While some VR consumers are still waiting for numerous promised
Pimax devices to hit shelves, the ambitious Chinese VR hardware developer has
announced a pair of new VR headsets in its Crystal line: Crystal Light and Crystal Super.
Light Speed VR
Pimax’s flagship headset, Pimax Crystal, is given a streamlined, more affordable makeover in
Pimax Crystal Light. Dropping some significant features to cut down on both weight and price, Crystal Light will bring users a PC VR experience but remove the option for standalone use. Some of the features dropped to bring the price down to $700 and cut the weight by 30%, including eye-tracking, IPD adjustment, 60GHz wireless compatibility, one microphone, dynamic foveated rendering, and internal storage. Also gone is the Snapdragon XR2 chipset that drove the flagship Crystal headset.
Pimax Crystal Light will retail for $699 USD. [Image: Pimax]
Cutting the price almost in half might make it far more accessible than its parent device but Crystal Light may end up being a little too, well, light for serious VR users. The same cannot be said, of course, for Crystal Super.
VR Supersized
Pimax is already known for its impressive visual capabilities, and for preorder and reservation.
