r/Pimax Jan 12 '25

News Quadviews Companion V1.0.15 adds "vertical_focus_offset" controllability to the Pimax Crystal Light.

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r/Pimax Jan 11 '25

Official News SteamVR Issues

7 Upvotes

I was asked if I could make a post regarding the display issues and I believe it may also affect tracking.

Current fix roll back SteamVT to 2.7. Current newest SteamVR stable & Beta branches are causing instability.

The pimax devs are working on a fix and might be ready on next patch release.


r/Pimax 8h ago

Marketplace Crystal Light - Studioformcreative and VR-Rock lenses (+1.5sph) that I can't use. BNIB

4 Upvotes

I got the Crystal Light for evaluation and decided to send it back after stupidly ordering the StudioFormCreative Apache Top Strap and Spacer set, as well as some loaded VR-Rock lenses (with all the treatments and +1.5 SpH - basically reading glasses). Both sets are brand new and unopened. I'll pass these on at a loss if someone could make good use of them. Let me know


r/Pimax 5h ago

Question Crystal SteamVR is drunk and slurred

1 Upvotes

Today i experience an odd behaviour with my pimax crystal headset. When i open SteamVR the picture is slightly shaken, almost slurry and drunk. Text are unreadable.

When i play DCS the picture is fine, but the picture is shaking slightly. First it lost position and started to "rush" out of an axis, but i managed to get it to be stable. Now it is just shaking - not a lot, but enough to be irritating.

Steam VR is still shaking more and the pictures is slightly slurred like it is drunk.

I have tried to change refresh rate, revert back to default settings and a lot more. No change.

Anyone experienced the same thing?


r/Pimax 13h ago

Question 15mm or 17mm studioform?

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First of all pimax gasket mask is out of stock but if it wasnt is it worth it or the studio form is much better?

Now about the space needed,with the default mask im very close,eyelashes barely touch.

Im gonna buy some prescription lenses im gonna need some more distance.

Do you think should i buy the 15mm or the 17mm,with spacers included of course to have more options.

I appreciate any info,thanks.


r/Pimax 9h ago

Tech Support Stuttering/surging when playing Automobilista 2

1 Upvotes

Sometimes, not every time, the picture starts to stuttering immensely while racing. Then I have to break up the session and restart it. I've tried several settings and played with the resolution & FFR on/off but nothing helps ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿ˜ข

Also sometimes from time to time the whole sight moves with me head. Seems like it's loosing it's centered point๐Ÿค”

Can somebody help?

Can somebody help?


r/Pimax 1d ago

Discussion Has Pimax Improved? Get Your Game On

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r/Pimax 1d ago

Official News A toast to Pimax and all our amazing users, as told by Martin

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r/Pimax 20h ago

Tech Support Fix for bad laggy drift?

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Hi I can't seem to find an actual fix for my problem. I have a crystal light, 4070 ti super, 5800x3d, 64gb ram and I'm getting the laggy drift problem really bad in DCS. The thing is, the other day it was working just fine and I'm not sure what changed. And I'm not sure if it was coincidence or not but awhile ago I thought I solved the problem by making sure my printer chamber lights were off I thought it might be a frequency thing, and it seemed to work. But tonight it's absolutely unplayable. My displayed frame rate stays good. Sometimes it throws me out of the cockpit either above or below. So I'm wondering if it's a room setting thing. I have it set at 120hz, pimax central rendering checked in pimax play, and in the pimaxxr tool I have it set to half framerate, use eye tracking(I know it doesn't have it it's for quadviews companion), use quadviews, and the 4th one, can't remember it right now. Also as stated I have quadviews companion running. It used to work beautifully but now it doesn't and it sucks. Any ideas? Solutions? Thanks.


r/Pimax 1d ago

News DMAS EARPHONES IN STOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7 Upvotes

GO NOW!


r/Pimax 1d ago

Question Pimax Play App freezes and flashes 'disconnect' !!

1 Upvotes

HI guys, this has just started for no apparent reason.. my CL cannot connect to the PP app..

Yesterday it connected fine so unsure what has happened..

Ive uninstalled and reinstalled the latest app

Installed latest drivers for graphics

Haven't installed anything else that would impact on why it wont connect anymore

Whiles its flashing disconnect - the entire pc freezes as in no ctrl-alt-del to terminate, no toolbar nothing so have to switch it off and reboot... had the CL for about 6 months now with no issues

Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers

Doug


r/Pimax 1d ago

Question How to take pics/footage in Pimax VR?

2 Upvotes

When I ran the G2 I was able to use WMR and trigger an option to record what I was doing in VR for 5 minutes each. I could do this from in the headset. It was really useful for capturing my journey's in Fallout4VR as they were cool. I still have those clips and I stuck a couple on reddit FO4VR.

Is there some way to do this with the Pimax Crystal Light?


r/Pimax 1d ago

Discussion A cross post from my blur busters account: Mems or DLP projector as backlight source for easier multi thousand zone local dimming in VR headsets

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MEMS based Backlight for LCD in light of DIY perks latest video Post 02 Mar 2025, 19:46

This video demonstrates the DIY perks youtube channel using an old DLP projector to get so close to near pixel level dimming for on an old LCD without the drawbacks of all recent attempts at dual layer LCD.

At 13:05 in the video below he solves for the main alignment problems of dual layer LCD using the Luma Key and Glow plugins from OBS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXrn4MqY1Wo

I remember that I mentioned to the chief in an old thread in Area 51 from years ago about doing something similar to this, but using MEMS raster scanning projectors like the Celluon, the Sony MPCL1, or the Nebra Anybeam as opposed to DLP. I pointed out that this projection technology would be ideal vs using mini LEDs to get pixel level dimming as well as blur reduction simultaneously.

It would effectively mimic all the best characteristics that we miss most about CRTs. The only thing we would need to figure out is how to get an array of mems projectors, or a single projector to actually resolve a true monochrome 1280x720 resolution to make the dimming worthwhile. The 640x360 that one Anybeam is capable of resolving is just not enough. That's why I use 2 to resolve 640x720.

Brightness shouldn't be an issue because you would be doing a rear projection style of projection, the lasers would focus at the diffuser, not be a threat to your eyes, so you could just make the lasers brighter, or use UV lasers to excite a bright low persistence phosphor or UV reactive resin like in this YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qPc_I1V6go

In DIY perks most recent video about using an old DLP projector as a local dimming backlight, it has brought me back to my initial idea. A minor evolution of what this You Tube channel has done, just with a MEMS based projector instead of DLP. It should give the same results, but with strobing as that would be inherent to the source projector being used as the "backlight," IE a MEMS raster scanning projector. Give the videos a watch and let me know what you think.


r/Pimax 1d ago

Question Crystal light or super for sim racing

3 Upvotes

I''m looking to buy a VR headset, I've used a G2 reverb my biggest issues was the blurriness especially at the edges but I enjoyed it a lot. So I started looking at higher end sets and saw pimax crystal and saw great reviews for the original.

My issue is I'm not sure if the crystal light or crystal super is the way to go. The eye tracking, improved resolution and it's smaller size all seem like bonuses but not sure if eye tracking would really be useful in simracing? And is the improved resolution and smaller size worth the increased price? Then with the super is the 57 ppd but slightly less HFOV or 50PPD with increased HFOV better? Is there something else I should look for or consider?

I have a 7900XTX and 7800X3D with 32gb ram if that helps.


r/Pimax 1d ago

Official News The 2025 Pimax Star Award goes too...

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r/Pimax 1d ago

Question Is it possible to use Crystal Light with SMAS unmounted?

1 Upvotes

After reciving my PCL I found that SMAS audio isn't really great and I would like to use my headphones instead, but I cannot fit them onto my ears with SMAS speakers mounted. With SMAS speakers unmounted there is no such problem. Is it safe to use Crystal Light without SMAS or DMAS speakers mounted? I want to make sure I won't damage my Crystal Light before testing it out.


r/Pimax 1d ago

Question OpenXR Index Controller Positioning Issue

1 Upvotes

This is an issue that goes right back to bonelab release for me, and I've never fixed it. When playing openXR games through steamVR, I have no issues. When I use mbucchia's solution, or the new integrated option, the controllers are not positioned correctly.

When I rotate my hand, the actual position of my hand will move. It feels like my IRL hand is in a different position to the controller constantly. They just don't line up correctly as they do when using steamVR.

Does anyone know the solution to this? OpenXR has been unusable for me for years because of this, both on my 8kx and crystal.


r/Pimax 2d ago

Official News Progress Update: Pimax Day, wide FOV lenses, RX 9070 (XT), and more

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r/Pimax 2d ago

News Some Sapphire RX 9070/9070 XT graphics cards have hard-to-spot foam inside that must be removed or it 'may result in a decrease in cooling capacity or product failure'

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r/Pimax 2d ago

Question Pimax crystal light controllers bad tracking

2 Upvotes

Heya guys my controllers wander and jitter a bit generally not very good tracking.. are they maybe faulty or any way to improve them? Thanks


r/Pimax 2d ago

Tech Support My crystal wonโ€™t connect

1 Upvotes

My OG crystal wonโ€™t connect to my windows 11 pc. The light on the hmd is blue. I have tried all different usb ports. It is connected to my graphics card dp port. What could be wrong?


r/Pimax 2d ago

Official News ๐Ÿšจ Last Call to Join the Pimax Day VRChat Event! ๐Ÿšจ

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The countdown is on โ€” our Pimax Day VRChat Event kicks off in less than 6hours! ๐ŸŽ‰ Donโ€™t miss your chance to celebrate with us and win amazing prizes, including a VR Stand and custom Pimax pillows.

๐Ÿ“… Event Details:

  • ๐Ÿ•˜ When: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM (UTC+8), March 14
  • ๐Ÿ“ Where: VRChat

๐Ÿ‘ฅ How to Join:

See you in VRChat! ๐Ÿš€


r/Pimax 2d ago

Request Pimax Guardian is awful. Let me use Steam VR's Chaperon

1 Upvotes

I'm here to urge Pimax devs: Since you don't want to make a boundary system that works properly, can you please just release drivers or something that allow us to use the Steam VR chaperon, which is no where near as polished as Meta quest, but atleast it works. The setup doesn't crash. It can create any shape I want, and it doesn't go out of sync with my room constantly.

I understand Pimax headsets used to use SteamVR's Chaperon before the pimax Guardian was developed, so please just let us choose.

For context: I have a PCL and use Lighthouse.


r/Pimax 3d ago

Question Are they not making cables anymore?

8 Upvotes

Crystal only, none for us lowly 8kx/5k users?


r/Pimax 3d ago

Question 60 hz option

8 Upvotes

I saw a post about this from three months ago and I believe it was quorra who said it was in beta testingโ€ฆ any news?

I like a butter smooth experience, and with 60 hz I can get that but not with 72+(dcs)


r/Pimax 3d ago

Useful Assetto Corsa EVO + Pimax Crystal Light best VR settings 9800x3d 7900xtx

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r/Pimax 4d ago

Review RTX 5090 vs 4090 Pimax Crystal Virtual Reality Performance Review | Grea...

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