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I donât have Steam-MSFS ( DVD ) and WMR will end. How can I use Pimax with MSFS?
Pimax Crystal doesnât require WMR it works with its own runtime. There is no difference between Microsoft Store and Steam editions of MSFS, itâs just different sales/distribution channel.
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Like stekusteku said, Pimax Crystal and Crystal Light do not need WMR. The Reverb G2 does need WMR.
You donât need Steam to be installed on your computer to run the Crystal Light, unless your MSFS is the Steam edition. Next message, Mark discusses which GPU level you need (in his opinion).
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At 4:45 this other guy says the image in the new Crystal Light is a little better than the regular Pimax Crystal. Unlike say a Quest 3 this headset needs no spare battery, no upgrade headstrap, no upgrade faceplate.
@DartoFielder With the same screens and lens, this doesnât make any sense. Probably still best to wait for independant user reviews before buying one of these imho.
Mark (SimHanger) is as independent as they come. Seems to me that it doesnât really matter whether the Light has slightly better image quality than the regular Crystal. At its price point, nothing can compete - for now.
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The little better image > He described the possible reason for this: On the âbigâ Chrystal you can install your lenses by yourself. He said, maybe the position of the lenses wasnât in a perfect position. On the light version the lenses are fixed.
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Dang, the Crystal Lightâs 925 g is too heavy for my comprised neck! The G2 weighs 550 g, and I can get by fine with it for about 2 hours. Too bad Pimax doesnât list any of their HMDs weight on their website (I guess if you have to ask they are too heavy, as the old joke sort of goes)
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I know itâs kinda off topic, apologies in advance:
How do you run MSFS in the crystal light if itâs not from steam, but ms store? Or how do you launch something from your Epic or GOG account?
As far as I understannd VD does not work on devices that arenât on the network. Is there some similar app that you can use to reach your dektop in VR to browse, watch a movie etc?
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Fit and balance are more important than weight.
Although the fit and balance on the original Crystal is not good without significant effort.
If the image quality wasnât so good I donât think the Crystal would be worth the effort. 
How does the pricing structure work on these. for the UK you go onto the Pimax site and it has the various options in GBP, take the headset only it shows two prices ÂŁ489-ÂŁ649. Then you add it to the cart and it chooses the most expensive price which is ÂŁ649. Then it adds the tax which is another ÂŁ129.80, quite a leap from the first price which was ÂŁ489, not far of double.
I take it the âtaxâ is VAT so what about import duties, are they included, how much are they, this âÂŁ400â headset could end up costing over a ÂŁ1000 by the time it arrives at your door.
The cheaper price appears to be if you opt for the âtrial paymentâ, which is stupid considering you have to pay the difference if you want to keep it.
Yes, the prices are listed excluding of tax so the ÂŁ129.80 is 20% on top of the headset and shipping. Not sure if there will be import fees on top of this since they are claiming delivery from a local warehouse.
Personally, Iâll hold off until it makes an appearance on Amazon UK and decide from there. Quest 3 will do me in the meantime.
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Here in the USA the extra is $100. $65 State sales tax, and $35 to ship it here. Or $35 for those living in one of the 50 States which have no sales tax. (Light, no controllers, yes with local dimming). There would be $8 more tax for the controllers (controllers add $100).
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Squeak! Squeak! Crystal Light settings!
MSFS starts about 8:25
I have very bad neck issues as well. I use a simple neck brace cushion that wraps around my neck and Velcroâs shut. It gives incredible comfort and support wearing the Crystal.
I have one question: I enthusiastically use Motion Reprojection with my G2 in MSFS - 45 FPS without vs. with Motion Reprojection makes a huge difference for me. What does Pimax offer here? Is there a working solution? I keep reading about Smart Smoothing, but it either doesnât work or creates unsightly artifacts and is actually turned off by everyone. That almost sounds like a dealbreaker to me. How smooth do you really perceive the image in MSFS on the pimax headsets compared maybe to the G2 with Motion Reprojection?
Crystal is optically in completely different league than G2 - wide sweet spot, clarity, contrast, color, black level, brightness. You can read any gauge in the field of view without the need to move your head to place the gauge in the sweet spot, you just need to move your eyes. When I donned my Crystal for the first time in 10 seconds I knew I will never use G2 again.
However, the motion reprojection is better on the G2 vs. Smart Smoothing on Crystal mostly because on the G2 you can enable it with 45 FPS, 30 FPS or even 22.5 FPS, with 30 FPS being the most realistic scenario. On Crystal Smart Smoothing works only with 1/2 refresh rate, for 90 Hz you need to maintain steady 45 FPS which may be tough, even on 4090, without reducing the resolution in the OpenXR Toolkit.
You can reduce refresh rate on Crystal to 72Hz, but this gives you some flicker in the bright cloud areas. Not everyone can perceive this flicker, but I can see it and it annoys me.
Some people prefer (especially gently flying the civilian airplanes) the resolution and image clarity (like me - so the Crystal is the clear winner for us), for the other people preferring image smoothness the Crystal advantage over G2 is not so huge.
Generally I donât like the âjellyâ effect introduced by both Motion Reprojection on G2 or Smart Smoothing on Crystal, so I turn it off, settle on high res settings giving me 35-50 FPS depending on the scenery with Ryzen 7800x3D and RTX4090 which is the strongest H/W available for MSFS.
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