The One Reason You Need Big FOV lenses for the Pimax Crystal - Our 1-Month Review

[@player1simgear]

What do you think? Are you planning to get a set when they finally land?

[@tarnlicht3657]

when is the release?

[@tdhitchins]

That sense of speed is a really good point. When I got a triple screen setup that's the one thing that provided - same idea behind it!

[@player1simgear]

100%

[@huludical1]

I went to a crystal from a psvr2 and while the crystal is way better visually, the first thing i noticed was the horizontal fov on the crystal is much worse. I was really surprised and thought i had a setting wrong or something. Nope just how they are. Great vertical fov but i don't need that for sim racing. Hope i can get my hands on some of these!

[@markdeckard7651]

Great review, exactly the info I was looking for with no time wasted. Great vibe so you have a new subscriber.

[@player1simgear]

Awesome, thank you!

[@nilsrossi4217]

I hope they create these lenses with the edge-to-edge sweet spot as Quest 3 has.

[@dathyr1]

Great video and good comparison between the 2 types of lenses. Best video I have seen comparing the 2 types of lenses. I don't have any PIMAX VR headsets at this time, but waiting for the Crystal Lite headsets to be released and I will watch the review videos on them. Do both types of lenses have a good large sweet spot for viewing? Do the lenaes get blurry at all when our eyes look toward the far edges of them? Thanks for the video, and take care.

[@player1simgear]

Thanks mate! Yes the sweet spot is really good on both sets - its a real stand out feature of the Crystal, especially with dynamic FOV enabled.

[@svenzilla2400]

Well seeing how ill be moving from using the Crystal for iracing and DCS to purely DCS, you know youve sold me. Studio looks great

[@player1simgear]

Thanks mate! How come you're moving away from iRacing in VR?

[@svenzilla2400]

@player1simgear well, 50% of the time, Quad 32"s so i can race easier due to life.😏

[@13guns87]

The fov is the main reason i ain't upgraded from 8kx. This does little to change that. I hear from a lot of sim racers, they wont go back to 8kx. For me, the only reason i like pimax is the massive screen. Im 1000% sure the crystal kicks its ass big time in visuals. Right now, that doesn't matter to me. I will buy a crystal light eventually, just don't think it will be for sim racing. Definitely get it for flight sims. You're out there just enjoying the visuals while flying. Im focused on my mirrors and my next corner.

[@player1simgear]

Yeah that's a very good call. FOV is a game changer for VR.

[@fiw5120]

Thanks! Can't wait for these!

[@player1simgear]

Hope you enjoy!

[@LimitlessHorizonVRSimrigs]

Solid review mate, subscribed to your channel 😊

[@player1simgear]

Thank you mate! Very much appreciated!

[@justaguydoinstuff]

Great review! Curious what your IPD is? Mine's 59 and noticed other youtubers say their IPD is 65 or so. I wonder if that makes a difference?

[@player1simgear]

I agree I heard it does make a difference too!, Mine is around 62 I think.. I need to double check that.

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

It should as even my Quest 3 has that bionocular effect with my 65 IPD set up. So in theory I would likely have the same experice with the cystal's FOV lens but I don't think it's a bad thing just a thing.

[@alecmillea4539]

New studio looks great! Thanks for the in depth video, keep up the great work!

[@player1simgear]

Thanks so much!

[@agordon20024]

New studio looks great.

[@player1simgear]

Thanks mate! It's been a lot of trial and error so far! 😊

[@KinkyJalepeno]

Are these compatible with the Crystal Light? Might be a daft question :)

[@player1simgear]

No its a great question! And the answer we believe is No, but we are waiting on confirmation from Pimax

[@GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Great video and you make a good point... in XR everyones expernice will be different assuming perfect QC that is... Like I've only seen screen door in my quest 3 like 3 times and I got it on launch and have worn it for a dozen hours+ but some have said it's littly so bad it makes the headset hard to use... But then again I also rearly saw it on my Rift CV1 which some got turned off of VR with that headset despite being the best Headset value till the quest 3 for me... And depending on what the xbox quest is I may get that too if it's a cheap streaming box... Also I do feel the guys who say the crystal, beyond and Vision pro has the only screen for them... I do get that because my Sony bravia OLED TV will still be better for me as some times it's like a window... I don't believe any of those 3 headsets are like that I know a Samsung 8k OLED TV was not... But yeah as tech advances it becomes more about feelings then pure proformance.

[@player1simgear]

Thanks so much @greenbluewalkthrough, you are spot on, I think VR is very individual nowadays, I see that in just the different reactions people have to the test gear we have set up. Definitely awesome if people can get hands on and test units first.

[@Kryojenix]

I get really upset when I switch my 8KX down to anything below the 150 degree setting (much prefer 170 degree setting though). Does that mean I should skip the entire Crystal series and wait for 12K?

[@player1simgear]

I think the clarity of the Crystal makes it well worth the upgrade, and who knows when the 12k will land..

[@reptilexcq2]

The same go with racing...the wide FOV does give you a sense of speed and that's VERY IMPORTANT for racing. I tested many times on my 8KX (which has a much wider FOV than Crystal). It also seems to relieve your eyes strain and focus...so rather than concentrate your eyes on a toilet rolls...you have the peripheral visions to give you more cues as to what the heck is going on with your car position in relation to those around you and you just feel better driving overall.

[@player1simgear]

Yep, agreed!

[@Moonmonkian]

To me it seems the battery management is a total pain. Can you remove it and switch off features like eye tracking?

[@jamesmanning8767]

Will they work on the crystal light?

[@player1simgear]

Not sure yet - we think maybe not as the light may have slightly different lenses.

[@Kryojenix]

Would you still use the high PPD narrow FoV lenses for anything now?

[@player1simgear]

Honestly no not really, I can't see any need to go back, and tbh the swapping process is a bit of a pain.

[@Kryojenix]

@@player1simgear valuable information. Including speculatively for the case of the Crystal Super and the QLED+MicroLED multipack. Thank you.

[@joeyladouceur3483]

I mainly use my crystal in iRacing, and my biggest thing is the lack of FOV when racing side by side (especially when 3 wide), so this dramatically resolve that, or is it “half way” to a acceptable solution?

[@player1simgear]

Yeah it's a lot better for sure, still not perfect as it's always less than the human eye, but a big improvement for sure.

[@joeyladouceur3483]

@@player1simgear and do you feel that the sweet spot is still reasonable in comparison ?

[@Snakkers]

Can you use them on the primax light?

[@R1jerome]

No. Form factor will be slightly différent

[@Snakkers]

@@R1jerome thats sucks... so better go for the normal crystal.

[@R1jerome]

@@Snakkers it depends of your own taste, Big fov lenses are not appreciated by majority of users.

[@Snakkers]

The bigger the better.

[@GT1GT]

I bitched about these last month. I pre-ordered my crystal and after the announcement is when I sort of freaked out on a couple Pimax Staff. I was getting so tired of new releases and still a year later no second set of lenses, just saying.

[@player1simgear]

Yeah you are not alone. Lots of our customers feel exactly the same. I think it took them a while to get them right technically, and now it seems the production line is struggling to get on top of expected demand before release. Here's hoping the June window proves correct, they are def worth waiting for.

[@drmikehuntphd7905]

I still think 8kx is the best for racing, the FOV is insane for conveying speed

[@player1simgear]

Yeah I think you may be right! I just wish it had the same clarity and resolution

[@markchurch5273]

Studio looks great mate. Maybe a tad more light on the table to reduce shadows. The rest looks 👌

[@player1simgear]

Thanks for the advice! I had been thinking the same thing actually re the desk lighting. Good call.

[@jeffsandford6464]

So jealous of VR users, I'd love to be able to race with one of these. Love the Mustang used in the footage too 😉

[@player1simgear]

We'll get you testing a Crystal mate, it may well change your experience with motion sickness in VR! The higher resolution really helps. We may need to turn down the motion rig a bit though! :-)

[@nw7738]

Nice!

[@player1simgear]

Thanks!

[@Hotdognzz]

Your a good looking rooster :)

[@player1simgear]

haha the cheque is in the mail! :-) :-)

[@aleksandarbrankovic]

Before you land 1700, 700, or 7 EUR/$ think three times!!!!! Ok. Enough is enough. Purchased DMAS from Pimax. Left one came faulty. Ticket opened. Video uploaded. After more than month and a half, replacement has not been delivered. Today, they closed the ticket, without resolution! Unit returned to the reseller!!!

[@player1simgear]

I'm sorry to hear that! That's not been our experience with either the DMAS or Pimax support in general for our customers.