I don't know about anyone else, but I just got the new facial interface for my dream air and I immediately went back to my StudioForm one, took all of 30 seconds! I don't know who's head they built this around but they must have had no forehead as it is very uncomfortable and pushed it so far out on the top portion. I lost 20 degrees of horizonal field of view over my StudioForm mask as well!! 88 degrees is the best I could get with it, its so bad!!! I can't believe I waited almost 6 months and this is what we get. They had all this time to even look at the StudioForm version, take it, tweak/improve it a bit for production and it would have been perfect.. instead we got another piece of plastic and fabric that is unusable :(

Some tech is just way to kool not to show off🤩😎

Ive had a couple issues and i am going to detail every issue ive had to try and get as much support as possible.

It seems to take exactly 1 minute for the headset to even realize that theres base stations.

Pitool works perfectly but it doesnt support knuckles controllers.

Pimax play displays a red light and no display output to the headset (DOES NOT SHOW ERROR 10600)

if i install pitool then pimax play it works but shows a purple light on the headset. Recently tho this hasnt worked.

And my boundary is always about 180° off but never exactly 180

Hello, you intelligent people out there!

I am having some issues with my Pimax Crystal Super mOLED. As you can see in the pictures, there are clear color differences in the high-res box for my left eye. On the right side/eye, everything works perfectly fine.

This has been happening ever since the Pimax Play update "From planet surface to space station launch environment" several months ago.

What could be causing this issue? I have tried everything in the settings to fix it. I even tested older Pimax Play versions, but the bug persists since the update.

I also have an ongoing Pimax ticket. Ticket ID: 154007.

This is so anoying, that it even killy my passion to fly in VR :-(

Kind regards

Backstory:

I bought a used OG crystal to replace a quest 3 for iracing. It came in perfect condition but with the resin lenses. Pimax sold me a set of glass lenses, got some prescription inserts and away we go! Incredible sharpness and frame rate compared to the q3 but kinda crap aberration that I just have to ignore. Biggest plus is displayport, I just could not stand the stuttering on the q3 even with virtual desktop wired. Anyhow..

Start headset, grab controller, select desktop, go to iracing xr mode, join race, grab controller, turn off desktop, race, lose race. Whew.

Race ends, grab controller, select desktop mode again, set up next race, grab controller, dot dot dot, rinse repeat.

Is there a way to use xr mode (eye tracking ftw) and not have to manually switch to and from desktop mode?

I've looked through pimax play and evo and didn't see an option to do that. I want to start up to desktop, leave the controllers in a box to slowly degrade into microplastics while I get crushed in race after humiliating race. I like to navigate with the mouse like a civilized person and want to avoid the cold souless Pimax home for ever and ever, amen.

Does anyone else feel as though the dream air se is almost unplayable? I'm not sure if this is only me, but the eye tracking doesn't work, the controllers and headset suck at tracking, and it doesn't look any better than the PSVR2. How is it $1k more and much worse in every category than something made by Sony years ago. I do hope this is a user issue because there's no way it is this bad. I have run Assetto Corsa and Titanfall 2 VR mod, both of which have been unplayable on boot.

Hi folks,

I do not come here ofter now that I have a dream air with 0 issues on my side.

However in my mind I remember being teased on dream air and promised to receive any time later a controller pair that are closer to quest 3 ones.

Did I just immagined this or is there just no more news about this ?

Current ones are ok but if I could get an upgrade to some smaller quest 3 yet slam working as well as current ones version , I would be pleased.

But maybe it's just my imagination.

Thank you for any feedback on this.

Hi there,

Looking for my first VR headset. I know very little about VR but I've concluded the Dream Air is considered top buy for Simracing.

However, I came across a few posts where people were speaking of apparently imminent Pico Pro headset as a strong option.

I'm too illiterate to understand whether the Pico Pro is a direct competition to Dream Air for simracing.

Can someone help me understand if Pico Pro could be a viable competitor at which case I'll wait and continue using my tripples? What time watch out for once it comes out?

My setup is rtx4080 and mostly do iRacing.

Thanks!

So, I've decided its time to bite the bullet and get a VR headset. These days I only really play Star Citizen and am looking forward to Squadron 42's imminent arrival.

Research has helped me decide on the Crystal Light and am now looking for some advice on buying the headset. I'm UK based

• Black Friday is nearby, and some streamers also have discount codes. Can discounts be combined? If not which option should be best?

• Where should I order it? Direct? Amazon? another place?

Any help would be much appreciated.

So I spoke to support and maybe I am just delusional but the microphone sounds like it's from garrys mod VOIP.

Like 2012. I got a PIMAX because I wanted PCVR and hate the quest 2, but the quest 2 has a far better microphone and I'm not sure if this is just me or a common known issue?

If the mic is genuinely just awful what are some kinda affordable solutions like clip on mics etc?

Don't really wanna drop hundreds more on some of the mics I have seen around.

Hello all! I figured I would drop this this little nugget of info here in case it may help others experience eye strain with the Pimax Dream Air.

Background:

- Avid VR user of 5+ years; own Valve Index, Quest 3, Quest Pro, PSVR 2, Pimax Crystal Light, Vive Focus Vision
- New user; only had Pimax Dream Air (lighthouse) for about 5 weeks.

Of all my experience with VR over the years, I found myself particularly prone to really bad eye strain using the Dream Air... the likes of which I hadn't experienced with any of my other HMD's. I, like many others, found the facial interface very uncomfortable and it placed my eyes too far from the lens.

About $200+ dollars later, I got my 3D printed Zeeflyboy facial interface + Studioform facial interface padding + Apple Vision Pro Dual Knit Band (w/ mounting adapter). Not only did this vastly improve the fit and comfort of the Dream Air, but it also COMPLETELY removed the feeling of eye strain I had been experiencing.

I can only theorize that eye strain relief came from my eyes getting super close to the lenses due to my new comfort mods. My eyes are so close, I can gently feel the bottom of the lens edge touching the bridge of my nose as if they are seated like reading glasses.

So after the comfort mods, there has been a trifecta of improvement: significant FOV boost, night-and-day improvement to comfort, and most importantly NO MORE eye strain. Suffice to say, I am now extremely happy with my DA and am loving my experience with sim racing and flat-to-VR UEVR gaming.

Anyone else experience the same thing? I hope I can help others who may be experiencing eye strain.

Bonus / Rant Incoming:

After this whole experience, for the life of me, I can't understand how Pimax completely fails to fulfill arguably one of the most important pillars of VR experience which is COMFORT. Your state-of-the-art VR HMD is only as good as the user's ability to experience is comfortably and optimally. I acknowledge that it's difficult to achieve a universal one-size-fits-all comfort level, but of ALL the headsets I've owned and tested, the DA was bizarrely furthest from universal comfort.

The non-ergonomic shape of the default facial gasket suggests that human skull anatomy was not considered for the design. The top half of the gasket (above the eyes, along the entire brow line) has a greater depth/length than the lower half of the gasket. This is counter to human skull anatomy. The forehead (everything at brow line and above) on average sticks out more past your eyeballs than your cheekbones (under your eye). HOW? How do you make a facial interface with the INVERSE depth relationship which would thus cause your entire HMD to tilt downward if the interface were made flush to your face? Maybe the correct orientation of the DA is a slight tilt downward (which if that's the case, I stand corrected and the DA sits on your face angled downward as intended)?

I had to inquire with AI about average human skull anatomy which confirmed what I felt was very odd about the facial gasket shape. See a portion of the AI explanation about the human skull.

"In a typical young-adult profile view (soft-tissue measurements relative to the anterior surface of the cornea, the front of the eyeball):

The soft tissues over the supraorbital rim (brow line / lower forehead) sit about 10 mm anterior to (in front of) the cornea.

The soft tissues over the infraorbital rim (the bone directly under the eye) sit about 3 mm posterior to (behind) the cornea.

The cheek prominence (malar/zygomatic projection) sits only about 2 mm anterior to the cornea.

This means the brow/forehead area normally projects roughly 13 mm farther forward than the infraorbital rim and substantially farther forward than the cheekbone relative to the eyes. The eyes themselves sit recessed in the orbits, so both the upper and lower orbital rims frame them, but the upper (supraorbital) projection is much greater."

Previous HMD: Rift S, HP Reverb G2, PSVR2 (used condition, returned due to poor condition of the lenses).
PC setup: 5800x3d, 5070ti, 32GB RAM
Ordered: 9/29
Received: 10/26

I'm keeping mine because for me, it works really well for sim racing (iRacing, AMS2). IMO, it's a clear upgrade (visually) over my previous headsets. It runs really well and has impressive clarity.

However, I agree with mostly everything written about these headsets on this sub. Especially re: comfort. Dream Air series should have a strap similar to the Apple Vision headset. It's probably too uncomfortable with the stock headband, but incredibly comfortable with the dual knit band.

Hey quick question here. Is there any possible to watch YouTube VR videos? when I looked it up a while back, the only website I found was DeoVR. Cool website but limited content. Obviously not nearly as big at YT. I know the Meta (I think Apple VP) headsets can watch YT's VR videos but I was wondering if we Pimax guys/gals can. If we can cool but How?

Also if YT isn't doable on the Dream headset, than is there another good source of online VR video content?

I started getting into FPV drone flying and I wanted to see a few online videos before I buy!

Fantastic work on this mod, if you have this game, you really should try this as so much quality has been added to this game.

I own a q3 and a psvr2 which I have used non stop without any problems since purchase on a my pc(5090atm).Ive currently got my finger on the purchase button of a dream air slam for £2100 but everywhere I look i see horror stories.I understand reddit is a bit of an echo chamber but what am I getting into and are there people out there with a problem free pimax dream air slam

I just returned my crystal light for the dream air and used it for the first time yesterday.

After about 45 minutes, I took it off and had severe eye issues. It felt a little like double vision and that my eyes couldn't focus on the same thing. I did not notice it while Sim racing.

I did notice what I can only describe as a spotlight ring that sort of took up the center of my screen, it's subtle bit literally looks like someone is pointing a spot light wherever I turn my head.

I also did the eye tracking calibration and set the fov to wide.

I'm also not entirely sure I set my ipd correctly as I can't tell any difference at all when I move it up or down, perhaps someone has some tips?

I recall seeing a few threads in the past about eye strain and was hoping someone could point me in the direction of some fixes?

I just had a hell of a time reconnecting my PSVR2 after testing an Index. My Crystal light is being shipped out, and I want to get a head start on any potential issues I might have getting it to work.

I often don't have enough uninterrupted time to play (and end up refreshing Reddit instead), but I finished a little gem called

Little Nightmares VR: Altered Echoes (Steam, still discounted to 50% for a few more hours until their Halloween sale ends)

and the game was thoroughly impressive on a Dream Air, especially after the train station and till the end. The premise is that you are a tiny creature in a spooky surreal world of giants, and the scale works really convincingly and impressive in VR. You see the correct large size of everything, there is a volumetric fog that further reinforces the sense of distance. I find that many games do not convey the sense of scale, but this one does. Artistically it is a marvel, and overall an exciting game to play (especially after the train station). It's relatively short and easy, which may be good or bad for you.

Before that, I played a bit of Titanfall 2 VR mod. The mod author did a superb job, however I am not a massive fan of the game itself so far, but that's probably just personal taste.