post your questions and waiting for your answer is good choice
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Hello and Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for all the hard work you guys are doing on developing an excellent VR headset! My question is this, I pre-ordered:
Pimax 5K Plus VR Headset with Hand motion (PreOrder P121947)
Pimax Base Station and Wireless Controllers with Thumbstick or Trackpad (Deposit) × 1 (PreOrder P121959)
May I please find out what place I am in-line to get the headset/sensors or a rough ETA? Viewing my order, I get the following feedback “Your order is confirmed” and that I will receive an email when it’s shipped. It would be great if I could get a timeline. ~ Thank you
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Hi there and thanks for answering our Questions:
- Which Panel is the 8k-X using? The one of 8k or is it another one?
- As quoted in another thread, you are working to make 60hz possible onto the 8k-X, how high are your hopes to reach 80 or 90hz?
- Is there any ‘target’ hz-rate you want to reach before you release the 8k-X?
- Will it be possible to run the 8k-X with a lower input resolution instead of 2x4k? e.g. 2x2k?
If i am not wrong here 2x4k means 1 Pixel rendered = 1 Pixel on the Screen, 2x2k would mean = 1 Pixel rendered = 2x2 Pixel on the Screen. - Is it at least planned to run Brainwarp also on the 8k-X?
- Do you have any updates to share with us about the referral gift event
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https://community.openmr.ai/t/8k-headsets-for-free-as-referral-gifts/4628
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His. Could you give me an estimate of when the London backer meet up is happening. Thanks.
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- Any update regarding 8K X progress? Roughly when will the 8K X prototype be ready for tester to test?
- For those who pledged 8KX and want to get 8K or 5K+ as loaner, how is shipping cost for loaner arranged?
I remember Pimax said pimax will pay the shipping cost for loander, but not clear if Pimax will pay for the both directions, or just pay one way(send loaner to backer, but backer need to pay for the return).
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@Matthew.Xu @deletedpimaxrep1 @Pimax-Support
Can you fix the display ratio when Parallel Projection is activated? Or remove/improve Parallel Projection?
Beside ruining the performances, I suspect it to decrease clarity (probably because of the ratio).
This is very important for most played games.
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@Matthew.Xu @PimaxVR @deletedpimaxrep1
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Will Pimax be hiring more staff (e.g. production managers, assembly line workers, quality support, public relations managers, customer support representatives) to meet the growing demands of consumers due to recently increased publicity?
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Due to an increased amount of preorders, in the future when Pimax bulk orders more components, is it forseeable that the consumer release pricing for Pimax 5k+ can be lowered to $599 or $549 to be more competitive in the market and potentially increase sales?
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What is the release date of the “brainwarp” system, pitool screen brightness adjustment slider and 60hz and 72 hz modes?
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What is the release date of the deluxe headstrap, pimax controllers and pimax lighthouse 2.0?
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Will there be an 8k+ model with full RGB stripe LCD (like 5k+) or full RGB stripe OLED like StarVRone?
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Is the pimax headsets intermittantly dropping out a problem caused by pitool software or bad cable connectors? If the problem is caused by the pitool software, is pimax working on a fix for the issue of pitool software intermittantly dropping the connection to pimax HMDs and if so when can we expect to see this fixed?
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Is there a plan to change the distortion correction profile on the Large fov mode to utilise more unused screen space and unused pixels and reduce the visible image distortion and stretching of objects at the peripheral edges of the lenses when using the Large/full fov mode on the 5k+ and 8k?
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if not, is there a plan to offer a separate lens replacement to buy, which is not a fresnel lens, but a lens optimised for reducing the distortion and stretching of objects and images at the peripheral edges of the HMD screens in large/full fov mode?
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Is there a plan to reintroduce proximity sensor in consumer models to fully power off LCD screen when not used? it is understood that the current kickstarter backer headsets use the SteamVR app to achieve a similar function as a proximity sensor, but this does not completely power off the screen when it is not in use.
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Possible to send VorpX developer ralf a 5k+ hmd for testing purposes so that he may optimise his software for large fov headsets? it’s a good investment to have another possible selling point advertising stable vorpx support if he can get it working in the near future. Please post updates in relation to this in the future, if so.
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Thank you for this AMA.
- What is the status of ‚Brainwarp‘?
- Are you planning to implement ASW or ATW?
i thought Pimax was going to answer the questions. oh, never mind i did not notice the date.
Timezones are hard aren’t they.
Today is the 22nd, 7pm PT has yet to happen.
About #9,AFAIK proximity sensor also didn’t turn off the backlight, feature wise there is parity between sensor and no sensor
About #10, I distinctly remember that dude saying he wasn’t interested in adapting to a niche headset.
He said otherwise if enough people show interest, but that he would charge for a separate software release (Large FOV VorpX) but I think it would encourage him to start working on it if he was sent a unit to do some testing and software modifications
would love to know these, also
8k+ would be a better consumer release than an 8kX for consumers.
Because, the input resolution of 3840 pixels per screen is too much for any modern gpu to push and more data than one cable can carry.
The solution is to use either a 1440p per eye display (as in the 5k+ and 8k) upscaled to 4k (like the 8k does), but with 3 subpixels per pixel instead of 2 with full rgb stripe versus pentile, the sharpness should increase and ghosting and blurriness should decrease as seen in the 8k, due to the increased pixel density from the full rgb stripe like the 5k+ uses, versus the pentile strip on the 8k.
However, the image clarity and gpu performance may be improved further if the input/screen resolution before upscaling is 1080p instead of 1440p, being one quarter of a 4k image it will upscale better without distortions compared to a 1440p signal, which is not 1/1 with a native 4k image when upscaled.
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Can Pimax test the abovementioned input resolutions upscaled with different screens with 3 subpixels per pixel on a future consumer 8k+?
(same specs as 5k+ or a 1080p screen upscaled to 4k per eye with the 8k upscaler, but with full rgb stripe AMOLED/CLPL instead of pentile screen like 8k has.) -
Would pimax consider making a consumer 8k+ with an upscaler chip and a 1440p CLPL full rgb strip screen used in the 5k+ instead of pentile screens used in 5k and 8k if not an AMOLED screen with 3 subpixels per pixel??
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would pimax look into making and offering an anti-SDE screen layer like offered by samsung Oddesey+ to further reduce SDE such as a tech 21 protective film? https://community.openmr.ai/t/test-to-reduce-sde-cor-5k-with-tech21-protection-film-or-similar/10506
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what is the status on the colour adjustment in pitool and option to save config settings profiles for different games in pitool?
Thanks for giving us this AMA to ask questions pimax
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What’s the status on [BRAINWARP] are you going to achieve 90 * 2 ?
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I heard @Matthew.Xu mention modules in the worker line. Is that the leap motion module?
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Have a great day
I just want to know when will we be given the option to switch our order to the 5k+ and how will this be done? I never seem to get very many updates in my email so I haven’t been able to keep up to date with what goes on.
You get the option to change the 5k+ when they tell you(via an email) they are about to ship yours. Which as of now is still somewhere below backer nr 1000.
Hi everyone, the AMA starts now. We are updating the answers one by one.
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- We will start release the backer number when we start to ship the next batch;
- We will provide black level for users to choose;
- Yes, like the knuckle.
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Estimation about production schedule for Kickstarter backers :
0 - 1000 End of November
1000 - 1500 Week 1, December
1500 - 2000 Week 2, December
2500 - 3000 Week 3, December
3000 - 3500 Week 4, December
3500 - 4000 Week 1, January
4000 - 4500 Week 1, January
4500 - 5000 Week 2, January
5000 - 5500 Week 2, January
5500 - 5946 Week 3, January
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