How to watch the Pimax Crystal launch event - Pocket-lint

(Pocket-lint) - Pimax is holding an lawsuit to amusement disconnected its Pimax Crystal headset and marque it disposable to a wider audience.

The Pimax Crystal was primitively revealed backmost successful June 2022 but is present being shown disconnected successful much extent and becoming much wide available. So if you're keen connected seeing the aboriginal of VR from Pimax past you'll privation to tune into the Pimax Crystal event. 

When is the Pimax Crystal event?

The Pimax Crystal motorboat lawsuit is being held connected 1 November 2022 starting astatine these times:

• California - 5 p.m. EST
• New York - 8 p.m. EDT
• London  - Midnight GMT (2 November)
• Berlin - 1 americium CET (2 November)
• Japan - 9 americium (2 November)

If you privation to beryllium notified you tin caput implicit to the Pimax website and click to adhd it to your calendar. 

The lawsuit volition instrumentality spot connected the Pimax authoritative YouTube channel. 

Pimax says it's readying connected providing watchers with a "myriad of further info" connected the Pimax Crystal arsenic good arsenic a "special announcement" astir the headset during the event. 

What we cognize astir the Pimax Crystal VR headset

The Pimax Crystal is an enthusiast VR headset with superior specs to match. Those specs include both QLED and Mini-LED surface technology on with 2,880 × 2,880 pixels per oculus solution and 42PPD (Pixels Per Degree). It boasts a 160Hz refresh rate, on with a 120-degree diagonal field-of-view with 42PPD oregon 140-degree with 35PPD.

This headset has truly ambitious features including built-in Qualcomm XR2 hardware, a dual-processor motor for improved performance, integrated Tobii eye-tracking, auto-IPD accommodation and a WiGig Wi-Fi 6E wireless module for lag-free wireless VR. 

Pimax says the Pimax Crystal volition connection a "level of sharpness antecedently unseen successful existing VR devices". It's designed to vie with Varjo's Ultra-enthusiast Aero headset portion being much affordable than the Pimax 12K QLED. 

Pimax Crystal specs

The existent specs of the Pimax Crystal see the following:

• Display 2,880 × 2,880 (8.3MP) per-eye, QLED + mini-LED (1x), HDR
• Refresh Rate 160Hz
• Lenses Aspheric (glass)
• Field-of-view (claimed) 120° oregon 140 diagonal (depending connected lens configuration)
• Processor Snapdragon XR2
• Wireless Wi-Fi 6E, optional 60GHz add-on
• Battery Life Unknown (6,000mAh)
• Optical Adjustments IPD (automatic centrifugal driven), eye-relief (12–20mm), diopter (0–7)
• IPD Adjustment Range 58–72mm
• Connectors DisplayPort
• Tracking Inside-out (no outer beacons), optional SteamVR Tracking add-on
• On-board cameras 4x head/hand/controller-tracking, 2x eye-tracking
• Input Included headset-tracked controllers, optionally compatible with SteamVR Tracking controllers
• Audio In-headstrap speakers, optional off-ear speakers

What is VR 3.0?

Along with the Pimax Crystal headset, Pimax is besides focussing connected VR 3.0. The institution says this is simply a acceptable of "next-generation" method standards which are designed to pb to an immersion that helps you hide you're successful the virtual world.  

These standards see 3 parts:

• Visual Immersion (Naturalness)
• Cognitive Immersion (Self-Awareness)
• Physical  Immersion (Freedom)

Visual Immersion relies connected visuals that are truthful bully that you cannot separate betwixt the existent satellite and the virtual one. 

Cognitive Immersion is wherever you go much immersed successful VR acknowledgment to things similar eye-tracking and facial look tracking that's past translated into VR on with optional articulator and assemblage tracking. This leads to a much "real-world" acquisition of earthy interactions that complement the wide clarity of the game. 

Physical Immersion comes with the state of not being tethered to a PC. Though you tin usage the Pimax Crystal connected to a PC for the champion experience, it besides allows you to usage it successful standalone VR mode. Then you tin bask wireless state and the immersion that comes with it to bask VR games, movies and more, anyplace successful your home. 

Pimax volition speech much astir VR 3.0 during the Pimax Crystal motorboat lawsuit but besides during the Pimax Frontier lawsuit happening connected 9 November 2022. 

Writing by Adrian Willings.