While the company eventually delivered most of what it had promised, it came with growing pains in the form of significant delays, quality concerns, and a dizzying array of product offerings which at one point totaled six different headsets. Pimax found its footing in the VR industry after successful 2017 Kickstarter which promised to deliver an ultra-wide field-of-view VR headset with best-in-class resolution, along with its own controllers, and a slew of modules and accessories. The release date for the headset is planned for Q4 2022.
Pimax says the price of the Reality “12K” QLED “starts” at $2,400, though it isn’t clear which version of the headset and its many accessories and modules this will include. The Pimax VR Station is said to include the WiGig module for wireless play. Image courtesy Pimaxīut wait, there’s more! The company also announced the Pimax VR Station, which it described as a “console dedicated to play VR.” Though the company didn’t go into much detail, it sounds like the device will be a small form-factor PC which can run PC VR content. The company also says third-parties will be welcome to build their own modules to enable the headset to do even more. Pimax is also promising to deliver a slew of swappable face-plate modules to expand the headset’s capabilities with things like 60GHz WiGig for wireless streaming, SteamVR Tracking, mixed reality, 5G, and more. Image courtesy Pimaxīeyond that, the company says the headset will include tracking for head, controllers, hands, eyes, mouth, and even the full body, facilitated by a whopping 11 on-board cameras. Even still, that would be very impressive for any standalone VR headset there’s no telling how long the headset will be able to run on its 6,000mAh battery, though at least the company says it will be easy to battery swap. The standalone mode understandably won’t be able to take full advantage of the headset’s displays and lenses Pimax says that mode will be limited to “8K” resolution, 120Hz, and a 150° horizontal field-of-view (instead of 200° in native PC VR mode).
Ostensibly the standalone nature of the headset means that the Reality “12K” QLED will be running its own Android-based OS and Pimax will be operating its own store to sell native standalone content. Notably, that means the headset is capable of native, tethered PC VR, wireless PC VR, and pure standalone VR thanks to an integrated Snapdragon XR2 chip. Pimax is positioning the Reality “12K” QLED as a VR headset which makes no compromises.
In-headstrap speakers, optional off-ear speakers Inside-out (no external beacons), optional SteamVR Tracking add-onĤx head/hand/controller-tracking, 2x eye-tracking, 2x face-tracking, 3x mouth/body-tracking
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