My wife was away with her friend last weekend so I got busy and spent the entire weekend fine tuning the graphics settings in all my simulator games to ‘just right’ (love that brainwarp). I can honestly say I’m now enjoying my 5k+ much more than my last headset (vive pro).
But if truth be told I’m already starting to think about my next headset.
Would the 5k xr (oled) be a sufficient upgrade?
Will there be an oled 8k x?
My last headset was sold after 10 months so is this going to become an annual ritual?
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I would wait for next gen.
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I plan to change headset every 2 years or so, probably everytime a headset is giving me a substantial leap like from Vive OG to Pimax I’ll feel the urge, but changing every year I think it would be too much for me.
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Every 2 years seems reasonable, just like a phone upgrade. The problem at present is the vr industry is so young and exciting with new innovations just around the corner. I think it will settle after a few years though.
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I would jump on Oculus 2 right now if it’s available.
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There are some great oculus games coming out this year . I really hope they work on the Pimax .
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You mean Rift S or a headset like half dome prototype?
it would have to be half dome.
The 5K OLED is only an upgrade if better colors/blacks is important to you and you can live with worse SDE.
I’ll upgrade to whatever offers the most pixel density, the only announced products viable at the moment are the 8K-X or the HP Copper.
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I want an 8KX OLED with full RGB subpixels headset and a 3080 Ti to drive it. Hopefully, I’ll be able to buy something like that in a few years. 
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Sony just released the first mobile 4K OLED display in their latest Xperia 1 phone. Perhaps that could be used in a potential 8KX OLED headset? Although it’s size, 21:9 aspect ratio and less ppi than it’s LCD predecessor might be too big of a drawback.
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Pimax needs to stick with OLED.
5k panels with zero SDE.
An IPD below 60 with zero convergence issues.
Zero eye strain.
Zero warping
Max 180 FOV with edge to edge fidelity.
No blur
Am I asking for too much can Pimax archieve tbe impossible in 12-24 months?
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That’s good actually.Things can always be resolved,i will discuss your suggestion this with relevant colleague and update to suggestion sheet(the result)
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You what I don’t understand, why is Pimax the only one doing this?
They succeeded, it is a matter of engineering and solving problems and then you have a headset. Surely more companies can do this, especially at this stage where we don’t have accomodation solved yet.
Kickstarter was a great choice to mitigate financial ruin since you’re not obligated to pay back when things don’t work out but I expected more people try
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i think anything above 1440p will really need foveated rendering to be useful
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In a word yes timeframe is not optimistic
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The 5k is only a middle step, it has to be continued. Unfortunately the LCD has poor colors and so I would wish a really 8K-X Oled version. I am looking forward to see what Pimax has to offer…
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I’d say there is not enough demand, VR is a small market in itself. Also the product is expensive and it takes a lot of funding to go from R&D to production.
Pimax’s high FOV solution isn’t great for everyone, maybe eye tracking and adaptive distortion profiles will help. Could be that canted designs are just limited, and other companies stay with normal FOV because of this.
AR is the future mass market.
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Yep, I’m already waiting for the next headset. FOV, OLED and retinal resolution are meaningless if the headset is uncomfortable, gives me eyestrain and doesn’t provide for those with IPD < 60. I didn’t appreciate this until I got my 5K+. 
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By the time the 8K-X OLED comes out you could get the 3090 Ti (MSRP 10,000 USD) 
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