Latest state of play with the OG Crystal.

[Panzerlang]

Took possession of it in July 2023.

I bought the Apache strap for it and some extra gasket layers and it's now comfortable as fk. 

The FOV is crap, I can see semi discs on all edges (horizontal and vertical) but once in the game I don't really notice that anymore.
Binocular overlap isn't great, I never even noticed that in the Rift, G2 and Pico4.
Image quality is top notch.

Software...these days, pretty damn good. The double-tap camera pass-through almost never works though but the in-built OpenXR and Quadviews, flawless.

No battery issues and I've had the same one in since I bought it.

So, fire up Pimax Play.
Center the unit with a controller.
Fire up NSXR.
Fire up DCS.
Hit center button.
Fly.

If the Super performs as well I'll have no complaints. I figure I'll have to downscale that however but maybe the 5090 will alleviate it somewhat. Roll on January and a big dollop of Pimax QC Lottery luck. Lol.

[Calvin.Pimax]

The passthrough never works? Once it's toggled, the headset reboot and this feature is OFF ?

[Zandman1964]

I have to second Panzerlang here...after activating passtrough and reboot, the headset is powered on but does not connect anymore. That is, PimaxPlay does not "see" the headset anymore...

[Panzerlang]

8 hours ago, Calvin.Pimax said:

The passthrough never works? Once it's toggled, the headset reboot and this feature is OFF ?

More often than not, re-checking the tick box leads to a headset reboot that kills it dead and only a PC reboot will bring the headset/Pimax Play back to life. Consequently I don't use it any more.

[Calvin.Pimax]

It seems the issue is related to the cable.

[Panzerlang]

19 minutes ago, Calvin.Pimax said:

It seems the issue is related to the cable.

Huh? The headset is working fine via the powered hub. I actually haven't tried re-activating the pass-through since I reinstalled the OS but from what I latterly learned, the top check-box is for an external camera? I'll give it a go anyway and see what happens.

[Panzerlang]

The headset rebooted but the "Video Pass Through (Lab Mode)" check-box had un-ticked itself. The camera is all turned on in W11 Settings. 

Why is there a line below that one that says "Passthrough" (check-box is ticked but it's all greyed-out and can't be un-ticked), with a little note-link that says "Double-tap the HMD"? I don't understand why the one above supposedly needs to be checked too, or even what it's supposed to actually be for? A desk-top camera?

[Calvin.Pimax]

The "Video Pass-Through" acts as the main switch for the two features below it.

You need to toggle it first before you can enable or disable the other two options.

[Panzerlang]

2 hours ago, Calvin.Pimax said:

The "Video Pass-Through" acts as the main switch for the two features below it.

You need to toggle it first before you can enable or disable the other two options.

Ah, ok, thankyou. Unfortunately, however, it won't always stay toggled. It either un-ticks itself when the headset reboots, works until the next Pimax Play startup or entirely crashes the Pimax Play software. In general, flakey as fk.

Just tried it again, had to reboot the PC to get Pimax Play to see the headset again.

[Panzerlang]

Er...is the Crystal camera called "UVC" by Windows, by any chance?

[Panzerlang]

Got it working but it crashed the headset mid-game. The tick-box had unchecked itself in the process.

[Fazzybear]

I tried the passthrough a couple of months ago in DCS, but it does crash and resets in Pimax Play for me as well. 

[Calvin.Pimax]

Yes, the camera name is UVC. 

 

[Panzerlang]

8 hours ago, Calvin.Pimax said:

Yes, the camera name is UVC. 

 

Thanks.

Another issue I've discovered...after enabling the UVC, then disabling it, my desktop camera was completely gone from the system. I had to do a scan to re-find it. I hope the pass-through software for the Super will be in good shape. It would also be nice if the Pimax devs would fix existing software before dumping it and moving on to the new stuff. 

[Calvin.Pimax]

I tested the Super for a few hours, and the passthrough function worked properly throughout. I did not encounter any disconnections during the session.

[Panzerlang]

8 hours ago, Calvin.Pimax said:

I tested the Super for a few hours, and the passthrough function worked properly throughout. I did not encounter any disconnections during the session.

Awesome news!