Greekbull

Yes! The eventual ability to give hand signals to wingmen would be amazing!

I agree this would be a great addition and take VR immersion to the next level!

On the Aero, it is probably 15 deg less than the G2. The Crystal is probably an improvement of and additional 20 deg over the G2. Yeah I agree not my favorite idea. But with the addition of a second cable and QC3.0 charging block you get infinite battery life. One side benefit is the battery works really well as a counter weight.

Understand that sentiment completely. I owned and quickly got rid of the 8K-X. I was not impressed that a couple of years ago and was very hesitant to get the Crystal. But, in the end decided to take the gamble because we need more than one company(Varjo) working on high end VR so that the competition helps us all. This time around Pimax has figured it out. I'm participating in the Beta and they have been incredibly responsive to suggestions and feedback. The build quality is very much improved and with the addition of two things(VR Pulleys, and the Studioform VR Ware Apache comfort Strap) it is honestly more comfortable than my previous headsets. Very happy with my decision to give it a try and I decided to sell my Aero that I loved for months after we got ET and DFR which really took the Crystal to the next level.

The Achilles of the Aero is the Vertical FOV. It does take a bit to get used to. The Clarity and performance is amazing. If you are struggling with the Aero I would highly suggest you consider the Crystal. It gives you all the clarity of the Aero, a bit better colors, better blacks with the local dimming and much better Vertical FOV atm. There are wide FOV lenses coming in Oct that should give us an additional 15% of Horizontal FOV which will make the Crystal the clear choice with a Horizontal FOV of 118 deg or so. I've owned most of the top high end headsets and I would give the Crystal the edge as the current best simming headset with the Aero in 2nd place due to the performance and clarity. But I will say the huge advantage the Crystal has in Vertical FOV is something I don't ever think I could give up now.

Well I've owned both and used both extensively. The first thing I'll say is you can't go wrong with either headset. They are both heads and tails above anything else. I am making observations from my own experience owning 10 different VR headsets and every expensive Consumer VR Headset made to date. VR Flight Sim Guy isn't really a DCS pilot. I know he does some flying in DCS but the majority of what he does is MSFS. I've used ET and DFR in the Crystal Beta for a while now and it surpasses the clarity of the Aero with more FOV and with the exact same performance FPS and smoothness wise I get in the Aero. And, we haven't received the Wide FOV Lenses yet which should give it a bit more of an edge. I'm running the Crystal at 300% Foveated area resolution and 5% peripheral and it is pretty much 4K level clarity. I still think the Aero is awesome and will be ordering a Aero 2 Day 1 if it comes with more FOV than PImax, if I haven't already gone to 12K because Pimax is getting it right this time around...

This is good news all around. At $990 the Aero is a steal as it is the 2nd Best Headset on the market behind the Crystal IMO. They are obviously getting competition from Pimax and that will be good for everyone. Would love to see Varjo come out with an Aero V2 with more FOV.

Interesting, never tried pulleys on the headset but I'm also not really bothered by the weight. I do highly recommend using VR pulleys on the cord and the Apache Comfort strap on the Crystal that is a game changer.

I loved the Aero but I wanted more FOV. While atm the Crystal has about the same Horizontal FOV it has a much better Vertical FOV. It also has better colors and blacks with the selective dimming. If they nail the Wide FOV lenses that will be a big homerun.

So I just made the switch from a Varjo Aero to a Pimax Crystal and the biggest issue for me was battery life. I think making this thing standalone was a very poor decision as the groups of people IMO that are willing to pay $1500 for a VR headset could care less about a standalone option. I tried a number of solutions and combinations before finally finding a solution that gives me pretty much Infinite flight time in DCS without having to worry about my battery drawing down. I made a guide which I'll post here and give you the amazon links so you don't have to waste time or money finding the right combo. Power Brick: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2ZHS51Y?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Cord: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7JQG2VK?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

I’m pretty sure you can run the Vive Pro 2 through OpenXR.

For those that are trying to stick with OpenVR for Reshade you can get the same effect with some tweaking using 3Dmigoto with OpenXR...then you get the best of both worlds! Best frames and visuals!

That was a temporary issue with Zen 3, I had that issue with my X570 mobo when it first came out with the 5950X and that was patched later...although I ran the G2 at the time with a USB card. With Zen 4 there is no issues. I have my Varjo Aero now powered from my X670 mobo and it's great. With the 7950X3D(I use Process Lasso) to limit it to the V Cache CCD), and the 4090 I'm flying in large multiplayer sessions in Syria etc with nearly maxed out settings and 90fps most of the time. Couldn't be happier!

Had zero problems with Win 11 and my 7950X3D build that I've been running since the day after the 7950X3D launched...Can't see any reason to stay with Win 10...

CAG Jet... Line Jet...

Awesome stuff! And the Robin Olds pilot model is epic!

hmmm this is a great idea and I do use a Wacom tablet on a kneeboard with OpenKneeboard

Does anyone have some recommended values to best replicate the Reshade effects?

It is absolutely faster on the CCD with the V Cache...DCS screams with the V Cache CCD.

Question for you. If we could arrange to send you a VR headset or set up a donation so you could buy one…. Would you be interested in developing a VR version?

That would be awesome! Your App is such a huge convenience and time saver! I know the VR community would be so appreciative! I'm going to try and test a 2D/VR workaround. May look to take off my VR headset and capture the stuff on F10 and hit the enter button and then go back in the headset etc...see if I can find a way to make it work. We'll see lol..

Has anyone found a good workaround to make this work in VR? Man this would be a game changer for VR users!

I’m doing the same thing. Using Process Lasso to make sure MT is using Cores 0-15 which seems to be working well.

I haven't tried Balanced Power mode. That may be the issue. I'll do some more testing. We have our normal flight nights on Sundays and Tuesdays and this build was such a crazy rush just to make those. I need to spend some time getting things dialed in as I'm sure I can get even better results with the new rig...

I haven't really even begun to get everything tuned and optimized for DCS. I am running Process Lasso to try and push everything to the 1st CCD as the Xbox Game Bar isn't doing a good job. I haven't even touched my GPU OC yet and this thing screams in DCS. I'm getting 70fps in very busy multiplayer servers with high settings and my Varjo Aero tuned to the highest PPD. Very happy!