I’ve been a computer hardware enthusiast ever since purchasing my first Atari 800 computer back in High School (yes, I’m probably older than most people here). So this isn’t my first new electronics rodeo. I have a pretty good idea of how these things develop. Everything I’ve posted is simply my opinion. If other evidence surfaces, I may end up changing how I feel. But for now, I can easily see Pimax releasing the 5K/8K headsets sometime this summer, the full package 5K/8K and the 8K X sometime later. Possibly late summer/early fall. After that, the stretch goal components.
Nothing ever goes as smoothly as planned. As long as Pimax remains committed to quality rather than release date, I’ll remain content for now. I have nearly $1K wrapped up in my pledge. And within my budget, that’s a really good sized chunk of money. So I would rather get my headset later and in good working condition than receive a half-baked product sooner and be stuck with it that way forever.
C=20 first computer owned with tape drive. Also had a console sorta called something like Telestar basic tank game 2 players your tank looked like an H with a cannon. Lol. Think we even had a standalone pong game with paddles.
Jealously looking at friends C20, then got a C64 - directly going on a spending spree buying the floppy drive to avoid the cassette drive. Good ol’ times…
And then the normal progression: Amiga 500 and then the era of the PC started with my 386-25. I did pick up the occasional console, but typically just for one single game (PC Engine - Final Match Tennis; Sega Mega Drive - that hockey game whose name escapes me; N64 - International Superstar Soccer)
ZX81 (with a friend) 1K + 16K, Spectrum 16K with Microdrive at school, Spectrum + (48K) with tape recorder at home (after considering Amstrad, Commodore 64), Commodore Amiga 500 (with another 512KB expansion), 486 DX…
I’m really dating myself!! Original TRS 80 then Apple II. 1978. Worked for Apple 1980 to 1982 during the release of the Lisa, & Apple III. Miss those exciting times. Agree about the amazing progress in such a short time.
TRS 80 here, but my first actual computer gaming experience was in the 70’s on a TRW mainframe. My brother and I played a Star Trek game against each other. Federation X’s, Klingon O’s. Quadrants were square boxes with a grid of periods for distance like the boardgame Battleship. Never dreamed we would play a game like Elite Dangerous.
Anybody have the BBC Micro? Amstrad 464 or the amazing Archimedes with whatever that flight simulator was called. A mate of mine called me to his work to see it on a client’s computer @spamenigma
Then started programming and hacking on the Amiga 500, demo scene 
