Just got the Q3 and installed it this week, In combo with virtual desktop i got goosebumps all over me. MSFS became really really beautiful. My wife loves some mixed reality gaming so for me the Q3 was the way to go. (Thxs to some nice vids of you ❤)

I think I will wait for the quest 4. My quest 2 works well for flight sims too :)

I cancelled my Pimax Crystal Light order due to concerns with FOV. I’m going to wait for the Crystal Super reviews

Will update from Quest Pro to the Valve Deckard. I still believe.

@@HammieNL Did you have the Q2 before buying the Q3, is there that much difference? I have the Q2 and looking for upgrade

Murph!! Great to see you man. You'll love the Crystal Light as an upgrade, especially from the Rift S. Best wishes.

From Rift S even Quest 3 will be mind blowing. I had rift s, reverb g2 and now quest 3.

Lol, even getting the excellent reverb g2 would be a massive upgrade from the rift - I know, that was my route. The quest 3 would be equally huge. Interested to know why you didn't go g2 or equivalent well before now? ;)

@@ChrisM541 I tried a G2 ages ago - but never really got fully into VR. When it comes to the new hardware though - its getting harder to resist

Oh boy are you in for a treat. Went from rift S to G2 to Pimax Crystal. Just make sure you have the hardware to make the most of the increased resolution 👍🏻

My pleasure mate, the Crystal Light is such an amazing headset for the money. I've been using mine all afternoon today :)

I did try and warn people to pre order as soon as possible. Hope you receive it soon.

I ordered about 5 weeks ago and Pimax support told me I should receive it around the end of July.

I think they still offer the partial payment method if that helps lifting the weight a bit.

Same problem here I feel you going on three months

Same here. But it will be here soon. The production speed is ramping up

Yep. Some QC issues they are working out which I've highlighted in my previous video. Thankfully Pimax are looking after those who need a replacement, especially on my Discord anyway.

That was my reddit post actually, but it only cuts out occasionally and is fixed by replugging the usb. Think it's caused by me using the 3.5mm jack because my dmas order is delayed, and I'm also apparently the only one with the issue. Honestly it is still a great headset.

@@VRFlightSimGuy Yeah this is why I might wait a while before buying this headset or maybe the somnium vr1 if I save enough money for it. Just so there’s not so much trouble or a defective device

The Crystal Light is the perfect headset to replace the G2! Thankyou for your support buddy.

It's such an amazing headset for the price! I'm glad you are enjoying yours :)

Nice one, I'm so glad you are enjoying the Crystal Light :)

I'm waiting patiently to mine to be shipped, upgrading from Index too. How is the FOV compared to it? and the weight? did you get the LH faceplate to use the tracking and the great controllers? ty in advance.

@@ekaitzmorales3532 FOV is really good. But that being said from my usage it kinda puts you close to the lenses. But the FOV is really nice. (like Wider and Horizontal than the Index) Weight: I personally thought it would be lighter feel than the 8K X but it somehow feels similar in a way. That being said you can still feel the weight of the headset, but I'm gonna try to adapt the way they want you to mount the headset. Since I used to do another method on the Index. (Its gonna take bit of time to get used to the new method of the strap) I got the headset with inside tracking with controllers. But i also got the Faceplate, Top Strap, DMAS all reserved for it. So i could test all things with its main inside tracking, as well the faceplate. Using DMAS is a Must from my use since being used to the Index Over Ear Speakers. I would also reccomend to get Studioform for the Facial stuff as well the comfort strap, like the spacers and what not. (Its better off having it just incase). I'm waiting for mine to come in this week and hopefully it would make things alot better, along with Comfort. Of course my headshape isnt big its average and i needed the Top Strap to get things balanced on my head, than just the Pimax Elastic Strap alone. On the Light house Plate, you may have to look into the Discord "Tools and Tips" and one of them discuss of a issue on the LH Faceplate that it kinda has with it loosing tracking abit. I did the tweaking as been said and it improved it much better on the Signal placements. Overall I love the headset, but im gonna hope when I get the Studio Form stuff it would make it much more comfortable. Microphone aside, I kinda found out to disable Enhancements in Windows itself (on the Mic), Increase the volume to 60% or such. Always check to be sure the Enhancement is disabled (when either you take the USB cable out and in of the computer for the headset) But i do hope they make the mic better but it sounded much better atm compared to its default state that they left it on.

Thankyou 😊 If you want the best image quality, especially for flight simulation, the best way to go is a native Display Port connection, since the image is much cleaner, sharper and free from compression and / or artefacts.

Congrats on your new Crystal Light! I really hope you are not waiting too long, but as you say, being caught without a VR headset for MSFS 2024 would be baaaad haha. Best of luck with the Aero sale.

I hope you receive yours soon. I remember warning people to pre order as soon as possible, because I had a feeling this would occur. Thanks for watching and for supporting the channel. Best wishes.

apparently you will get yours in late august or September (and this no joke)

Thank you very much!

I remember noticing this in my first impressions video, although it turned out to be the lenses. With this one I'm using now, it's much better.

4080 should be ok! Thanks for watching James.

@@VRFlightSimGuy Thanks. LOL .. If I order soon, I might get it in time for MSFS 2024. 😉🤣

Thankyou :) Yes you can do all of that with the Crystal Light, especially with the Open XR Toolkit app too.

@@VRFlightSimGuy Awesome, thank you! Ok so but it's also possible without the Open XR Toolkit? Just assuming maybe that tool won't be avalible or won't work in the future for whatever reason. So the brightness can be adjusted even in the native Pimax app or on the device itself?

Sorry to hear that. I haven't used the Crystal Light with a 3080, so I can't say for sure sorry. But with the lower refresh rate options and scalability that I mentioned in the video, together with better performance in MSFS 2024, I'm sure it's doable.

Cheers Tom much appreciated. Working on a setting guide which will be on the channel soon. I'd recommend using the override feature in the Open XR toolkit, or, setting 'custom' and running at around 0.75 in the Pimax Play software.

@@VRFlightSimGuy awesome, thx. Thats what I‘ve approx estimated. Will try. By the way, compared to the Bigscreen Beyond, they are worlds in between regarding visuals (glare is just unexeptable for me forva headset that pricy, sweetspot not comparable….etc). You mentioned all of it and just absolutely true! Keep going 💪👍

I remember that video mate, it's such a fun little aeroplane. I still haven't had chance to test AMD compatibility, but I know Drew has ordered one.

Quest controllers will not work with Pimax headsets.

Thanks!

I cannot wait for you to get yours! Come on Pimax, hurry up.

Perhaps! I'll have more to show soon once I received the headset

DCS players swear by quad views with eye tracking, but imo, the light is the better headset. Cheaper, lighter, no batteries, settle for fixed foveated rendering if you must.

@@pondracek I do like the thought of no batteries and lighter weight. How does the fixed foveated rendering work exactly? Is it better resolution in a smaller area?

Foveated rendering means that you have a central high resolution area surrounded by low resolution areas to save on render resources. When you combine it with eye tracking, the high resolution area follows your eye, so it's promising better graphics for less compute and an inability to recognise the lower resolution because your eye has different acuities from the center to the edges as well. Fixed foveated rendering is when the eye tracking is missing, so the high resolution area is simply always in the middle. So you have to turn your head to read a gauge rather than just look. In general, you don't want to sacrifice anywhere near as large an area with this approach either, which means less resources saved. In my opinion, the advantages of foveated rendering have been greatly overstated. The center of your eye is the highest resolution vision you have, but the edges are more sensitive to movement (and have better night vision, where the center has better colour perception; rods VS cones). VR has awful aliasing problems already, and when you reduce the resolution, you just get a shimmering mess everywhere where you're most sensitive to the shimmering, and this has *always* irritated me about foveated rendering.

@@pondracek Check out my comparison using DCS World on the channel, make sure you are subbed so you don't miss all this good stuff :)

​@@pondracekI play dcs in VR. There is nothing more immersive than VR. Even with quad screen and eye tracking this is not immersive at all. No 3d, depth feeling. And moving eyes or head to move picture on a screen is not realistic to me ..

Yes

That's what local dimming is for, it makes a big difference.

@@VRFlightSimGuy Cool, thanks for the quick reply.

Black and white pass through (which is awful), but I believe there is an addon MR faceplate being developed.

@@VRFlightSimGuy oh so the principle of this headset is that it is made in parts and you can change about everything?

​@@harf4ngIt's designed to be modular in places yes.

Double-sided velcro can push the face foam out and give room for prescription lenses. Check out studioform creative for a kit or make some yourself.

Negative. But you do support the channel.

The Crystal Light works just fine with the XTX :)

@@VRFlightSimGuy excellent! The hype is very real!

Which headset are you currently using? The Beyond?

@@VRFlightSimGuy No, just the Reverb G2. I can use Ultra settings in 2D and with frame generation it’s buttery smooth and looks amazing. With the G2 at native resolution it looks blocky, washed out, and on top of that I have to lower the graphics settings down from Ultra, and can’t use FG.

Stay tuned...

@@VRFlightSimGuy Are you hinting something? 🙂 Should we expect a review soon?🙂

I'd really recommend to go for the local dimming, it's definitely worth it.

@@VRFlightSimGuy Try to remember, when advertising for Pimax, that some folks are trying hard to save on costs!

@@ChrisM541 Hate to tell you this, but I'm not advertising for them, I'm telling my subs my experiences with the headset and it's up to you whether you go for it, based on my real world experiences. In other words, I'm not here to sell it, I'm here to give you my opinion.

@@VRFlightSimGuy That's fair enough, but do try to balance that opinion. Perhaps an "if funds can stretch...." would ease suspicion.

​@@ChrisM541they aren't advertising they're breaking down the tech and comparing it. If it doesn't work for you it doesn't work for you sadly. You should be quite capable of knowing where you fit without them explaining everything to you.

Thanks for watching! I don't find the warmth a problem.

Regarding the cheek bones, a comfort strap may help with that. From what I've heard, the comfort top strap made by Pimax doesn't fit the bigger top strap of the Crystal Light. Studioform Creative however makes one called the apache comfort strap that should work just fine. I use one on my Crystal and it helps lighten the weight off your face, including the cheek bones. It's odd that you're not seeing a better picture than the quest 3. Double check the resolution you're using. Also make sure you're in the sweet spot. To do this with aspheric lenses you need to look for geometric distortion (warping of the image), typically towards the sides of the lenses. To best see them you need to move your head while watching the picture with your eyes. Try moving the headset up and down on your face as well as adjusting the IPD until you get it to where you have the least amount of warping. If that doesn't work then the only other thing I can think of is the 1m focal distance of the lenses may make it a little hard for some people to focus. If you're wearing glasses and they're set for something closer to 3m focus distance then you might have a little difficulty focusing. You can try prescription lenses with a prescription adjusted by your optometrist for 1m. Then finally the last and probably most likely reason you're not seeing a good picture is due to defective lenses. It's not unheard of with Pimax sadly. In that case reach out to Pimax. Be aware their support can take a while.

@@wittyname-sy5je Thanks for that, but I started the return process now... I really did want it to be the best headset I've ever had, but its not for me :( I've lost half my body weight this year due to illness and maybe that's why it's too large for my face....

@@user-mz1su7nu5n With my Crystal the headset had a lot of room around the sides of my face. Using velcro spacers can help get the headset fitting right. But if you're not getting a good picture after moving it around then you've probably got bad lenses. The Bigscreen Beyond will probably fit your face better due to the facial scan but keep in mind some people are not as satisfied with theirs due to less edge to edge clarity and glare in some scenes. But it's worth giving them a shot, especially if you've already got base stations. The only other high-end headset I can think of right now is the VR1 which is more than twice the price and reportedly very front heavy. But if you get the base model with nothing equipped it probably won't be as bad. I'm holding out hope EyeTrackVR can get dynamic foveated rendering working as that could potentially yield an option for Crystal Light users as well as a low-cost alternative for the VR1 (instead of 600 euros currently). Best of luck with whatever you end up doing.

My Discord and VR Facebook group is full of people who find it very comfortable, but like a pair of shoes, comfort is very personal. I used Studioform balancer kits on the standard Crystal with the battery, alongside many other headsets, but I don't personally feel the need with the Light.

It's selling like hot cakes. But I have also called them out on some QC issues which they are now rectifying (I hope).

Congrats on the new Crystal, I did warn everyone on all my videos to go for the DMAS if you can afford it. Thankfully, the headset is modular, so you can upgrade it.

@@VRFlightSimGuy Yes, I am aware that you have warned about the poor audio quality and it is precisely because of your honesty that I follow your channel. However, in my naivety I thought: How bad can the original audio be? Well, it's pretty bad.

@@padronmdmx It really is and would you believe, it used to be even worse!

For that, I'd use my Quest 3. The Crystal is best as a simming headset.

@@VRFlightSimGuy indeed but even when I do flight sims or race sims I prefer not having a wire around :) and I can't afford two VR headsets of same generation.

​@@harf4ngCrystal Light and Quest 3 is a perfect combo

@@VRFlightSimGuy if I had a quest 3 I would not need a pimax :)

​@@harf4ngYou would for flight simulation 😏

Lol, ok Pimax Guy ;)

It will be if MSFS 2024 supports it, or you are a DCS fan, otherwise, it's currently not doing much.

@@VRFlightSimGuyyea I fly in DCS and have a 4070ti so the dynamic foveated rendering is of big interest to me. Might just add evetrackvr to my Q3 for now.

I think it's probably because I've harped don about this so much recently, but you are right Paul!