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Pimax 5K Plus & Pimax 8K – Is The Crazy FOV Worth The Price? (First Impressions)

7 December 2018 by Cas Leave a Comment

Cas and Chary VRFri, December 7, 2018 4:50pm

In episode 2 of DIVE INTO VR, we discuss the Pimax VR headsets: Pimax 5K Plus and Pimax 8K. Is the increase in field of view worth the price? Watch to find out!
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VRSpace, a company in The Netherlands, gave us the opportunity in collaboration with Pimax to check out the Pimax 5K Plus and 8K VR headsets. This was our first time checking it out, so here are our first impressions. Be aware, this is not a review. Since we don’t own the headset, we are not able to test it out more intensively to make it a full review at the moment.

What we’ll discuss in this video:
What’s in this video? – 00:00
About Pimax – 00:25
Where did we go? – 00:42
What was the test setup like? – 01:45
Differences in technical specifications – 03:40
Prices – 04:40
Our first impressions on the 5K Plus & 8K
* Exterior – 06:29
* Audio – 06:48
* Buttons / IPD dialer – 07:10
* Lenses, screen, FOV, distortion, SDE, resolution – 08:09
* Looks & Front Heaviness? – 13:43
* Weight – 15:11
* Tracking – 15:43
* 5K Plus & 8K Differences – 16:56
Some concerns – 18:50
Final thoughts and personal preference – 22:06

▶️ Watch another VR headset review → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwbdIwixzGw

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