Pimax Crystal teardown: How the Crystal is built differently & achieves the highest clarity in VR

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Pimax manufactures the best VR headsets & high-end VR equipment, including the Pimax Crystal, which features 2880x2880 pixels per eye, eye-tracking and DFR, glass aspheric lenses, and high quality audio.
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[@PimaxVR]

Black Friday deal on the Crystal inside ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ pimax.com/deals/?+friday

[@ready0286]

No more deals! Bring on the updates instead. A lot of promises but not delivering.

[@PimaxVR]

We've been working hard and actually have two update videos in the last few weeks on our channel. @@ready0286

[@Bob-wh2gy]

I MADE MY PURCHASE FOUR MONTHS AGO during this sale....WHERE IN THE HELL IS MY TOP STRAP??

[@cptairwolf]

Beautiful tear down video. Man it's amazing to see the engineering that goes into these headsets. You guys should really consider releasing a clear or smoked color version of the headset so that we could admire the internals!

[@nerd20fromdiscord]

The problem with that is that most of the internal space would have to be non see through otherwise you would have so much light leakage and it would break immersion and just not look very good😢

[@Omniwhatever]

I always love seeing cool teardowns like this. Really helps show the complexity that goes into devices like these. The magnesium alloy chassis was a cool thing to see.

[@AlanTruly]

Great job on the teardown and commentary. The Crystal is really packed full of technology.

[@Glider324]

Amazing engineering. A top quality wide FOV lense is really important to absolutely and finally justify all that weight, complexity and size.

[@user-hc9jj4in1f]

Just wait for a 12k qled, this headset is designed for clarity by sacrificing fov.

[@K11...]

Why did you choose to not make a more compact housing for the crystal? A lot of free space inside.

[@nerd20fromdiscord]

Most of the space is between the lenses and the displays, and that physically has to be there since the lenses won’t work properly if they where any closer (and im sure just to make it look big and cool too 😂)

[@reptilexcq2]

With so many components go into the headset, it looks like the only way to reduce the weight and size is to separate them out from the display and had them in your pocket or something with a wire hook up to the display (similar to a battery giving the device power through wire). That way you don't have much weight on the display and also you can be creative with the size and shape of it as well. That would required creative engineering for it to work I supposed.

[@smgvbest]

This was very neat to see, thank you so much. so the 6G wifi is already on board, that's cool as well. that will be killer when you release the update to support it

[@thatstokedgamer]

I would've loved a non-standalone version of this headset.

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

Why? All it would do is cut the battery out. It would not reduce size or weight basically at all. Would just give up a lot of features, and wireless compatibility.

[@dtz1000]

​@@Nobody-Nowhere Wrong. It did reduce the weight by 310 grams.

[@gibilator]

Well done on this one Jaap. Interesting to see how much goes into this headset.

[@TonyDrecaps]

Good breakdown

[@StekuVideo]

Mostly screws, not easy to break plastic hooks. I like it. Panels are small, the case is huge. I don't like it. (Probably standardized oversized case for the upcoming 12k as well).

[@technikchegger7228]

Very exciting video.

[@VRgirls532]

🎉🎉Amazing

[@Virtual_Citizen]

Great video , I would also like to see if the battery transfer lead can be disconnected from the headset ? , it looks like it's soldered on.

[@GUANTA23K]

OLEDs next please!

[@lassmirandadennsiewillja3943]

please bring a hollow battery that has a powerconnector directly connected to the pins somewhere so that we dont have to swap this stuff

[@marcusdamberger]

Your editor need to work on getting clean audio, it sounds like you had two microphones mixed, i.e. two cameras audio mixed at once, that don't usually work well, you get odd audio that sometimes sounds like it's in a can, or here like an echo chamber. Interesting video. Nice to see what's inside.

[@bakakafka4428]

HOw many nits of usable (not overexposed) brightness can Crystal displays put out?

[@heyimhopex8931]

Ok,everything good and cool,but when an update that we can see the battery of our trackers?

[@tallymouse]

A crystal teardown - finally! Note that Somnium have been probably tearing down Crystals for around 8 months now! 😜

[@imz14u2nv]

That's hilarious!!!

[@brettgrieves]

Im interested to what panel is uses??? BOE 3.2" 2880x2880 ???

[@SargonDragon]

It has the 60GHz Wigig module already inside? That's news to me. The interview I saw before showed the WiGig module as an external dongle. Are you sure that's not just a WiFi 6E module built in?

[@PimaxVR]

You'll still need the module (dongle) but the necessary hardware to make it work is on every Crystal.

[@heliosurge9752]

You should be saying consumer VR as Varjo for exanole has higher clarity on their enterprise line. It is too bad the battery power hmd strap connection was not thought out better to better allow alternative headstraps. Should have been a removable connector on both ends.

[@anonymous134y]

Watch again, he says "highest clarity of consumer VR" at 0:07

[@WhatsupAbroad]

I'm sorry but that is simply incorrect. The Varjo XR3 has a higher peak resolution, but it is not clearer than the Crystal. The lens system in the Varjo XR3 and VR3 are outright inferior to the lens system in the Crystal due to their use of Fresnel optics and plastics for the base material. I believe quite a few people who have used both have commented that despite the lower peak resolution that the clarity, colors, distortion, and overall visual experience is in fact better with the Crystal.

[@Skiiwa]

My battery does NOT come out that easy... Did you mod it?

[@liebesmaennchen]

YEAH! Nice, when I try to open or fix things, they get even more broken

[@tallymouse]

Also - we could have done a teardown video that only took 15 seconds using a sledge-hammer.. would make a viral KZbin short!

[@liebesmaennchen]

@@tallymouse who is peter gabriel? kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXu6e3hmrZyHarM

[@wickfut]

@PimaxVR my lenses are rough on the inside (LCD panel side). Is this normal? Can I just wipe them?

[@JaapGrolleman]

If you use a soft cloth it's fine, ideally a microfiber cloth for glasses.

[@wickfut]

@@JaapGrolleman what I'm saying is that the coating on the inside isn't smooth like the outside eye side of the lens. Is this just some residue from manufacturing or will rubbing it off get rid of some anti-glare or whatever you're putting on the lens? Thanks

[@WhatsupAbroad]

​@@wickfutPlease contact support with photos of the issue so we can help you address it.

[@TTailled]

Would it be possible to remove the components that make it standalone to make it PC necessary only in order to reduce it's weight?

[@PimaxVR]

The XR2 chip also does a lot for PCVR mode: pimax.com/crystal-xr2/

[@TTailled]

@@PimaxVR Like what? What would you need it for that my Ryzen 9 7950X3D PBO UV can't handle?

[@lawnmovr]

The faceplate, DP adapter and headphones are quite heavy and safe to remove, I'm thinking of removing the second cover, the one on top of the magnesium alloy exoskeleton. It would be great if we could remove the fans for PCVR, but I won't be the first to do it ;)

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

@@TTailled What weight would you reduce? The battery would be the only one, and you would loose a lot of features and the future wireless compatibility.

[@JacksTTM]

waiting for 12k

[@Because_Reasons]

If Pimax had more clarity around what this headset actually "was"... Instead of trying to make it both Standalone and PCVR; it could have been smaller, cheaper, lighter and make more sense. The fact that they included standalone capacity and batteries was the dumbest idea ever.

[@MasterFX2000]

looks like a prototype

[@iwantanewhead2976]

Where is 12k?

[@ready0286]

They cannot even get Crystal to it's peak. Why 12k? So we can have the same results?

[@user-xw4hn7lb3x]

The crystals, after months of use, are now experiencing screen flickering due to cheap, bad capacitors in the headset. When is Pimax going to refund or replace these headsets? A class action lawsuit will destroy you.

[@jimmybaker4821]

When 12k

[@spookykitty2327]

Mic quality pretty bad.. should have used a Beyond mic! Fits easily on your face with no neck or face pain.

[@jimmybaker4821]

Looks very complicated. Explains why its so expensive

[@myl78]

This is all very nice and good dear Pimax! The only problem is that these things don't really work and we are spending a lot of money while you testing the Crystal with us: The customers. Here are some examples: - The controllers do not work properly, the tracking is useless with the latest update also. It's just doesn't work. driffting etc. - So I bought the Lighthouse faceplate which also doesn't work properly (I have 4 other headsets including the index which work perfectly fine with the lighthouse setup etc. If I turn sideways the tracking is gone with the Crystal. Thanks for the 200 extra euro Pimax! - 120Hz? Stable? No problem. :) You're lucky if it works at 90Hz without flashing. - Pimax give me a bad charger that almost ruins the whole system and doesn't charge and just flashes the screen reboot etc. I had to buy a proprietary USB HUB because the one that comes with the Pimax Crystal just doesn't work. More crap. More than 2000 euro!!!!! Just sayin.... - Comfort? Also, you can spend money on accessories while the marketing bullshit and the paid youtubers said that it's super comfortable and you just need to strap on a rubber strap and everything will be fine. Why not add it as the part of the original package? I think it might be possible for more than 2000 euros. So if someone doesn't want to spend all day on the internet researching and troubleshooting don't buy this crap. I already regret it. Go to the discord server and look at the problems in the troubleshooting section. It's a joke.

[@mr.spongylikeaboss4987]

Huh.. mine works fine.

[@myl78]

@@mr.spongylikeaboss4987 Of course. ;)

[@WhatsupAbroad]

Our discord and reddit exist as places for users to communicate their various issues and seek help from the community. Just like any tech community reddit it is in fact dominated by users who have questions. That is very normal. Very few people take to discord or reddit to say "Everything is working perfectly and there is nothing to report." The old adage "Bad news travels twice as far and twice as fast." is quite applicable when it comes to the internet in general. That said if your unit is experiencing the issues up above please contact our support staff and we will be happy to help you sort them. You can contact me personally via our phone line several days a week (I post to reddit and discord when the phone line is open so users can contact me directly for assistance) and we will also be offering direct user setup services in the near future where we will sit down with users via video conferencing calls to help them get their initial setup and configuration done with a Pimax expert. If you don't know how to contact our customer service you can find it on our website at www . pimax . com

[@myl78]

@@WhatsupAbroad You mean the open and unanswered discord cases where I don't see you anywhere telling me what I should do to make this thing work? And you mean those Pimax experts who just don't know how to plug this thing together properly? kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGmrnXtsdqqliK8 This is a joke. It's a semi-finished product at a high price. Everyone who has bought it knows that. Oh, and by the way, I think you'd be doing this company a favour if you wouldn't be in any videos and you wouldn't answer customers because nobody likes cocky and arrogant people. So you can understand why I don't want to talk to you in person on the phone.

[@Johnny_Thunder]

This shows how amazingly inefficient the design was for the size. So much bulk for nothing. Hopeless.

[@Bob-wh2gy]

I WOULD NOT PURCASE again!! Change the name to Pimax Crap!