Review Pimax Vision 8K Plus Review: Ultrawide VR Headset

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Granted, my experience with VR headsets is limited to tradeshow and conference demo sessions, but every time I see one of these VR headsets I instinctively start reaching for the Tylenol.
 
I went through 3 headsets from these guys via Amazon, all 3 were faulty - one had a dead screen, the next the tracking was completely janky (same basestations work fine with other headsets) and the third was really really obviously someone else's return that they just sent back out as new - this last one sort of worked but gave me terrible eye strain and headaches so I still ended up returning it

I don't really know who these headsets are aimed at but its not what you would call "consumer ready", looking on their support forum for help and everyone basically seems to rebuild half the headset to get it to work and almost every game needs some sort of work around - I know other "wide FOV" headsets are like $3k or more, but even so for over $1k for the headset and near $2k including tracking and controllers, you shouldn't have to basically become a software/hardware developer yourself just to play like one game

I'm sure if you have some killer sim rig and basically just play one game all the time, this could be an option, but if you want to play stuff like HalfLife Alyx / onward / beatsaber and keep swapping games this is totally not worth the hassle

at least I got mine from Amazon and could return it, because again looking on their forum and reddit, if you buy direct from China the company will just wash their hands of you and refuse support for most things
 
Amazing damn headset. By far the best VR headset you can get. I only have the 5K+ but I was lucky to be able to try out the 8KX at a local event. I haven't dropped the dime to upgrade yet because I'm waiting for a refresh rate bump and maybe a 3080Ti.

The G2 may have more clarity according to some, but that toilet roll FOV just totally kills VR for me. Even the Index isn't good enough to me anymore.
 
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That VR test platform is pathetic! At the VERY least, slap an AIO cooler in there and overclock that CPU as high as you can. Beyond that upgrade the GPU to a 3090 and replace the RAM with a 4+GHz 32Gb kit. You need to get your act together and take VR seriously, add popular flight sims like DCS, XP11, and MSFS (when its VR launches this month).

Really you need to build a modern, top-of-the-line system and overclock it to its peak. Nobody is looking at modern VR HMDs with a rig this weak and you're doing these companies a disservice by putting their HMDs in this kind of light.
 
nofanneeded said:
This should be called 4Kx2 not 8K ... 8K us 4Kx4

besides , This needs at least RTX 3090 for good results and enough memory for TWO 4K setup
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The 8K+ is actually 2K upscaled that should play pretty well with a 1080Ti or better. Also, 4K simply means 4,000 (or approximately) horizontal pixels. Two 4K panels side by side would be approximately 8,000 pixels, hence "8K". By literal definition, a lot of 4K TVs on the market aren't truly 4K as they have 3,840 horizontal pixels.

The 8KX is their flagship with native 4K per eye.
 
I have the 8KX and it included the SMAS. When I received the kickstarter box from pimax I upgraded the audio of my 8kX to the KDMAS speakers. Long story short - I love it.
 
nofanneeded said:
This should be called 4Kx2 not 8K ... 8K us 4Kx4

besides , This needs at least RTX 3090 for good results and enough memory for TWO 4K setup
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Well, the terms xK (4K, 5K, 6K, 8K, 12K, etc..) defines the approximate pixels count in the x dimension. So this is technically an 8K view.

That's why an Ultrawide 5K is considered 5K even though it doesn't have the vertical pixel count to match a regular wide 5K. Same goes for Ultrawide 4K, which have 3840x1600 pixels, but it's not 2160p.
 
Xajel said:
Well, the terms xK (4K, 5K, 6K, 8K, 12K, etc..) defines the approximate pixels count in the x dimension. So this is technically an 8K view.

That's why an Ultrawide 5K is considered 5K even though it doesn't have the vertical pixel count to match a regular wide 5K. Same goes for Ultrawide 4K, which have 3840x1600 pixels, but it's not 2160p.
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strange naming .. this means 3840x1 resolution is also considered 4K lol ... anyways thanks for the info
 
How disconnected is Tom’s Hardware from reality these days to be testing the games they did with this thing. Headsets like these have largely sims in mind. Where are the flight and race sims? Who spends $5k on a PC and headset to play Beat Saber? This headset is for enthusiasts who can spend upwards on $20k on a sim rig, and after reading this I have no idea how it performs in this context.

Headline should read “Enthusiast headset reviewed in a mainstream environment”
 
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