The first 8K VR will come soon at LVCC of CES 2017

Pimax Hardware P1: (4k & B1)
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Thanks for your detailed response . I guess I will have to give the Pimax a try soon .
I have used Samsung S5 with Homido headset and can confirm it is same as Oculus Rift .
I have spent too much money experimenting with this . The Oculus and gaming machine was definitely not worth it but at least I can play some games with it .

So just to clarify , there is an improvement in sharpness and detail ? Not just SDE improvement but also detail and for more distant objects ?
Will the Pimax 8K use the HDMI 2.0 for 4K input ?

P.S. For awhile I thought Samsung S8 will be 4K but now I am reading no , not sure if that is definitely no . But I think the Sony Xperia Z7 will definitely be 4K , supposed to come out same time as Samsung . But like you say you still need 8K video , otherwise the video is being down-scaled . In any case , the Pimax would still be the cheapest option I think .

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I don’t know about sharpness and detail. But what I do know is that it looks WAY better than it did on my 1440p phone + Android cardboard. It’s still not perfect though, I think that it will look much better when they start releasing 8k movies. Also the LCD screen used is not as good as an OLED screen, you’ll see slight ghosting and the colours are a bit dull.

But still, I think it’s currently just the best out there.

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A french first impression at CES2017:

English translation:

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No it’s not a french impression of CES. It’s what you can read there and there.

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@Aureltouch Very good summary in that article. Thank you for sharing it.

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Another (french) review with positive feedback.
But no information about positional tracking (are the lightbox-like base station and controllers working?)

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@billbob Our current prototype is using two HDMI ports, and we’re trying move to DP ports for native support.

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Hello
The 8k model will come with possitional tracking an controller in a pack?

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If this information is correct http://www.gearbest.com/pc-headset/pp_606555.html?wid=21 the answer will be: yes!

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@PiMAX-Support When do you expect to start shipping it?

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The question is, when are they going to start selling it?

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It’s a $599 question :slight_smile:

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Hmm , that’s interesting . I don’t think my computer has two HDMI ports but sounds like you are serious about this so that is good .

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Wow , already advertised . Can’t be that far off then .

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Hmm, 600 with 31% off would make it’s actual price somewhere around 780 ish.

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I would have to say that the two HDMI ports is not going to work for me . I hope you get the DP ports working .
You get it all working and I am a buyer .

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Also willing to buy if Displayport is included.

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Fantastic idea, 2 HDMI ports! Because most of us have 2!

/s

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I bought a GTX with 2 HDMI. Gives more flexibility for different monitor and headset configs. I would recommend doing the same if you upgrade or haven’t bought one yet.

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Maybe you don’t get it . We want native support . And we don’t want to upgrade our graphics card just to get an extra HDMI port . End of story .

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