Are you speaking officially on Pimaxes behalf?
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ā¦what? I asked the question directly before and got a response, so sharing that info with you.
Youād think Pimax would read what theyāre posting.
I was at the Gouda roadshow today and tried the Crystal, two different ones, and the Aero.
Overall, I was blown away with the higher resolution, especially in MSFS. The instrument panel was so crisp, it would be a purchase for me because of that alone.
Unfortunately, the FOV was so restricted, it didnāt feel like a Pimax headset anymore. It felt like a normal VR headset of modern resolution and that I think is too bad, although understandable. If youāre new to Pimax however, the comparison with the large FOV of earlier headsets isnāt part of the experience and I think a lot of people would be happy with it.
The inside-out tracking worked flawlessly, I didnāt even realize it was not basestation tracked until later.
No God-rays, yay. But those never really bothered me before, but getting rid of them absolutely is a step in the right direction.
The headset also didnāt cut into my nose at all, I have a big one and my 8K-X canāt be worn over 45 minutes until it really hurts too much and I need to take it off for some time. This Crystal headset both didnāt have the lenses rest onto my nose plus it was a much better balanced headset too with the counter weight in the back.
There was an issue however when I quickly moved my head from side to side, the headset would move en my nose would push against the senses triggering the IPD adjustment menu to pop up. Seems like something that can be adjusted in software maybe but it stood out for me.
The biggest issue however is one that needs to be fixed or this headset is going to be Pimax 2.0 all over again and that is the apparent focal distance, itās not correct and therefor resting your eyes puts the image out of focus and your eyes are forced to strain to get a crisp image. I have 20-20 vision and that could be the issue as I heard some people who are near sighted did not need their glasses to see clearly in the headset. Seems to me the lenses are off and this needs to be fixed, it was not a pleasant experience for me and I would not be able to enjoy the headset for this reason alone. But itās a very important reason.
Itās a real bummer because so many other aspects of the headset are great and a real upgrade to the 8K-X.
I did not get to try the eye-tracking but it being tobii Iām sure that would be excellent.
I also did not see a version with the wider FOV lenses.
Overall conclusion: If the lens focal distance gets fixed, this headset is superb!
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Yea i realy hope they fix this,also they stated already to some people at the show that the release will at least 3 a 4 months away till releaseā¦
So I wanted to rejoin the Pimax family by reserving a Crystal HMD.
As a first step, I thought I would register a pimax store account. and after 1 hour and 35 tries I still have no account, but 35 āregistration failure - Please try againā messages.
Never mind. It finally went through
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im curious about the steamvr render resolution,very important for performance,wonder how canted are the displays,elite dangerous,fallout 4,squadrons,space engine and many others still need PP on and these games are perfect for local dimming.
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Yeah I also wonder about the cant amount. Iāve read that it is less than the earlier wide FOV headsets so I wonder if it is low enough that just leaving PP on at all times would be viable. (Like what the Index does)
Iāll ask about this tomorrow.
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@hammerhead_gal said this about it: Render quality is at standard 1.0 and resolution is 4312x5100( Super Sampling 100% )ā¦So you can expect that 3090 may not achieve 90fpsć
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I can confirm we had a lot of people today testing FPS on the Crystal. FPS was same or better than 8KX most of the time.
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man im struggling with a 4090 at 4000x4000 on 8kx 
but maybe that foveated transport does something or dfr
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To have fluid / 90-120hz games, with ultra graphic options in a crystal, will you need an RTX 5090 when it is released in autumn 2024?
I play on:
-Iracing
-Il2 Battle of Stalingrad
-Dcs World
-Mfs 2020
I already asked the question, to #Hammerhead_gal the pimax tester and she told me that my RTX 3090 would be out 
aplushhss/Laurent 
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That is good news, but how is this possible with a higher steamvr resolution?
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Pitool (pc client) quality setting was defaulting to highly incorrect settings.
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ah oke that makes sense, i remember pitool defaults changing in the beginning with the 8k alsoā¦
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