Pimax Crystal Light Virtual Reality Headset Is On Another Level | DCS World

[@LongShotChannel]

ATTENTION: I'm sorry but I've mistakenly wrote 10% and the discount is 10 Dollars , again I'm very sorry for this mistake, my apologies. Pimax Crystal Light: pimax.com/pages/crystal-light

[@jackpatterson8389]

great video

[@uglyigor3055]

Great Video man. What is your Setup hardware wise to geht this Kind of Quality? How Many fps did u get?

[@LongShotChannel]

Thank you. All my PC specs in the description. I'm not sure about the number of FPS

[@user-wm3hu7lo1g]

I'm sorry but you need to tell your guys over at Pimax that a $10 discount on a 800-900 dollar product is a total joke. That's barely a single percent discount - not worth mentioning. (I'm sure you wouldn't have featured the discount in your video if you knew how tiny it was so no shade falls on you; just saying 'cause there's a sales rep at Pimax that has his head screwed on wrong)

[@stephan510]

i want to start with dcs and just got the Pimax 8k and now i need to wait for it since it should arrive here next week im so hyped for it :D

[@biotubby1]

Some of the passing shots watching the pilot were beautiful.

[@arcosiancosine1065]

That is a badass skin! So glad I made it! It comes in Have Glass too. -Foxtrot1

[@LongShotChannel]

I downloaded it all. All your skins. Great job buddy they are awesome

[@arcosiancosine1065]

@LongShotChannel Thanks for the compliment. I didn't think the black widow would be very popular but turns out it is the most downloaded skin. Also, I hear there are some cougars prowling in the area...might want to keep an eye out in the coming weeks.

[@LongShotChannel]

@arcosiancosine1065 nice, will do

[@cuttheloop]

@@arcosiancosine1065 You do know it was originally the logo for the US Army 7th Infantry Division(Light)?

[@arcosiancosine1065]

@cuttheloop I did not. I checked on Google and see that they have a black diamond on a red field. Is there an older version of the logo that was a red diamond?

[@ACG_Jaydog]

Congratulations! Welcome to the Pimax experience. Love my Crystal. Glad you figured out the recording in VR.

[@gunsandgranola7262]

Like some of the other comments. Welcome. I’ve had mine for a month and it’s nuts how you get the “real” flight feelings. Still get killed every mission. But I love it. 🤘

[@ArcFire_Fox]

Very nice !!!! The video quality of the Crystal looks superb !!!

[@LongShotChannel]

Thank you

[@unotoli]

Is there any direct quality of image, coming FROM VR? Tracking is not filtered much and it is jumpy to say the least.

[@RobertJack-x7h]

One of the best videos I've seen so far. Great editing.

[@Gerald10284]

Haha, nice but... you lost. Hahaha...Love your videos. You are always having fun. I really enjoy the videos you do with growling sidewinder, You two have great chemistry together, and it is great to watch.

[@patrickjohnson2129]

Radar does not work in On Full Force (OFF) position

[@truthseeker9454]

[@aek00001]

Great editing, it felt just like watching Top Gun!

[@christiancline1131]

You should check out VTOL VR. It's a bit simplified but all the important mechanics are there, and the feeling of actually interacting with the cockpit with your controllers gives you some unparalleled immersion. And it runs way better than DCS in VR.

[@alexbryden2282]

Damn bro, your editing was so good. Nice video

[@adrianbroome7236]

The F16 is still badass even though your radar wasn’t working properly. I own the original Pimax Crystal before the Light came out and original is still amazing. I am waiting for the next level in VR to come out and that is the Pimax Crystal SUPER which hopefully will be out next month.

[@greg1307]

Not my experience at all. The first issue is, as a KZbinr, you likely got excellent lenses. I, on the other hand, got lenses with distortion and sections that were very blurry. Pimax sent 2 more sets of lenses to rectify the problem, but each set had issues where only sections of the image were in focus. 2 of the 3 lens sets had significant warping of the image that was very noticeable when moving my head around. None of the sets had the supposed edge to edge clarity that KZbinrs seem to be raving about. Pimax quality control is just not there. I'm in the process now of finding the best right eye lens to pair it with the best left eye lens using the 6 lenses that I have. Buyer beware.

[@JifeLacket]

Great videos LS! I was curious if you know about re-centering the headset position once in game? Sometimes my quest 3 is slightly off-line, for example in this video it looks like you head position is "off" a bit to the right in the cockpit. If you hit 5 on the numpad or another button on your device it will re-center according to your head position.

[@porscheguy19]

Nice. You held your own for a while.

[@johnmolson2838]

So I’ve ordered my new PC to start playing DCS. Been watching the streams for over a year now and I’m convinced even at my age I need to play this game. I ordered a pimex crystal as well. Hopefully it works great. I heard it’s a bit of a pain setting up for DCS.

[@Captain-Fox]

Your age has nothing to do with it and if anything is an advantage! with maturity comes patients. To “play” DCS you practically need how to actually fly a military aircraft. Some modules are so advanced that it is very compatible to the real thing. Good for you! It’s an amazing Sim. Been playing it for 4 years going strong.

[@offroadadventures9711]

Wow, that was amazing, thanks for the ride-along! I continue to be impressed by your airmanship and your fighting skills. The Pimax looks pretty impressive. I noticed that the out-of-cockpit views were really crisp, smooth and nearly photorealistic. The in-cockpit views looked quite a bit less detailed (panel views were good but less so thru the glass). Was that a result of editing? Lastly, do you get a better sense of depth with the Pimax? I find it harder to visually reacquire a target in 2D, wondering if the VR headset changes that?

[@demetrisyianni9175]

the fact that you're running this with a 4070 super with decent graphics settings is excellent!

[@Lonewolf23-26]

I run mine on a 3080ti and it runs good and looks pretty good I don’t get the quality he has though

[@XiaOmegaX]

VR frame drops can be fixed with a drop-in upgrade to a 5800X3D (or whole upgrade to a 7800X3D or coming 9800X3D.) DCS thrives on cache

[@OhioCoastie94]

I wonder why pilots have checklists?

[@LongShotChannel]

Yup

[@vetred]

With a failing targeting system, you fought very well. Bravo!!!

[@CGFIELDS]

HL tail = 388th Fighter Wing (Hill Air Force Base, Utah)

[@nastygen4]

One of my favorite things to watch on KZbin is real life fighter aircraft unrestricted climbs. Could you get us some cool edits and shots and clips of you doing one at the beginning of a video? I’d be happy to compensate you for the work!! Thanks boss

[@dweldredge]

Awesome video, dude.

[@LongShotChannel]

Thank you

[@ryanw1433]

You did pretty well without a wingman!

[@cJack8410]

Great video man. Quick question. I have the CL and have not yet set it up for DCS. I see your still using your mouse to control the cockpit controls. Is there a setting for this or does it just work this way? Also I have been considering the F16. I currently run the F18 mainly. Reason is the F16 has the side sticks and I may mount them to my sim rig. Let me know thoughts on comparison. Thanks man

[@asmith1496]

Ive got the 8kX and love it.. once the release the Crystal super with 135FOV Ill upgrade but I cant give up that wide FOV. I play on normal which is 140 so a 5 degrees loss is acceptable with the super once its out

[@bitmanagent67]

You did pretty well with your radar in silent mode.

[@skij99]

yes more exterior close up shots!

[@SwitchbladeRaccoon]

Would love to see you jump into some VR WW2 missions? Nobody's doing it...

[@drongobum2037]

Yeah. GS was big on WW2. He even had his own WW2 server and promoted it hard... up until Russia invaded Ukraine, and then he suddenly gained 100s of 1000s of subs over night and switched to making videos about the superiority of Russia's AF.

[@baomao7243]

F16 at Normandy? I accept ! 😉

[@reeemooo]

wow i enjoyed watching your vid :D

[@LongShotChannel]

Thank you

[@4rgodanrot]

Just out of interest, what settings are you running? Have you locked fps at 50%? I'd be interested in what dcs, nvidia and pimax play settings your running.

[@sophiajayprice5107]

Is there a screen door effect with the Crystal? I have the 5k xr, which has a small amount of screen door effect. I’ve held off on the upgrade, so that Pimax can work out all the bugs.

[@ceasaraepoling5910]

Another awesome video

[@JLotG]

Love the legacy skin on the 16❤️

[@stevevanhorn1909]

Awesome video ! Thanks ...

[@mbarnlund]

It looks like you’re only recording view input from the right eye, which makes sense in VR. Is there a choice? Just an observation; great content thnx!

[@LongShotChannel]

I actualy was triyng to look for a way to record both, didn't manage to find one that will show the VR in the qulity that I fly in, and had issues with recording that

[@spider_corsa]

@@LongShotChannel (If I understood correctly) maybe you should get an external capture device (basically an another PC) and it solve the main gaming PC performance wasting too during recording

[@tomcatvrkalisz820]

Why even record from both in first place?

[@spider_corsa]

@@tomcatvrkalisz820 probably because eg the external cuts

[@1fridays]

What are your system specs?

[@dunbar555]

Pimax Chrytal or Chrystal light, that is the question. Is the foveal tracking not a MUST in term of performance ?

[@CaptainBiggles.]

It’s not a must have, as the Crystal Light had fixed foveated rendering instead of the dynamic foveated rendering, however the eye tracking is a nice to have.

[@DrillerKiller1337]

I loved it-it was basically a suicide mission!

[@icaleinns6233]

Very cool product review

[@LongShotChannel]

Thank you

[@hamlet2kk]

The moment you say let's see what happens. You knew...

[@plexiglass6087]

Looks awesome but is there a reason you are sat off to the right in the cockpit? Nice vid, thank you.

[@LongShotChannel]

You can record one eye from the VR headset.

[@plexiglass6087]

@@LongShotChannel ah right, thanks for the reply.

[@flajflaj]

Imho the highlights are disapointing. They look washed out. The screen door is also visible there. Anyway still great headset. I also wish Pimax made some magnetic smart tags. You know, some little plastic/electronic things that I could magneticly (or 3M tape) attach to my cockpit in few places so I could see some point markers in VR. This could be easier to find some specific buttons on my SimPit.

[@necondaa]

Seen a lot about the Pimax,I have quest 3 I got a few months ago so maybe next upgrade

[@jamesmcd71]

I just got my Cristal light. I have been trying to get it up and running for 3 days. It works, but everything is dark and blurry. A jet right beside me is a blurry mess.

[@alpenfoxvideo7255]

I won’t play DCS without a VR headset ever again, I started when I bought a used Rift S 4 years ago, and on that headset I couldn’t read a single F16 button… The only problem with VR recording is that the view is offset to one side

[@the_beef4762]

Are you and GS buddies in real life? Would love an IRL of you guys sometime.

[@David-c5l]

Would you mind sharing your settings? I’m on a ASRock x870e Taichi, Ryzen 7 9800x, MSI 4090, 64 meg DDR5 ram, and two 2TB Gen 4 SSDs. On my HPG2 with things turned fairly high I can get 60FPS. With the Crystal Light with things turned down significantly I’m in the 12-20FPS range. Why is my experience so different from yours?

[@David-c5l]

Correction--I get 90FPS on the G2. No answer?

[@ziggelito]

What settings and what performance?

[@fabianlange739]

Is it just me or do the trees look less detailed than I'm used to? Thinking about getting a VR headset as well. Anyway, what map is that?

[@TheScottShepard]

Using VR is like doubling your pixel count. LS was also rendering an additional “monitor” for capture, it sounds like, so graphics quality was turned down. Make sure you have a strong graphics card.

[@fabianlange739]

@TheScottShepard woult a 4070TI be sufficient?

[@TheScottShepard]

@@fabianlange739 depends on your framerate comfort. It’s different for everyone. That should be good assuming your CPU or memory aren’t also bottlenecks. Usually it’s the graphics card though.

[@alexanderkalver279]

Well done . What is,the name of the song in the video ?

[@alyssadraculesti]

Damn it's that smooth on your system I need to get this Specs- 7950X3D 96 GB DDR5 7900XTX

[@1fridays]

Are the colors that vibrant

[@MADDOG-sq9oj]

Welcome to VR!

[@Lord-Snowflake]

i think that's the most missiles i've seen locked onto one target LMAO

[@martinklaus2203]

Radar issues because you were in Quiet mode?

[@tuneinkate]

Hey Longshot, for those of us who've gotten violently ill using VR headsets previously, what's your impression in comparison to previous headsets? Worth it, or stay with Track IR 5 & a nice huge monitor?

[@LongShotChannel]

I think It's more of an individual thing as you said. I never expirianced that so I can't comment

[@dannysimpson9216]

I got sick at first but you keep exposing yourself in small sessions that get progressively longer and you retrain your body to fly dcs in vr after so many years of trackir. There is lots of advice out there from a Google search to help you develop an exposure plan

[@toututu2993]

Track IR is completely obsolete. It is just a small accessory toy for pc while VR headset is a huge part of 21st century multiple purposes technology. Huge different to even compare and I rather get a Quest 3s for half more price and get a whole system that function much better

[@HavocStylesJoe]

Pimax if you're listening ... the recoding thing should be a no brain'ier... free marketing. Work with Nvidia on drivers....

[@gunsandgranola7262]

Also, all I do is open pimax, minimize it, then launch DCS. Haven’t had a problem.

[@paulc1173]

7 reference… nice

[@infoscholar5221]

Wow buy me one, dude.

[@Fiztex553]

Can someone explain why "%" is blurred? YT insanity?

[@LongShotChannel]

Because I did a mistake, and It's 10 Dollars discount, not 10%. Apologies

[@Fiztex553]

@@LongShotChannel thanks, for a moment I thought the world went completely insane and that % is now canceled for some reason 😂

[@falcon88h]

cool...!!! I want a VR too.... I have 50 bucks... can i get one ??

[@TestTest-lu8vi]

💥💥💥👍👌

[@sidtedtilley]

Am I watching the same video? For me, in the cockpit the frame rate was too laggy. Loads of jitters. Yet outside the aircaft everything was great. I found the resolution of the terrain from inside the cockpit looking cheap. It made me feel nauseous. Sorry for the negative comments LS

[@LongShotChannel]

For the outside shots, I used the track, so higher graphics

[@sidtedtilley]

@@LongShotChannel . Thank you for your reply LS. Can I ask what headset you used prior to this new unit please?

[@LongShotChannel]

@sidtedtilley Oculus Rift S

[@sidtedtilley]

@@LongShotChannel Thank you. You've made my mind up. If you see someone in a Sopwith Camel trying to take your F22 down; it might be me!!

[@thebigbilltheory4388]

What are the computer specs?

[@LongShotChannel]

It's in the description

[@thebigbilltheory4388]

@@LongShotChannelthanks. I was on a phone and didn’t see the more…👍🏻

[@crackerbarrel6965]

If you think this is something wait until the Pimax Super comes out. I am.

[@brads5600]

Your head being off-center is driving me absolutely insane dude…does it not have a “re-center” feature like TrackIR?

[@gunsandgranola7262]

I had the same problem at first. It’s L-alt + backs space to recenter. Sometimes it’ll jack itself and I’ll be riding outside on the nose, or on top of the intake. Good times.

[@LongShotChannel]

It's because I record from the right eye screen.

[@gunsandgranola7262]

@ might be why when my F’s up. It goes to the left of the plane. Mine is set to left eye. Didn’t realize that. Thx.

[@EpicNinjaRides]

Your discount code is $10 not 10%. I was gonna pull the trigger at 10% off lol.

[@LongShotChannel]

You are correct, I'm sorry Iv'e corrected it in the video and in the pinned comment, my apologies

[@danielh1708]

@@JSRJS If you think that, then you can't math very well...

[@ComdrStew]

DCS has always had trouble with VR. Probably the best the can do with an outdated graphics engine.

[@ozark6454]

Lemme guess , you can’t run this on an AMD 7800

[@jamesmcd71]

Im sitting here hollering at you. You're in quiet mode. Turn your radar on.

[@DB-be9wy]

So jittery though. This is the main reason I have shied away from Pimax headsets is the performance. Even a 4090 struggles. The oculus software is just so much better and runs so much better.

[@Phalanx443]

Bare bones it's $800.00 In this economy?!? Pass. I have a family to feed.

[@cuttheloop]

Sent mine back. Was not impressed... certainly not $800 impressed.

[@tomcatvrkalisz820]

LOL you can't record how it looks in VR. It's useless to for commenting about details in the video because it's 2d recording not actual VR view. Same recording would be if you were using Oculus Rift from 2016 or Crystal from 2024. Just yours game level of details/settings and fps are true nothing else.

[@LongShotChannel]

I was able to show how the VR works on the highest setting I was able to record with. You can see how it performs. The fact that It's not in 3D, I think is a no brainer to understand. Goes without saying

[@patrztokamil6112]

No matter what VR set you use, the fun ends when DCS can't maintain stable frames. It will happen sooner or later, no matter how powerful your PC is. DCS is pathetic in the context of VR in the long run. Cool as an experience, awful as a routine flying.