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TLDW * Its the best headset from Pimax * Quite heavy - 1.2 kg * Head straps break * Some units ship with plastic lenses, to be replaced later * Exchangeable lens system seems like a gimmick * People receive different versions of the cable / copper vs fiber optic * Resolution and brightness are really good * Local dimming is difficult to get working, and causes some blooming * No games seem to be running above 90Hz currently, despite showing 120Hz * Controller tracking is ok, not great * Glass lenses have some chromatic aberration * Headset may work best for stationary simulators, but not for motion based games due to weight and tracking

If ED isn't doing it, at some point we will

Coordinates of released maps are exported straight from DCS. Caucasus is one of the largest maps ( even though its mostly low detail area). Note that in this Mercator projection, land masses towards north and south pole appear bigger than they are. Hence Kola and SA maps also appearing larger.

DCS running natively on the M2 isnt going to happen in this decade. So it would have to be streamed over WIFI which should be certainly possible with various 3rd party apps.

Maybe these settings help

At 10:10 theres "Smart Smoothing" which sounds like MR from the description, aka frame interpolation

The previous update broke the functionalty. It should be fixed now https://dcs-web-editor.github.io/dcs-web-editor-mono/

I think MR in the Crystal is broken or non existant at this point. Which is a major downside of this headset. Theres not even a time line for MR as far as i can see, and you cant really trust pixmax timelines anyhow.

To be fair, he also said:

Crystal vs Aero Pros and cons of both headsets, seems pretty fair

Hmm so these are the Euler angles ψ psi – heading θ theta – pitch angle Φ phi – bank angle The reason "psi = - heading" may be due to the coordinate system.

I have the same issue, and found this local function setUnitStartParameters(unit) if unit.boss then local route = unit.boss.route if route then local p1 = route.points[1] if p1 then unit.speed = p1.speed unit.alt = p1.alt unit.alt_type = p1.alt_type if p1.type.action == 'From Ground Area' or p1.type.action == 'From Ground Area Hot' then unit.psi = -unit.heading else local p2 = route.points[2] if p2 then unit.psi = math.atan2(-(p2.y - p1.y), p2.x - p1.x) end end end end end end

At least flight sim guy has shared quite a lot of critique of the initial Pimax Crystal setup ( in another video). Its not a smooth experience compared to Varjo or Reverb

Another DCS + Crystal test

Or use DCS Web Miz https://dcs-web-editor.github.io/dcs-web-editor-mono/

The miz file manager is already released, the viewer is in beta and the editor is in alpha

These estimates were posted by Razor: Razor — Yesterday at 23:04 East boundary about E03°14'31'' West boundary about W03°28'34'' Northern boundary about N51°44'45'' Southern boundary about N48°26'35'' N, E and W coordinates taken from videos with the mouse cursor at the edge of the map S coordinates taken from google maps based on the most southern airfield on the map

I have seen this map, but i cant find the exact lat/lon coordinates ?

I would like to add support for Normandy 2.0 in DCS Web Viewer and DCS Web Editor. Thanks

Sebastian tested DCS in the pimax crystal

Integration with DCS Web Editor:

DCS web miz is a new browser based file manager for .miz files, which is integrated with DCS Web Viewer and DCS Web Editor. * Drag & drop a mission file on the left panel. ( Your mission remains local in your browser, its NOT uploaded to a server ! ) * Drag & drop files you want to add to the mission on the center panel. * Edit files directly in the browser on the right panel * Preview embedded images, html or audio files * Export images, audio files, scripts * Download the modified mission Its open source, contributions welcome Also checkout DCS Web Viewer, free browser based mission planner / viewer

Could this run in the browser ? Would be nice to connect to https://dcsfiddle.pages.dev/

Hello Here are 25 invites for the DCS Web Viewer Open BETA https://discord.gg/ay5GWFgfrf, you should get acces to the #open-beta-testers channel where you can download the latest releases. DCS Web Viewer is primarily a free, browser based mission planning tool. But it may be helpful for mission creators for creating briefings, charts, flight plans, checking real world locations etc. DCS Web Editor is an open source, browser based DCS mission editor - but currently not released yet. Both tools are community made, not affiliated with ED. Please share your bugs and feedback

I totally get the Pimax criticism considering their marketing and product history. But looking at the Crystal reviews, it seems Pimax actually delivered this time what they promised (even though they are late). And it is the only next gen consumer headset on the market right now. They need to fix the battery issue though, its ridiculous. Should I wait another 6-12 months for the Aero2 ? A reverb G3 is sadly not happening. What I REALLY want is more FOV without the issues of the 8kX or previous pimax products.