Pimax VR Experience 0.70.0.0

PimaxVR Software PE Discussion
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Hey everyone!

Pimax VR Experience v0.70.0.0 Beta is now available for download! It’s been a while since the last update of Pimax VR Experience v0.60. To be able to add all planned and upcoming features, a lot of things had to be changed in the code. Therefore, Armin @arminelec and I decided to dig deeper into the code and make major core changes to the entire project. This required a massive amount of work, and we have come a long way now!

Meanwhile, we are bringing you a new updated version filled with goodies, updates and bugfixes! Feel free to give it a go, and let us know what you think :slight_smile:

Setup Instructions :

  1. Download, extract ZIP file and install PiToolSetup_1.0.2.086 (V7) (Required)
  2. Download, extract ZIP file and install Pimax VR Experience 0.70.0.0 Beta Installer
  3. When PiTool has started, make sure to tick the checkbox “Start Pimax VR Home” (located in PiTool, Settings > General). This will automatically launch Pimax VR Experience.

Note: Pimax VR Experience comes with its own installer, but it requires you to have PiTool version 1.0.2.086 (V7) installed beforehand.

Download Links:

PiToolSetup_1.0.2.086 (V7) (Required)

Pimax VR Experience 0.70.0.0 Beta Installer

0.70.0.0 Beta - Release Notes

What’s new:

  • New: Thumb stick/Touchpad scrolling now working on all scrollable pages with Valve Index (thumb stick) & HTC Vive (touchpad) controllers
  • New: Thumb stick/Touchpad scrolling now working on all drop-down menus with Valve Index (thumb stick) & HTC Vive (touchpad) controllers
  • New: Mouse scroll wheel scrolling now working (all scroll views including drop-down menus)
  • New: Click and drag with Valve Index & HTC Vive controllers now triggered similar to SteamVR, by semi pressing (Trigger Axis) instead of full trigger press
  • New: Added per-eye adjustment sliders for horizontal IPD Offset (range: -10 to +10 with 0.1 granularity)
  • New: Added “Restore Default” button for all IPD Offset and Screen Vertical Offset values
  • Update: Core: The entire Unity project has been largely refactored to reduce internal reference dependencies
  • Update: Core: Improved performance and reliability of the application thanks to major core changes
  • Update: Core: Refactored Main Dashboard functionality, modularity and handling to further improve performance and reliability
  • Update: Core: Entirely refactored VR controller & hand-tracking code and input handler.
  • Update: Core: Replaced hardcoded hand model names and setting IDs, with dynamic ones for future extended model support
  • Update: Core: Improved UI Theme management for future custom themes, colours, styles, skyboxes, etc.
  • Update: Core: Improved communication with PiTool
  • Update: Core: Improved mouse cursor handling
  • Update: Core: Mouse and controller pointer events
  • Update: Core: Improved leap motion hand-tracking handling
  • Update: Core: Improved functionality and reliability of application Restart/Reload/Quit features
  • Update: IPD Offset (Vertical) Adjustment slider per-eye granularity changed from ±0.5 to ±0.1 (-10 to +10 granularity))
  • Update: SteamVR Optimization code completely re-written. Now more reliable, always updating the active config file parameters
  • Update: SteamVR Optimization default GPUSpeed values changed to 2500 (because of latest SteamVR changes)
  • Update: PE is automatically increasing all existing SteamVR Optimization profiles by setting GPUSpeed = 2500 (if previously set to lower)
  • Update: SteamVR Optimization GPUSpeed adjustment range is now 2500-6000
  • Update: Haptic feedback (vibration) now triggered upon press and release of trigger
  • Update: Added smooth animations to Game-icons and Buttons upon hover (more animations to be added)
  • Update: Updated time display format to match local System time format
  • Update: Updated the analog clock icon to show system time
  • Update: Adjusted laser ray
  • Fix: Multiple issues that caused incorrect applying and listing of game-profiles in Setting, Profiles and Advanced page, sometimes applying incorrect values to the headset/PiTool
  • Fix: Incorrect listing of Command lines in Command Line Manager
  • Fix: Corrected UI Scale values for more proper size and distance for Small and Miniature UI Scale mode
  • Fix: Readjusted VR controller positions
  • Fix: Readjusted mouse pointer positions
  • Fix: Path issue with game thumbnails not showing correctly
  • Fix: Quick settings load/save/apply issues
  • Fix: Issues where manually applying Steam VR optimizations might show a failure, even when it was successful
  • Fix: Issues where automatically applying Steam VR optimizations upon game launch might show a failure, even when it was successful
  • Fix: Issues where the dashboard re-center button does not work correctly
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Any chance we will be able to tie a refresh rate to a game/app profile? I know this requires the hmd to reboot, any reason this can’t be part of the game launch?

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backlight slider is not active for me in PE

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Great update Sweviver! The download speed is pretty slow from your website though (200kb/s). Can you upload them to another service next time like Dropbox?

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Update: This new Pitool and Pimax experience breaks the new brightness firmware. Now the brightness slider doesn’t change the brightness, but I do notice much less ghosting.

Works fine after restarting

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I just installed the latest Pitool and Pimax experience software ard the backlight adjustment still works.

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Hmm, that’s odd. Do you still notice ghosting though?

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I have the backlight set to 91 and haven’t noticed any ghosting. I will have another look.

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Definitely still working and I cannot see any ghosting . I tried Half-life Alyx and tower defence.

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We are already testing this. It will require some methods which are not so optimal, because of the nature of how Pimax headsets reboots, but yes it will be added once its more stable.

What headset model are you using? The backlight for 8KX is not added (but it will be in next update very soon). All other headsets should work fine.

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Yep, I agree. It was just a temporary solution because Google Drive was refusing my files to be shared (policy reasons). From next update will will host the files on the Pimax server. Im waiting for access :slight_smile:

You mean with 8KX right? This will be fixed later this week. The other Pimax headsets should work fine with brightness slider.

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The backlight slider works with the 8kx if you download and install the beta firmware that was unofficially released a couple of weeks ago.

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Nevermind, after restarting the headset the backlight slider works just fine and the ghosting is gone!

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Yes thats correct, but just in case… until its more “official” we have disabled the 8KX brightness slider in PE. We will change that later this week :slight_smile:

https://community.openmr.ai/t/how-to-significantly-improve-the-brightness-and-colors-of-the-pimax-8kx/33085?u=sweviver

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Thats weird because it still works for me after I updated.

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With an 8KX?

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Yes! After installing the latest Pitool and Pimax experience, initially it seemed the backlight slider wasn’t doing anything. After a simple restart of the headset, trying it just now, the slider works with no issue. I can increase the brightness and there’s no motion blur. :slight_smile:

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@Sweviver

@NextGenVR comparing 8K X and G2 have used beta steam

It’s still valid what you said that beta steam reduce Pimax sde and definition because Pimax do not support motion smoothing ?

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Yes but I have to change it in Pitool desktop not in Pimax experience. So I guess you meant it doesn’t work in Pimax experience.

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I’m using Steam beta because Valve fixed the blurry overlay on Pimax in the beta version of Steam.

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