What to play with Pimax 8K?
Pimax 8K VR is compatible with most of the VR content on the market, including PiHome, Steam VR, Oculus(via a third party tool) In another word, the games you love, e.g. Elite Dangerous, Star Trek Bridge, Project Car, Arizona Sunshine, The Big Screen… are all compatible with Pimax 8K.
What is the FOV of Pimax 8K?
The FOV of Pimax 8K is around horizontally 200 degrees, and vertically 120 degrees, which is close to human version. What is a big FOV VR feels like? you may refer to human eyes experiences.
Why you call Pimax 8K “8K” ?
The traditional definition of “8K” cannot be applied in VR world.
In 2D world, the image you can see is limited in a little 16:9 / 32:9 square in your PC/TV.
In VR, the FOV is expanded, especially horizontally, thus horizontal resolution matters most in VR.
Pimax 8K boosted FOV to 200 degrees horizontally to mimic human eye vision, and we increase the horizontal resolution to 8K, which is very important to maintain a crisp visual with big FOV. That’s why we name the product “8K”.
What is the resolution of Pimax 8K?
The resolution of Pimax 8K is always 8K. You can see totally over 16.6 million pixels at any time. For signal that less than 8K, Pimax can upscale the signal to 8K with a video processing module in the headset.
Why you create 8K VR ?
- We care about visual quality a lot. Our co-founders have over 20 years R&D experience in display era, including many years in VR. Some of the core team members come from display industry.
- All the display vendors are based in Asia, especially East Asia. Our team members maintain a close relationship with the display suppliers. We have the advantage to customize VR display.
- We have already eliminated screen door effect with our first generation product Pimax 4K. Pimax 8K is based on the technology of 4K.
What display you use for Pimax 8K/5K?
We use customized low persistence liquid (CLPL) display.
CLPL is a new patented display tech we developed with our partner for VR specifically.
CLPL display featured with less liquid respond time and higher refresh rate. We have completely eliminated ghosting and improved brightness with the CLPL display. CLPL tech is on the same level with OLED in VR era. There are only minor differences in color contrast/temperature between CLPL and OLED. Also, CLPL can reach higher PPI/PPD with the same cost.
Our co-founders have over 20 years experience in display era, including many years in VR. Some of the core team members come from display industry and maintain close relationships with display suppliers. That’s one of the reasons why we care about visual so much.
What is the specification of the 5K version?
Pimax 5K is a lite version of Pimax 8K. The only difference is the resolution. Even though the image quality of Pimax 5K is not as good as Pimax 8K, but better than most of the headsets on the market. Also, the price of Pimax 5K is lower than Pimax 8K.
What is the refresh rate for games with Pimax 8K/5K?
90Hz.
What is Brainwarp?
Brainwarp is a set of technologies Pimax use in the VR headsets to lower down hardware requirement, reduce latency, and boost refresh rate for a smoother VR experience.
In the scenario where you PC can run a game with 60-90 Hz, Pimax VR can increase the frame rate to 90Hz with a technique similar to ATW. In that way, we decrease the requirement of hardware.
However, the better the graphic card, the less work the headset has to do, and the better experience you will enjoy. That’s why we recommend GTX980/1070, equivalents or above for the best 8K experience.
Meanwhile, the headset renders and displays image for the two eyes in a sequence. In that way, we doubled refresh rate and cut the latency in half. You can perceive the experience smoother with largely reduced latency.
What are the differences between Brainwarp and asynchronous reprojection / ATW in Steam VR?
Brainwarp is a set of technologies used specifically in Pimax headsets. Brainwarp includes the VR technologies, including techniques similar to ATW. The goal of Brainwarp is to lower down hardware requirement, reduce latency, and boost refresh rate for a smoother VR experience.
What are the positional tracking solutions?
Pimax 8K supports both outside-in tracking and inside-out tracking solutions. You can switch between different modes.
The outside-in tracking is based on cutting edge laser tracking technology with minimal latency. Pimax offers PiTracking mode and Steam Compatible mode. With Steam COmpatible Mode, you can use all Valve accessories with Pimax 8K. The developing path of PiTracking is more flexible, and Pimax controllers are much lighter than vive controllers.
Pimax 8K enables inside-out tracking with modules.
In addition, we will enable house-scale ( >50 sqm ) tracking with a new module.
What are the extendable modules?
Pimax 8K is an extendable device. You can use it with your current accessories and very easy to compliance new technologies. e.g. MR module, inside-out tracking module, eye tracking module, wireless transmission module, scent enabling module etc.
We will make the modules available in our website and Amazon.
You can even develop your own module with our device driver SDK.
Can I use my vive/steam accessories at home?
Yes. Pimax 8K is compatible with all Valve accessories.
Can I use my current accessories with Pimax 8K?
Pimax 8K is compatible with all your PC accessories and all your steam accessories at home.
Will this allow me to use Steam Knuckles controllers when it somes out?
Yes. Pimax 8K is compatible with all Valve accessories.
Does Pimax 8K support both vive v1 and v2 lighthouses?
Support both.
If you already have vive 1.0 lighthouses at home, we recommend you grab a 8K headset to use with vive 1.0 lighthouses.
What is laser tracking? Is it been integrated with the headset?
Yes. Laser tracker is integrated with the headset.
Why the hand motion module is not included in the packages?
You can always add an extra amount to your pledge and get an additional leap motion module in your package.
What accessories are available, what is the plan for the modules?
You can always add an extra amount to your pledge and get an additional leap motion module in your package.
We will make all the modules and accessories available on our website, including eye tracking, wireless transmission, scent enabling, house-scale tracking module, cooling fan, customized VR frame, single controller, single base station.
Mechanical focus adjustment
You can wear your own glasses, we have enough space reserved for glasses. You may choose to use our customized prescription VR frame. We will make it available on our website.
Note: The major VR brands choose not to make it an option to change focus directly with the headset, but rather suggest users wearing prescription glasses, as it is the best option to prevent dust.
Can I wear my glasses?
Yes, and we also recommend our customized perscription VR frame.
IPD adjuetment
We offer hardware mechanical adjustment.
Ergonomics
We have improved ergonomics design for more comfortable experience. We learnt the lesson from 4K and the space we leave for nose in 8K is similar to that in Oculus.
Pimax 8K looks big but actually very light. We have spread the pressure so it felt even lighter.
Is the face cushion replaceable?
Yes, all the parts that touch your face are lighter, more comfortable and can be easily replaced.
How will Pimax 8K protect my eyes?
We have the second generation eye protection mechanism, which also improved brightness.
When will you ship?
We will ship large volume on Jan. It is possible we ship the first batch on Dec.
What is the difference between Kickstarter version and consumer version?
The look and functions are the same. The consumer version will be better packaged and crafted, and the price would be different.
Can I use laptop to run Pimax 8K?
Yes, Pimax 8K supports VR laptop. In fact, we demo 8K in events with a laptop.
What is the hardware requirement of Pimax 8K?
GPU - GTX980/1070, CPU - i5, Memory - 8GB