jaapgrolleman Posted February 7, 2024 Posted February 7, 2024 Dear pilots, we have a special offer for you: Use this URL to go to Pimax.com and use code DCS2024 at checkout for a special $100 discount on the Pimax Crystal VR headset. Offer available until March 15th. We’re also here to answer your questions about Crystal and Pimax products, so please leave comments as you wish. Introducing Pimax Crystal, the ultimate VR headset for DCS Experience DCS in Virtual Reality like never before with the Pimax Crystal VR headset. Delivering market-leading resolution at 5760 wide and 2880 pixels high, and with a host of other clever and performance-enhancing features, the Pimax Crystal gives incredible clarity and convenience for the ‘ultimate’ life-like simulation. In short: Inside-out tracking means so there’s no need to buy or manage base stations. Glass aspheric lenses, QLED panels, and local dimming create vivid colors with realistic contrasts. 2880x2880 native resolution (per eye, even at 120Hz), delivers incredible clarity. Eye tracking means the Crystal is Quad Views capable, allowing it to perform with exceptional GPU efficiency. Why does Quad Views matter? Eye-tracking within the Crystal enables the use of Quad Views, a form of Dynamic Foveated Rendering by Mbucchia that uses the position of the user's gaze to render only where the user is looking in full resolution. Any areas outside the user gaze are rendered to a lower resolution, which gives a much more realistic and immersive visual effect, and importantly results in DCS VR performance gains of up to +50% FPS. The video below gives a quick preview of what this looks like. For more about Quad Views for Pimax, follow this link here. Available Now: To purchase your Pimax Crystal with a special discount of $100, follow this link and use code DCS2024 when going through the checkout. For an idea of what DCS VR users think of Pimax Crystal, we’ve linked a number of videos here. Please comment with any questions you may have and we would be delighted to answer them.
Dangerzone Posted March 12, 2024 Posted March 12, 2024 (edited) Almost too late to the party... deadline is 3 days away and I've just noticed this thread now while searching for discussions on the crystal. I have some questions I was hoping you may be able to assist with: Dynamic Foveated Rendering If I purchase one of these, I'll be coming from a HP Reverb to the Pimax Crystal. I notice that DFR should help free up resources on my GPU, but at the same time, the Crystal's headset is 5760x2880, whereas the Reverb is 4320 x 2160 - meaning that the HP reverb only has 56% of the pixels compared to the Pimax (or the pimax res is nearly twice as large). Will the DFR provide better performance than I'm seeing on the HP Reverb, or will the resolution of the headset offset any potential performance increases, and/or actually demand more from my GPU? Refresh Rate I've been doing some searches, and I'm seeing a reference to a "Pimax Crystal Sim" headset - which apparently supports 72hz - whereas other specs I'm seeing on the Pimax Crystal seem to show from 90hz upwards. Is the "Sim" headset just a firmware update, and do all Pimax Crystals support 72hz, or would I need to purchase a 'sim' version to reduce down to 72hz? Discount Code / International Ordering Is it OK for me (living in Australia) to purchase one of these direct from the link above, or do I need to go through local suppliers for an Australian purchase? (And if I go locally, would that mean I miss out on the discount code)? Steam Games I've looked at some games on Steam, that say that they support steam headsets, and (the soon to be defunct) WMR headset. Can I play steam games on the Pimax Crystal, or only certain games like DCS? Thanks... DZ Edited March 12, 2024 by Dangerzone 1
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