PLEASE open source the drivers

Pimax Hardware P1: (4k & B1)
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PLEASE open source the drivers & firmware. As it stands they are a mess, and they keep getting worse, not better. Let the VR programming community pick up the slack. I’ve had to revert to 1.1.92 just to free the headset from a connect-disconnect-connect-disconnect loop.

And the drift on the head-tracking is absolutely terrible regardless of which driver version I use. Is there not a magnetometer on the gyro chip that could be used to keep track of absolute positioning?

There are a bunch of other things eg.

  • some drivers above 1.1.92 cause in game menus to not display in the headset (Project Cars/Steam)
  • the headset forgets if it is in ‘cool colors’ mode when unplugged
  • turning on ‘cool colors’ resets brightness to ‘NORMAL’
  • IPD is inconsistent between versions and seems to bear little resemblance to actual IPD
  • Sound is sometimes distorted and pops loudly when connecting
  • PC always wants to default to Pimax sound device regardless of how many times I change it in Control Panel
  • IPD needs to be interactive and not reset the headset every time it is changed
  • default Pimax headset graphics cause screen burn
    etc etc

Since you make all the money on the hardware I don’t see why open source could be anything but beneficial to the success of Pimax.

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the team actually discussed the topic yesterday, just considering the best way to collaborate work between Pimax software team and the community to stay on the same page about the progress, or any support needed… perhaps an email group/chat sessions via discord?

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Can’t someone just hijack it?

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I think that open driver source code is best way to improve pimax and resolve many different problems in short time

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Custom IPD with binding on volume keys without reseting helm is important item in to-do list.
Adding low level 3 brightness for them who remove blue filters

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+1, make the source available! The drivers are a shame and people still complain about the same problems like half a year ago, Obviously Pimax is not capable to deliver updates with acceptable quality but you can fix it all with one right decision: go open source! Just do it!
Put it on GitHub.

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