The distortions of the Vision headsets is much better than my 5K+. ( I found my 8K to have better distortions than the 5K+ too )
SweViver also told me they worked on a better distortion profile and if the lenses are the same then they really did improve the profile a lot. I reckon this improved profile would become available for older headsets too, right? Not sure.
Regarding sweet spot, it is much the same. There is a large sweet spot area and at the very edges things become a bit warped by the lenses. This is already known in my opinion and I did not notice any difference with the older headsets. So to answer your question, itās what I was already used to with the 5K+ and 8K. In my demo I did not notice anything annoying.
Overall the improvements are very good or the same if not slightly better. Really, I put on the headset after having tried the XTAL and Varjo for the first time and I was scared the pimax would not live up to it. It did! It did like a champion. Itās not perfect but itās close, very close. And for a consumer headset, I would almost say worth the price tag. But Iām poor so itās hard to be super enthusiastic for these prices in general. But really, man, 4K native per frikking eye is insanely good. I already ordered mine before I went to the VR Days because I waited in 2017 before I tried the protoype and my backer number was kick down in the 4000 range. So Iām extra happy I gambled on the right horse here.
Oh, and the MAS. Excellent! There is a bit of counter weight in the back and that makes the hedaset balance on your head perfectly, itās awesome and we canāt do without for sure. The audio driver was broken I was told so couldnāt tell you anything about sound quality but there was so much noise at the booth I doubt a good impression was even possible there. Maybe Gouda.
Seb mentioned something about panel size, but that is just a scale matter, and should have no influence. Of course: If it really is as you say, and there is a difference between the 8k and 5k+, with their presumably slightly different size panels, then I suppose it is not entirely out of the question Pimax are not working with normalised values, and are sharing a profile at a certain fixed scale between devices that have different scales in their construction, but if that were the case, youād have to ask yourself what the heck they think they are doing?! :7
I think itās possible because they are very much just tweaking things to look better rather than doing cold mathematical engineering. So having to do it all over again for a new panel size might be something they have only just now been doing with the X (I think the X has the same panel size as the 5K+)
These reviews sound really good.
The lack of strap has been hurting pimax for so long.
Iām glad theyāve finally created a really good one.
Comfort is so important.
I did think to myself I wouldnāt upgrade now as the deal could have been better & i miss oled colours & blacks more than anything now.
I might have another think about my decision after seeing these good reviews.
Iāve already got vive pro wireless (for my oled fix) but
Iāve spent so much this year on hmds.
Doubled my set vr budget already.
Sensible thing is wait & get some of my moneyās worth from what I have.
Maybe something oled will be out mid 2020.
These reviews have got me thinking about upgrading though.
Maybe Iāll wait until new year after we see some user reviews.
I do think the 8kx should come with the on ear headphones as standard though. It has a high enough price tag already
Yeah, I am really happy, even though some very good competition is near them, they manage to still impress. Sounds great and like sebastian said, I really hope they can deliver it to us!
Edit: (Sorry did some spliting and merging to get it all in one place)
I think that someone has mentioned this before in numbers - but dont have it together anymore - anybody does?
It did increase since the panels are smaller and so more is actually used but i dont want to stress what my mind is making up in number terms.
Happy to hear the guys that tried it also like it!
I appreciate sharing your experience here on the forum.
I also suggest taking everything with a grain of salt though.
Remember the awesome lenses reports back in the v2, v3 days?
Well those changed as well, so āeven getting better with future versionsā¦ā may also be translated as āeven getting more affordable as we use cheaper parts in the final versionā
Iām also afraid as they use new pannels that they will neglect the āoldā 8k panels support in terms of better distortion software adjustments with future pitool versions.
Of course, this is negative thoughts and I donāt wanna ruin the hype. I really hope that those turn out to be in my head only without reason,
and press thumbs for it being the real deal.
