Pimax reveals new range of VR headsets and accessories

x65943 · Apr 17, 2024

$1799 gosh, that's a big ask

I'm a pleb who's only used the oculus headsets, is the price of something like this worth it?

Edit: so after some more research this thing has significantly better resolution than a lot of other products on the market, BUT you are gonna need a really beefy PC to make that useful (which makes sense)

Halbour · Apr 17, 2024

Never had A VR headset... So I have no idea what are you guys talking about

x65943 · Apr 17, 2024

Halbour said:
Never had A VR headset... So I have no idea what are you guys talking about

Some people fall in love, others not so much

I have used my headset a few times, but it mostly sits in a box collecting dust

I have a brother who uses his daily

For me once the novelty wears off, I am stuck with this giant thing on my head which is less comfortable than a TV screen. If these things ever get down to glasses size maybe I would be more interested

SDA · Apr 17, 2024

1799 dollars? Okay, that is definitely exaggerated.

Halbour · Apr 17, 2024

x65943 said:
Some people fall in love, others not so much

I have used my headset a few times, but it mostly sits in a box collecting dust

I have a brother who uses his daily

For me once the novelty wears off, I am stuck with this giant thing on my head which is less comfortable than a TV screen. If these things ever get down to glasses size maybe I would be more interested

Oh, OK
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Jayro · Apr 17, 2024

And it's silly pricing like this that will forever keep VR unattainable to people like me. It's not like they're doing the graphical processing in the headset, so why haven't prices come down to affordable levels yet? If they would, VR would see mass adoption and better support.

But as of right now, VR is a rich man's unattainable joke

x65943 · Apr 17, 2024

Jayro said:
And it's silly pricing like this that will forever keep VR unattainable to people like me. It's not like they're doing the graphical processing in the headset, so why haven't prices come down to affordable levels yet? If they would, VR would see mass adoption and better support.

But as of right now, VR is a rich man's unattainable joke

This headset is jame packed with new stuff

If they released like the original oculus now it could probably be pretty cheap, you can buy them on eBay on the low - but of course you have to put up with outdated tech at that point (my headset is pretty blurry around the edges of fov)

Rune · Apr 17, 2024

3840 x 3840 pixels per eye at 120hz?
I guess you're gonna need a 4090 and even then you wont be able to push this headset to its limits.

GengarsGhostlyGiggles · Apr 17, 2024

holy shit, i'm so happy with my oculus quest 2 for $150 usd on sale. steam link + unreal vr mod = mind blowing.
i'm living dragonball z and robocop these days (need anti-nausea meds though).

codezer0 · Apr 17, 2024

> Budget friendly
>$700+tax+shipping
> More pixels than 4K
> VR requires 90+fps to avoid instant motion sickness at all times

How is it budget friendly when it still requires a 4090 just to drive the thing?

Fucking tech bros really think everyone can just afford to drop new flagship phone money every week and ignore things like food or rent, huh?

Wolfy · Apr 17, 2024

x65943 said:
I'm a pleb who's only used the oculus headsets, is the price of something like this worth it?

You'll always be paying more for the most "next-generation" hardware, so if you already have a decent headset, probably best to wait for sales and/or price drops.

Jayro · Apr 17, 2024

codezer0 said:
> Budget friendly
>$700+tax+shipping
> More pixels than 4K
> VR requires 90+fps to avoid instant motion sickness at all times

How is it budget friendly when it still requires a 4090 just to drive the thing?

Fucking tech bros really think everyone can just afford to drop new flagship phone money every week and ignore things like food or rent, huh?

You're not alone, I too don't understand this logic. "Budget-friendly" VR would be around the $99 mark if it ever wants to be taken seriously. It's a headset, not a GPU doing the rendering... It shouldn't cost the same price as a PS5 or more.

KingVamp · Apr 17, 2024

Eye tracking should be a default feature, at this point.

ZeroFX · Apr 17, 2024

woah that's expensive

Halbour said:
Never had A VR headset... So I have no idea what are you guys talking about

Its great for hla, modded skyrim and some japanese games and videos. Some use for a chat game but that's full of freaks.

Halbour · Apr 17, 2024

ZeroFX said:
woah that's expensive

Its great for hla, modded skyrim and some japanese games and videos. Some use for a chat game but that's full of freaks.

You don't need to tell me why lol, I really want to try Beat Saber and that Battle Royale game, and some more.
"japanese games and videos" though

ZeroFX · Apr 17, 2024

Halbour said:
You don't need to tell me why lol, I really want to try Beat Saber and that Battle Royale game, and some more.
"japanese games and videos" though

beat saber is too much movement, i don't have move sickness but when i play games is not to get tired, lol.

diggeloid · Apr 17, 2024

Man that price is steep, but it's nice that they have a budget option. The only headset I've ever bought is a Vive which I preordered day 1, and while I loved it back in the day, I kind of lost interest in VR in general when I ditched Windows and switched to Linux. At least when I tried it back then, barely anything VR worked on Linux.

Maybe I'll try getting back into VR if the linux situation improved. One of my favorite things to do in VR was to just explore maps of old games that I played as a kid. It's like some next level nostalgia tripping when you can actually walk/fly around Banjo Kazooie or Ocarina of Time maps in realistic 1:1 scale. Pavlov had a couple of modded maps like that, and I remember having a fun time massacring noobs in hyrule castle town lol

Halbour · Apr 17, 2024

ZeroFX said:
beat saber is too much movement, i don't have move sickness but when i play games is not to get tired, lol.

Oh, OK

orangy57 · Apr 17, 2024

Wish I could quote my old post from before this announcement, It's literally the exact same thing that they always pump out. You can't even tell when they make a new one because it's just the same design with a higher resolution and different FoV or something
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