so and then i would get drift and even relocation in my environment (suddenly sitting outside of a plane or a car) and then get crazy lag which if your not used to VR can be vomit inducing. Paying another 300cnd for a face plate (and lighthouses if you don't have them !) is more money on top of something that should work in the first place! The padding/comfort is terrible compared to the Index (thicker pads are available but this should be standard for the price Imo) The software is poor at best (at time of testing) ,while i owned it there was a FW update that actually made the tracking worse! I was getting crazy eye strain in my right eye after 30 40 mins which is something I've never had with the Index or G2,possibly a defect in my unit to be fair i don't know, but I'd never find out because....... Tech support doesn't respond for days on end.... i waited 5 days on a ticket with no reply so i returned it, Thankfully i got it on Amazon. It feels like a overpriced BETA test right now and i want no part of it. Sorry Pimax