The German You tube video VR gaming enthusiast just posted his short but very positive English written language review to the Reddit Vive forum. He is very prolific in releasing vr gaming video content and is pretty respected in the VR community, as he has creatively employed various techniques to his Video content and is an avid gamer. So it counts for much!
In addition for those who want to watch his full video review and maybe do not know You tube has an auto translator, its not perfect but I can read and understand most of what he is saying by enabling it.
His review is in English I have provided the link to his English language review. He is very fluent and well spoken in English so it is very clear and easy to understand.
Edit My original intention was not to directing anyone to his video review, but to direct those who want to read an english written review on reddit. Primarily for those who haven’t read the latest VR news who might be happy for positive news about Pimax 8k and 5k.
After watching the video however I have now included that as a worthwhile viewing, if you can use You tubes autotranslate feature.
I’ve made some correction to this post to clarify the review is written in english. I hope those of us who support Pimax will appreciate his honest review.
He first tested the 5k model with the leap motion module. It is connected with magnets to the headset and comes with its own usb-C connector to connect to the pimax.
Minimum spec: GTX 980 according to Robin, the CEO
Test laptop was GTX 1080 and ran very smoothly
He first tests with the 5k headset. at 4:34 he puts on the 8k
Prototype controller was with cable
He tested fruit ninja
Robin the CEO came across as a very sweet & honest man which gave him a lot of trust in him as a company
Next he tested “BigScreen”, the virtual desktop. He says everything looked really sharp
Colours were really good in the 5k and he saw no ghosting
The 8k was (obviously) sharper than the 5k. He says he couldn’t see any pixels at all, Extremely sharp image. First time ever he enjoyed a headset without SDE
Some people said they found the 8k too dark, he says he disagrees, it wasn’t dark at all according to him.
Both display’s of the 5k and 8k are extremely good he says
He really loved the huge FoV, it almost felt like reality he says
SteamVR compatability is very good he says. He especially was focusing to see if the saw any stretched image in Fruit Ninja. He says that did not happen. IT was real FoV, not stretching
What he and other did see though were 2 vertical “stripes” (bands?). According to Robin this was a software problem.
The 2 lenses are really big he says, much bigger than the ones from the Rift.
He did not see any godray’s
Tracking: same as vive he says, only difference he says 360 degrees tracking with just 1 base station. This because the HMD is really wide so they put camera’s on it both sides backward and forward so that it has 360 view with just 1 basestation.
The Pimax controller was the only thing he didnt really like. He said it felt really cheap. He says he advises people not to buy the whole package, he says to exclude the Pimax controller and buy a Vive controller instead.
Leap motion module: comes with usb-C that connects to the pimax directly (so no seperate cable to the computer I understand from him)
They asked Robin if the wireless module was compatible with TP-link. He couldnt confirm that yet.
He stresses again that everything ran extremely smooth on the GTX 1080. No dropped frames
Robin said the headset design itself is final already. Only thing that will change is the head strap
Oculus compatibility via Re-vive
Weight of the headset was extremely light. It felt like the Rift to him.
he really liked the ergonomics. It didnt hurt him anywhere. He said what really was nice was that no light entered from underneath the headset while it still connected very nicely to his head.
He didnt notice any warmth/heat while wearing it
In conclusion he really really loved the headset and was extremely impressed with it. He does mention again in his conclusion that he would recommend to not buy the controller, although it still was a prototype of course.
He says he wasn’t the only one who was extremely enthousiast. He said there were 13-15 people there, nobody said he didnt like the headset, everybody was impressed. One guy said he thought the pimax 8k display was too dark, he disagrees. 95% was extremely happy with the pimax he says.
Last thing he says the leap motion module was really nice.
Good to read, very encouraging!
Was this already the new prototype? If not then I wonder about “the headset design is final”. I thought they are still optimizing quite a number of crucial things (adjustable IPD, better lenses etc.). But perhaps this was all already in this version? Would explain the very positive review.
