Pimax Announces a Handheld Console That Has VR Support – Virtual Reality Times - Virtual Reality Times

Pimax has announced a caller handheld console, Pimax Portal, designed with an accessory that transforms the accessory into a virtual world headset. The accessory has been designed to harvester virtual world and mobile gaming and could spot a re-emergence of smartphone VR which was fashionable successful the aboriginal days of virtual reality.

Pimax presented the instrumentality astatine the Pimax Frontier 2022 motorboat lawsuit yesterday and describes it arsenic a “Metaverse Entertainment System”, abbreviated arsenic MES.

Pimax Handheld Console

Along with Pimax Portal, the Chinese VR hardware shaper wants to integrate mobile gaming, PC gaming, virtual reality, and augmented reality.

The caller Pimax console is built with WLAN streaming capabilities. It tin besides beryllium connected to the TV done a docking station. You tin link it to a machine done an HDMI cable. The console’s show tin beryllium inserted into the casing of a virtual world headset and utilized arsenic a VR headset.

The pre-sale for Pimax Portal, which is Kickstarter-funded, is acceptable to statesman connected November 15. The cheapest mentation of Pimax Portal goes for $299 portion the astir costly mentation retails astatine $599. The instrumentality is powered by an unspecified ARM-based spot arsenic good arsenic a Snapdragon XR2. The Snapdragon XR2 spot is wide utilized successful immoderate of the standalone virtual world headsets specified arsenic the Meta Quest Pro. The instrumentality besides has 8GB RAM. Its retention abstraction varies betwixt 128GB and 256GB. This retention abstraction is expandable to 1 TB done a microSD card.

Pimax Controllers tin beryllium divided and shared successful multiplayer gaming applications

Pimax Portal has an OS that is based connected Android which volition unfastened it up to a ample enactment of mobile games. All the Portal consoles person a Wi-Fi 6E which apt has an optional 5G mobile module. It is besides compatible with the Pimax WiGig module which provides much unchangeable WLAN streaming.

The plan and layout of Pimax Portal intimately lucifer that of Nintendo Switch. Both person an astir akin joystick and fastener arrangement. However, Pimax’s Metaverse Entertainment System (MES) features much enactment buttons connected its precocious and little edges. The MES besides has analog enarthrosis buttons with a absorption designed to beryllium continuously adjustable.

Like successful the Nintendo Switch, the controllers successful the MES are besides detachable, albeit done a magnetic mount. The Pimax controllers, akin to the JoyCons, tin beryllium divided among a fig of players for multiplayer games oregon beryllium deployed successful question control. The console tin enactment up to six controllers.

Like the Nintendo Switch, the MES besides has an optional docking station. Through this, the Pimax Portal tin beryllium straight connected to a TV for usage connected a large screen.

The Pimax Portal has a amended show than the Nintendo Switch. The Portal features a QLED show with 4K resolution, HDR, and mini-LED on with a refresh complaint of 144Hz. The Switch OLED, connected the different hand, has a solution of 1,280 x 720 pixels with a maximum refresh complaint of 60Hz. Nintendo Switch’s surface is, thus, larger astatine 7 inches. In comparison, the modular Portal has a surface size of 5.5 inches.

Pimax Portal XL

There is besides the Pimax Portal XL which provides a lawsuit enlargement and is targeting PC gamers. This has an 8.8-inch surface and a solution of 2,560 x 1,600 pixels on with a refresh complaint of 120Hz. The Pimax Portal, on with the controllers, are plugged into the casing of the Portal XL. The WuGig module tin besides beryllium utilized to watercourse PC games to the handheld.

Pimax Portal besides provides enactment for Xbox Game Pass and Nvidia’s GeForce Now unreality gaming services. Pimax besides provides a Mini Station that enables PC games to beryllium played connected the go. This is simply a signifier of mobile mini-PC powered by an AMD 6800U processor and with 32GB of RAM. You tin instal games connected its 1 TB SSD and steam them to the handheld.

The show of the Pimax Portal tin beryllium inserted into a virtual world headset casing

The show of the Pimax Portal tin besides beryllium inserted into a virtual world headset lawsuit to make the “Portal View” which hearkens to the aboriginal days of smartphone VR. Pimax besides provides a lawsuit that allows you to usage detachable controllers arsenic virtual world controllers. Five cameras are positioned astatine the backmost of the console casing enabling the setup to beryllium enactment into mixed-reality applications arsenic good arsenic for inside-out tracking successful virtual world mode.

Like successful the Pimax crystal, the virtual world headset casing for Pimax Portal besides contains 2 antithetic types of aspherical interchangeable lenses. There is simply a modular brace that has 27 PPD arsenic good arsenic a 100-degree tract of presumption which chiefly targets virtual world applications.

Additionally, determination is besides a 40 PPD lens brace that has a 60-degree tract of presumption and targets movie-viewing applications. Pimax says determination is besides a “Portal Social Edition” that volition person oculus tracking and look tracking. The Portal View tin besides beryllium enactment into PC VR gaming applications.  The headset tin beryllium interfaced straight with a machine via a mini-HDMI port.

Pimax began with a 2017 Kickstarter for its ultra-wide field-of-view PC VR headset. This grew into a ample lineup of VR hardware but the institution has been plagued with tons of issues including inconsistent quality, agelong shipping delays, bundle issues, and concerns with its lawsuit service. While its hardware has an appealingly ample tract of view, they inactive person precise debased marketplace penetration.

Pimax’s Metaverse Entertainment System is the company’s 3rd merchandise successful its caller “VR3.0” lineup of standalone hardware. All the standalone headsets successful this lineup are dual-mode and tin enactment either standalone oregon done a PC.

The institution announced its Reality Check 12K headset past twelvemonth which offers a 200-degree tract of view. Pre-orders of the headset were acceptable to statesman successful the summertime with a precocious 2022 launch. However, Pimax announced the Crystal headset successful the summertime which it pitches arsenic packing the highest angular solution for a user headset. The Crystal headset was acceptable to vessel earlier October this year. Both the Crystal and Reality 12JK headsets haven’t shipped yet but the institution went up and announced its caller project.

Pimax has been pitching caller products earlier the transportation of antecedently announced products.

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