Pimax Crystal Light VR Headset Partial Payment Version-with Controllers, 8K QLED with Local-Dimming, Lightweight & Comfortable Compatible with Flight Simulators, iRacing & PC Gaming

Pimax created this simplified version of their standalone offering by removing some of the extras, like onboard battery, eye tracking, etc. to make it more affordable for those who intend to use it seated at their computer desk for flight simulators and racing games. Their advertisement and product description clearly reflects on that and surely, they are spot on, everything about this headset as advertised. The Crystal Light retained the original Crystal's super high resolution and high-quality display. It is somewhat disappointing that they are charging extra for the software, but once installed and the VR headset initialize, it is ready to go! The game controllers aren't really needed for flight sim, but they are very easy to set up and can be useful time to time, while can be turned off at any time. During the initial setup, it is recommended to charge them right away before the setup is completed, in case one chooses to use them right away. For seated applications like flight simming, I recommend disabling the safety boundary by unselecting the "Activating Chaperone" feature in the Device Settings/Advanced. With that feature selected, the headset will keep turning on the see trough screen and safety boundary lost error every time the headset is removed and placed on the desk. Very annoying, because one cannot select another flight and continue with the gaming session without exiting the game and recalibrate the room setting. That's something to beware of. Otherwise, the software is fantastic, very simple and easy to use, and includes their own version of built in Open XR. I must say it does worth the extra, if they keep on maintaining it. The performance enhancing features work great, fixed foveated rendering greatly reduces processing load, and the lack of eye tracking probably won't affect most of the users, while also eliminates some extra burden of processing. I expected a serious performance hit coming from the HP Reverb G2, but to my surprise, it was the other way around, I noticed a slight increase in the frame rate, while sharpness and clarity blew me away. I surely did not expect that level of upgrade in performance, The Reverb G2 is known for its incredible image. The mild screen door effect of the G2 completely disappeared From the Crystal light, colors and brightness are eye candy. I tried the "smart smoothing" feature enabled from Device Setting/Games, also works as expected, but I did not gain enough boost to keep the feature enabled. For fast aircrafts Like the Daher TBM930, Pilatus PC-21 trainer, fighter jects or choppers it worth enabling smart smoothing over busy terrain at very low attitudes, but for normal flights, for maximum clarity and sharpness, better leave it off. As far as comfort, this unit is a mixed bag. It is incredibly big, almost intimidating, and covers one's entire face! Because it covers my nose as well, it tends to fog up very easily, and I have to remove the headset several times to clear it out, until it warms up enough to eliminate fogging. It takes lots of attempt of adjustment to make it the most comfortable, and once that's done, it can be worn for hours without much of any discomfort. The 120 Hz refresh rate is a Godsent. It took me a year to be able to use the Reverb when I started, I was hit with motion sickness so powerful that I felt sick even the next day. The high refresh rate of the Crystal Light helps to completely eliminate any residues that I still suffered occasionally time to time, when simulated real time weather conditions and some turbulence effects. While not a perfect product, the team's attempt and effort to fill the void Micro$oft left in the wake of deprecating its own VR portal, is greatly appreciated. Hopefully they will be successful and are here to stay. I cannot recommend this headset strongly enough for other potential armchair pilots, who are looking for superhigh resolution crystal clear VR solution to upgrade their existing deprecated ones or just getting ready to immerse into the VR flight realm for the first time, without mortgaging their homes for a Somnium VR1 or other super expen$ive units out there. The seamlessly working standalone software independent from Steam VR (though it is supported and featured if one chooses to install it) and any other standard platforms, plus the solid performance of the VR headset with incredibly stable tracking is difficult, if not impossible to beat at this price point! Kudos to the team at Pimax for their work and dedication!

I bought the Pimax headset and it worked for about one week. My mistake was throwing away the box to save space. When I returned the headset, Amazon did not want to give me a full refund, which is unfair because the headset is in perfect condition, almost like new, but it stopped working and would no longer turn on. I contacted IT support and they said the issue might be with the sensor. Overall, I cannot recommend this product. In the end, I purchased the Quest 3 — maybe the quality is lower, but at least you have the security of being able to return it without the risk of losing your money if it turns out defective.

Don't believe the haters! I’m SERIOUSLY impressed with this headset. The image quality is fantastic - huge resolution, awesome lens, vibrant colors, and with zero screen-door effect. The wide field of view makes everything feel incredibly immersive, especially in simulators, and the high resolution makes a huge difference if you have the hardware to push all those pixels. Yes, it's a bit on the heavier and bulky side, but honestly, that doesn’t matter much when playing seated games like flight or racing sims. And there are various mods to make it significantly more comfortable! You can't really get all these specs and in particular the huge, excellent lens, without the slight bulkiness. For the level of visual clarity you get, it’s absolutely worth it. Easy 5 stars!

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Crystal light dope. Fov: Fov not too bad coming from 8kx. Doesn't give the annoying binocular feeling my quest 2 did. It's actually only noticeable when loading into games imo. Once the game starts and your eyes have something to focus on, your brain tunes out the black walls in peripheral from smaller fov imo and I barely even noticed the difference. I'm excited for my crystal super bc I think the slightly increased fov will be enough to make the difference in fov from 8kx completely unnoticeable. Tracking: I was worried about tracking cause everybody complaining on this sub. I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the tracking worked great. The setup process was easier than I was expecting and it didn't need to be reset every time I used it like I heard. I did need to reset it periodically but it's super easy and fast. Tracking wasn't as good as quest 2 but better than valve base station imo. Had some problems with controllers behind head (which when do u actually do that other than testing really?) and when holding up really close to face. But more importantly it didn't lose tracking on my head or cause my game to flip me around like my index base stations would. Overall I'd give tracking a solid B grade. Controllers: feel pretty good. USB C charging awesome. Hold charge pretty well. Fit into my quest 2 grips with index like straps. Only complaint is the joy stick had a strange sound when rolling at the bottom. Kinda sounds like a spring. I'm worried that the joy stick might break after awhile like all my index controllers have. But God willing they won't. Comfort: Good, I like the pimax head straps for the most part since I learned how to wear them properly. Would be nice if the tightening knob was flush for laying down or headrest. Also I noticed the crystal light tended to tilt left on my head sometimes unlike my 8kx. Audio: Again surprising good considering people's complaints. I thought the SMAS was adequate. They could be louder is the main flaw imo. Pretty much got a rock it at 100%. I have the DMAS as well. Which are better sounding and louder. But I also like the SMAS bc it's nice not having something on your ears. Picture: Great! Best picture I've had on a headset to date. Significantly shaper and better colors than the 8kx. Blacks look great in dark scenes as well. Don't feel a need for an oled but I also haven't tried one since the OG vive and I Samsung Odyssey+. No problems with the screens that I could tell like mura or major distortions or anything like that. I had no trouble finding and staying in the sweet spot and I could move my eyes around without too much distortions except the very edges which I don't really tend to do except when testing. The only thing I noticed at one point was what I would maybe describe as screen tearing when I first got it in very specific scenarios. But idk if I got used to it or it went away but I didn't notice it after awhile. Overall If this was my first headset I can't even imagine how amazed I'd be. VR truly has come along way. Congrats pimax.

JUNK. 1. My headset is defective and will randomly show a pink staticy screen for a second and then show a blank screen (or extremely dim, I can see like shadows..) until the Pimax Play software is restarted - turning the headset on/off again doesn't fix it. 2. The tracking is appalling and just judders all over the place, lags.. It'll be fine for a minute or two then go completely unplayable. This seems to be caused by the Pimax Play software which uses up all of my CPU - a 5700x3D. Not the best around but it's still pretty good. I did some research to try and fix this and apparently it's a known issue, the Pimax tracking algorithm is bad. It needs more than a 5700x3D while Meta have been fine on a lil mobile phone chip since the Quest 1. It's really sad as the image quality is fantastic in this thing. It's very, very clear and sharp while approaching the colours and contrast of an OLED screen. It's a pretty big headset but I find it not too bad comfort wise. I could deal with having a faulty headset but the whole tracking situation renders this as junk.

Nachtrag 1.8.25: Mittlerweile wurden die zu zahlenden Preise in der Artikelbeschreibung erklärt und ergänzt. Für mich aber immer noch unverständlich, warum ich nicht den gesamten Preis direkt auf Amazon bezahlen kann und nicht über diese blöde App diese "Prime-Gebühr" bezahlen muss, die ich in einem Garantiefall (Rücksendung) wahrscheinlich niemals zurückbekommen werde von Pimax. Gewollt? Ich hatte aber aus Interesse noch ein wenig im Internet geforscht von wegen meinem Trackingproblemen mit diesem Pimax Headset. Pimax hat es aber wirklich geschafft, das erste Headset mit Inside out Tracking auf dem Markt zu bringen, welches sich selbst noch nicht einmal schafft zu tracken. Respekt. Aber bei den ganzen Youtubern scheint alles top zu sein 🤔. Oder gibt es wirklich so viele Headsets mit defektem Tracking wovon Pimax nichts wissen will und die Kunden alleine lässt. Meine Informationen zu den im Internet aus Foren recherchierten Lösungsvorschlägen sind wirklich erschreckend. 😧 Es wird dazu geraten, auf Einrichtungsgegenstände inklusive Beleuchtung in Verbindung mit verschiedenen Stoffen von möbeln und Gardinen zu achten. Manche Leute kleben ausgedruckte QR-Codes oder rotes Klebeband in verschiedenen Mustern auf die Wände für besseres Tracking. Es liegt also an deiner Umgebung, auch wenn andere Brillen bei dir fehlerfrei funktionieren. Auch den Spielbereich sollte man nicht mehr einstellen, weil er mehr stört als hilft. Andere wiederum empfehlen die unteren Kameras vom Headset ab zu kleben für besseres Tracking. Verrückt. Manche geben aber auf und kaufen sich ein zusätzliches Lighthousesystem (Pimax Lighthouse Faceplate + neue Controller inklusive zusätzliche Basisstationen von Steam) für fast 1000€, damit man das Pimax Headset überhaupt benutzen kann. Das längere Kabel, die besseren Kopfhörer und zusätzliche Gesichtsauflagen kommen natürlich auch noch dazu, sofern überhaupt lieferbar. Man ist also locker bei weit über 2000 € im Gegensatz zu den Preis, den man hier auf Amazon sieht. Nur damit das Gerät überhaupt vernünftig funktioniert! Was mich aber allermeisten wundert, wie schmerzfrei manche Kunden sind. Sie kaufen ein Headset für über 1000 € und leben mit solchen Kompromissen. Kein Wunder, dass die Hersteller sich nicht mehr bemühen vernünftige Hardware auf dem Markt zu bringen. Den meisten Kunden scheints ja egal zu sein. Ich würde diesem Headset tatsächlich eine Chance geben, wenn: Ich eine komplette Zahlung hier auf Amazon leisten kann, ohne nachträgliche anfallenden Kosten. Natürlich einwandfreies Tracking im Auslieferungszustand. Komplette Lieferung inklusive vernünftigem Kabel, verschiedenen Gesichtsauflagen und die guten Kopfhörer. Ursprüngliche Rezension: Oh mein Gott, was für eine Enttäuschung. Pimax macht auf mich einen absolut unseriösen Eindruck. Okay, die Bildqualität und das Sichtfeld haben mich im Vergleich zu meiner HP überzeugt, das war’s aber auch schon. Du hast deine Pimax hier auf Amazon gekauft und bezahlt, das reicht uns noch nicht, Zahl bitte noch mehr. Das Kabel ist dir zu kurz, kauf dir doch ein längeres. Das ganze passt nicht auf dein Gesicht, kauf dir doch ein ein zusätzliches Gesicht Polster. Du bist mit der Soundqualität der Kopfhörer nicht zufrieden, kauf dir doch die besseren. Das Zubehör ist nicht lieferbar, tja, Pech gehabt. Ich könnte hier ganze Seiten schreiben über meine negative Erfahrung, mach es aber kurz. Ich komme von einer HP Reverb G2. Ich habe eine normale Gesichtsform, und die HP war mir ein ganz klein wenig zu schmal auf meinem Gesicht, ging aber. PC ist ein Ryzen 9 mit RTX 5070. Auch mit Pico 4 und Quest 3 habe ich ausführlich positive Erfahrung machen können. Diese Brille ist ein schwerer Riesen Klopper und sitzt bei mir absolut wackelig und unbequem. Viel zu breite Gesichtsauflage, so dass ich links und rechts noch einen Finger reinstecken kann, obwohl ich es so fest angezogen habe, dass es auf meinen Wangenknochen unangenehm drückt. Meine Wimpern berühren bereits die Linsen der Brille. Eine Sehbrille passt definitiv nicht darunter, ich glaube auch Korrekturlinsen sind hier nicht machbar, dafür braucht man ein ganz anderes Gesichts Polster. Das Kabel ist viel zu kurz und viel zu steif. Die Soundqualität ist absolut schrecklich. Die Durchsicht ist von so schlechter Qualität und absolut verzerrt, dass mir bei Kopfbewegung sofort schwindlig wurde. Ich soll nach 14 Tagen noch mal Geld bezahlen, wie viel, wofür, warum? Ich hab das doch hier auf Amazon gekauft und bezahlt. Das habe ich tatsächlich erst nach Installation der Software auf meinem PC gesehen. Mittlerweile steht es auch in der Artikelbeschreibung, aber nicht wie hoch diese zweite Zahlung ist. Auf der Internetseite vom Hersteller stehen wieder ganz andere Preise. Alles absolut verwirrend und undurchsichtig. Wer denkt sich sowas aus? Was passiert denn, wenn das Gerät nach einem halben Jahr defekt ist und ich es zurückschicke nach Amazon. Bekomme ich dann nur den Kaufpreis von Amazon zurück, oder auch die Zusatzzahlung von Pimax. Das alles macht auf mich ein absolut unseriösen und undurchsichtigen Eindruck. Ach ja, der passende Stecker Adapter war auch nicht dabei. Kein Adapter für unseren EU Stecker. Aber ich hatte Gott sei Dank noch so ein Reiseteil. Sonst hätte ich das Ganze direkt wieder einpacken können. Das Allerschlimmste war aber, dass das Ganze absolut Instabil während des Betriebes funktioniert. Der eingestellte VR Bereich inklusive Bodenhöhe wurde grundsätzlich mehrmals täglich vergessen und musste immer wieder neu eingestellt werden. Das Bild im Headset fing zwischendurch immer an zu verzögern und nachzuziehen, als wenn er das Tracking verloren hätte oder die Leistung meines PCs nicht ausreicht. Das betraf das Headset und die Controller, unabhängig ob das Spiel oder die Umgebung mit den Kameras angezeigt wurde. Das dauerte immer ein paar Sekunden und dann ging es normal weiter. Manchmal aber auch nicht. Einstellungen in der Software brachten keinerlei Verbesserungen. Auch während ich verschiedene Einstellung durchprobiert habe, hing sich das Headset immer wieder auf und ich musste es neu starten. Nachdem ich einen ganzen Tag nur mit Einstellungen und Testen verbracht hatte, habe ich frustriert aufgegeben und wieder meine HP angeschlossen, wo alles wieder auf Anhieb einwandfrei funktionierte. Ein Defekt, Software oder Qualitätsprobleme, da bin ich mir bei diesem Pimax Headset nicht so sicher. Das Ganze geht definitiv wieder zurück. Zu viele Kompromisse für zu viel Geld. Vor allem mit dieser lächerlichen bezahl Methode war das meine letzte Pimax. Ich bin wirklich froh, das ganze hier auf Amazon gekauft zu haben zwecks unkomplizierter Rücksendung.

Riacquistato dopo aver cambiato componenti del mio pc, in quanto con i componenti vecchi, non riuscivo a far girare bene il visore (simulatori d’auto che richiedono parecchie risorse) dunque cominciamo col dire che i materiali come detto in precedenza non sono granché, e il peso rimane elevato… attendo ancora il kit confort della studio form, ormai da due mesi, ma per accomodo ho accrocchiato un po di spessori, e riesco a usarlo per una mezzoretta di fila, grazie anche alle lenti della vrrock (acquistate a parte) perché con gli occhiali anche se piccoli, niente da fare, si sporcano subito. L’applicazione é stata migliorata, hanno tolto molti bug riscontrati in precedenza , quindi vuol dire che Comunque lavorarono ascoltando la comunity. Nota di merito invece per quanto riguarda l’assistenza, si sono rivelati parecchio attenti alle mie richieste e lamentele :D. Le lenti sono sempre ottime come detto prima. Quindi cambio da 2 a 5 stelle perché ho visto una azienda abbastanza attenta alle varie richieste, e perché sostanzialmente il visore vale quello che costa, a patto di avere un buon pc e il viso meno a punta possibile, ma per quest’ultimo c’è la possibilità di adattare un kit confort (speriamo che arrivi) dove molti dicono di aver risolto questo problema.

Coming from a Valve Index and G2.... To be clear from the start the visuals are good there is no denying that! However this is high end PCVR so there are some things I'd expect... The stock audio is junk compared to the Index ..DMAS should be standard for this price, if you've not experienced what good audio sounds like you might be ok with it The inside out tracking is junk... if your lighting is not optimal forget it! Mine is ok for about 10minutes or so and then i would get drift and even relocation in my environment (suddenly sitting outside of a plane or a car) and then get crazy lag which if your not used to VR can be vomit inducing. Paying another 300cnd for a face plate (and lighthouses if you don't have them !) is more money on top of something that should work in the first place! The padding/comfort is terrible compared to the Index (thicker pads are available but this should be standard for the price Imo) The software is poor at best (at time of testing) ,while i owned it there was a FW update that actually made the tracking worse! I was getting crazy eye strain in my right eye after 30 40 mins which is something I've never had with the Index or G2,possibly a defect in my unit to be fair i don't know, but I'd never find out because....... Tech support doesn't respond for days on end.... i waited 5 days on a ticket with no reply so i returned it, Thankfully i got it on Amazon. It feels like a overpriced BETA test right now and i want no part of it. Sorry Pimax

comming from a samsung odissey what a difference i use to play dcs world and wow resolution is wonderfull lot of people complain about the pound but the head strap when ajust the right way is better then the odissey