I designed an adapter for a silicone head strap originally intended for the Quest 3. This head strap is ridiculously cheap compared to the Apple one, only about $20 on AliExpress. It’s super comfortable, doesn’t add much weight, and is fully adjustable.

I’m sharing the 3D printing files for everyone to use: https://www.printables.com/model/1885471-adjustable-soft-silicone-head-strap-adapter-for-pi

I bought the head strap here: https://aliexpress.com/item/1005012046108991.html

I've asked Pimax countless of times when we can purchase the DMAS Head strap for the Dream Air, and every time I get the same scripted answer...NO DATE YET. Tired of waiting, I took the advice of others on here for an IEM (In-Ear-Monitor) solution. Glad I did and Pimax can keep theirs...if it's ever released. I wanted to share my experience with anyone interested.

I have the Dream Air Lighthouse version, the Apple Dual Knit Band (actually purchased all three sizes due to a lot of head size variations in my household...lol), and the Studio form Comfort Kit (I tried the new one Pimax sent...which is much better than the one they shipped with the Dream Air...but I still prefer the Studio form one). 3D printed the adapters to fit. First, I printed with PLA, and they broke fairly quickly, so I printed with ABS and I highly recommend...or at least use PETG with Carbon Fiber. Perfect fit, and the setup is the best I've ever used for any VR headset, and I've either owned, or at least tried, most of them. Only thing lacking was the sound. The factory sound from the Dream Air isn't horrible, and it isn't great. It's OK. I thought it was decent enough, until I added the IEM setup.

I've attached links and pictures of what I used. There are lots on the market, but I will speak for my choices when I say they are amazing. You can see in the pics I rigged it up for my setup...it's not the cleanest, but I will make minor tweaks, but for the first setup it's actually easy to put on and take off. Volume control is on the Mechen Amp Dongle, and I used a piece of dual-sided 3M tape to keep it in place. Ran the cables up to the Pimax cable, and you can see I'm using a pulley system to keep the cable up. I have 4 2.0 Base Stations, and it gives me a 16'x16' area for VR. I'm fortunate to have a basement area with 9' ceilings.

Keep in mind you are putting ear buds in your ear, so if that's an issue for you then wait for the DMAS I guess. The first time I put these on, I jumped in Subside and I was blown away by the sound. I actually have to keep the volume setting at around 75...and it drowns out ALL sound from the outside world. If you want immersion, this is it.

Just wanted to share my experience. I have extra base stations I purchased, extra Index controllers as well...in case these ever go bad. I don't want to run into a situation where these are not available if I need them. I decided that THIS setup I have is what I will be playing VR on for the next 4-5 years at least...with as good as it is. Only upgrades I'll be doing will most likely be the PC GPU. I am running the latest Intel, a 5090, 128 GB RAM (I know...way overkill) ...so I'm good for a while.

Happy VR gaming. And Pimax...well...I wouldn't hold your breath on the DMAS Head Strap...not with their track record. They are already moving on to the next big thing for their headsets, and when they do they tend to put the previous ones on the backburner.

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I have the original Crystal.  The top strap bracket has snapped off.  I already have the Apache Comfort Strap and while it was overall helpful with redistributing weight prior to the bracket snapping, it no longer helps prevent the front heavy feeling.  I have also ordered the Gen 2 Pimax Top Strap but haven’t received it yet.

 I see from previous posts this issue has happened to other users before.  I messaged support and they stated that it is not really viable to replace the entire plastic shell and to use some type of epoxy to try and reattach it since I am finding the headset very front heavy now. 

 What is the best epoxy or glue product to reattach the plastic strip so that it can regain function for bearing weight and reducing the front heavy feeling?

I was looking for alternatives to the Studioform facial interface since it's difficult to get in the EU, and I came across Zeeflyboy's design on Printables.

I decided to have it professionally printed by Sculpteo using polished black MJF (Multi Jet Fusion), and this is the result, it's seriously insane

The print quality is so impressive. It fits perfectly flush with the Dream Air and honestly looks like an official accessory. The finish is incredibly clean

I still need to sort out the padding, probably use the ones i have from Valve Index

If anyone has other recommendations for facial pads that would work well with this interface, I'd be interested to hear them!

I can definitely recommend Sculpteo for the outstanding print quality and Zeeflyboy for the excellent design that fits so perfectly flush with the Dream Air :D

What are the potential issues with a used pimax crystal super thats out of warranty? Everything on the hmd looks good - no scratches on the lens, it's running on the latest software and there doesn't seem to be any issue with it. I've bought used hmd's before and they've been fine only thing that worries me is well....that its pimax

Ok, I've made yet another wibe-coded Linux supporting kit. OmarchyVR is good, but it went slightly different way, so I've made this (based on his work and my ideas): https://github.com/artscout/PiBridge it works with SLAM and LH versions, for SLAM we're taking and loading pImax Play dll's so SLAM tracking is as good as on Windows. RTX 5090 with latest 615 drivers doesn't need any patches, 40xx and older though needs the same patches from OmarchyVR (bundled with my app to). 595 version of nvidia driver do need patch for 5090 - bundled here too. And it wasn't tested on AMD cards so I really don't know if thoses need some kernel driver support. OpenXR backend though is SteamVR only, I felt that while Monado is pretty good I do not want to spend time supporting both and SteamVR is good anyway. It's meant as stopgap anyway as we waiting for native Linux PPlay (EVO?) from Pimax. For now it supports Pimax Crystal Super OLED and Dream Air, OG Crystal I will add later (need to unpack it from the dusty box) and 50PPD/UWide I just do not have any data, though probably it will work if it have LH faceplate (same for Crystal Lite) and for SLAM I need data.

Delivery took just over a month for UK (not terrible)

Why I purchased: Coming from an Index, my goals were lighter headset, better visuals and similar or better FOV.

Firstly the positives

• Build quality to me feels great, I know some have said otherwise but I just don't see any problems. Perhaps I have a new batch but I can honestly say it feels good.

• Edit: Sorry forgot to mention, I had to tighten the straps to try and solve the FOV, this caused the little connector to keep popping off. Very annoying. Imagine it would be solved with aftermarket bands or mounts.

• Visual quality is amazing. (To add more, coming from an index the clarity was night and day. I couldn't see the tiny nodes anymore, the text was fantastic, the colours amazing)

• Blacks are fantastic, Trucking at night for a bit was amazing.

• Software, I used both Play and EVO and they seem great, lots of features and easy to use.

• Light, Wow, very light. Well done Pimax

Negatives

• The new gasket (I think I have the new one as they said I would) is okish. I ordered the studioform from advice in this sub and it was way better, way more comfortable and feels like a nicer fit. Honestly, Pimax just ship the unit with these instead.

• Lenses Glare, there is a noticeable quarter circle light glare which I assume is the lenses at night. In fast racing I didn't really notice, but with more slow paces travel it's unavoidable and since the play space is so small it's really distracting at night especially when I turn my head.

• Discomfort, to try and combat the FOV I have the straps very tight to push the lenses closer, this did improve FOV slightly but is extremely uncomfortable. Headstap does nothing for this as it's the otter edge of the lenses pushing against my nose and cheek etc.

• Blur, there was blur when moving my head. Noticable, even with high FPS.

• Distored text, sometimes the text was clear, then it doubled up, it was strange. Moments of bliss and clarify interrupted by odd things.

• Sound. The built-in audio seems pointless to me. Volume too low, no clarity, especially if it's sim racing. You'll need to factor in a separate audio system.

• Edit: Additional negative I forgot to mention. Putting the headset on and off is so frustrating. The prongs that stick out make it a nightmare, and as mentioned already it kept pulling the connector out. So I was having to unstrap it everytime to take it off. I imagine aftermarket headband or mount would solve this.

Dealbreakers (for me)

• FOV, it's too small. WAY too small. I tried the headset stock to see how much improvement I can make. It was horrid, felt like I had two black rings around my eyes (bino-vision I guess). I knew it wasn't the best going in which is why I was prepared, studioform gasket helped a bit, made it feel a little less claustrophobic. I then tried the EVO app with no improvement. I then tried the sboys3 driver and no noticeable difference. I put it down for a bit, did some more research, altered settings, adjusted things and still nothing.

Summary: I don't know honestly, I don't know who this is for. For me the visual space is so small due to FOV that I wasn't enjoying myself. I tried extremely hard, tried to focus on the middle of the screen for as long as possible in the hopes my peripheral vision would ignore it or something, but I kept getting disappointed and furstrated at every turn in the road.

I assume the full dream air is better, it's out of my price range unfortunately. It's with massive disappointment I will be returning the headset.

Thanks for reading. I hope to be back one day.

Ran a quick playtest of the latest version of OFXR Bridge with a Pimax DA (Win 11 / 32GB / 5090). The release notes highlight support for Pimax OpenXR and support for Star Citizen VR, among other enhancements.

I tried MSFS 2024 first in my favorite test bed city, the Las Vegas Strip, using Pimax Open XR (no smart smoothing). The OFXR bridge app was working as I could see the green FPS counter in the top right (I noticed that the counter now includes a latency counter as well as an indicator showing the frame gen, 3x in my test). The good news is that the game FPS improved significantly as shown by the counter (over 60 FPS in an area where 40 is tough to maintain at DLSS Quality). Unfortunately, I still saw lots of stuttering, especially on turns, even though the latency counter didn't seem very high in my test. I disarmed the bridge and ran a test with just native Pimax OpenXR (no smart smoothing), and even though the FPS went down to normal levels (40+) there was little to no stuttering, and turns were smooth...native Pimax OpenXR for the win in this test.

I followed with a test of Star Citizen. I made sure that the bridge was armed and launched the game with Pimax OpenXR, but I didn't see the green FPS counter, which means that the bridge isn't running according to the setup guide. In addition, game FPS was unchanged. I'm not sure why it wasn't working for SC (maybe I missed a step somewhere).

Conclusion: I think OFXR has some real potential, hopefully there will be some additional releases to address the above issues. If anyone is seeing different results, please share!

EDIT: Thanks u/vicman73! The key to using OFXR in MSFS 2024 (and I assume VectorXR as well) is you have to lock the max frame rate in MSFS 2024 in-game VR settings to a value that's half or less than your headset frame rate (if you select 2x frame gen in the OFXR app), or a third of the headset frame rate (if you select 3x). While this is in fact documented in the setup guide, it's not all that clear upon first read.

So I tried this technique out for 3x and 2x frame gen settings, and found that for my Dream Air (which is set at 90hz), I got the best results if I set OFXR frame gen to 2x and locked the MSFS in-game frame rate (in the VR settings tab) to 45fps. At these settings I can push the in-game settings to Ultra and DLSS to Quality and get near 90fps in most situations with very little artifacting and stuttering. Looking pretty good, thanks again!

Little write up for VPX pinball users

Easy enough I can't decide I'm down for spending big bucks I want pc vr /I have a SIM rig everything but I also do want some casual wireless streaming vr too. Whats the best pick I'm watching reviews having hard time deciding.

Does apple vp have some sort of foveated rendering?

Someone who might have both can maybe help me decide

Hi I have a Dream Air and I noticed the VR world in iRacing is a little small, the interior of the car is small, the steering wheel is smaller than should be,.... reading a little bit apparently our IPDs are used by our brains to appreciate the size of things, and the VR games are designed with a standard/average IPD of around 63 or 63.5, this is the distance of the "VR cameras" used to generate the image for every eye.

My IPD is 65.5, so that would explain why I see the things a little small in VR.

In other games like MSFS2024 there is the parameter "World Scale" precisely to adjust this, but apparently in iRacing there is no way to do it in the game

I read you can do it with OpenXR Toolkit, but I think this mod is not supported anymore and I read it could creates issues and many people do not recomend to install it.

Is there other way to do it in Pimax software some way?

I’m coming from a quest 3 because I wanted better visuals I don’t play sim just pcvr rpgs like half life and Titan fall two I just sold my quest 3 to get one I found second hand for $550 and I’ve just heard horror story after horror story should I just get another quest 3?

edit: I have a 5080/9800x3d and 32gb ddr5 ram

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There are a couple of Outlast VR mods available at present and i was fortunate to be offered to try this new one by the mod dev StrikeZoneVR

I'm trying to decide between a BSB 2e and the Dream Air Lighthouse for Sim Racing, specifically I have the Qubic QS-220 motion system and wondering if anyone has motion usage with this or a similar system. Qubic does have built in VR stabilization features I haven't been able to test.

I'm running a 9800x3d and 5080. Previous Index user but the resolution really killed it compared to a 49" curved and it's done-zo.

Mixed on choice l. Dream air for slightly better cable, much higher visuals and sharing capability. BSB for price and much higher rated customer service but not many people seem to have experience with this.

Thanks I'm advance.

WOW! That’s all I can say guys.. Ashok’s high res 4k texture pack brings RE7 to the next level in the Dream Air. “Full,” not the “lite” version. Looks as good as Half Life Alyx (once you get past the beginning outdoor section). And runs very well once you get it dialed in (I’m running with a 5090).

A few things I’ve discovered:

-The Fluffy Mod Manager method did not work for me for the high res textures! Only dragging and dropping directly from the extracted RAR files.
-Turn off subsurface scattering
-Set textures to high

Enjoy.

Ever wish Pimax's boundary wasn't unusable? I sure did:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pimax/comments/1jajept/pimax_guardian_is_awful_let_me_use_steam_vrs/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pimax/comments/1wcyvh4/pimax_guardian_room_boundry_has_been_broken_for/

Then I punched my desk corner mid-game because the boundary didn’t cover it. Right Index controller stick broke. Enough is enough.

So I've created ZoneTweak. (like ChaperoneTweak) for the Pimax Lighthouse safety zone. You put the headset on and the boundary shows up as laser generating posts on the floor. You grab them and drag them exactly where you want, add points or delete them, then hit save. It writes straight into Pimax’s own files, reboot pimax and it's got the correct shape for your boundary. No corner cutting.

Other stuff it does:

• Save named play spaces and swap between them. I’ve got a door that changes my space depending on if it’s open or closed, so that one was a must. You can even switch from a desktop shortcut without putting the headset on.
• Lets you change the warning distance for when the boundary shows up, which Evo doesn’t let you touch. There’s a test mode so you can see exactly where it’ll trigger.
• Move, rotate or resize the play area.
• Backs up your original files before it writes anything, and there’s a restore button if you want the stock one back.

Also I went a little overboard on how it looks. Your room turns into a grimy cyberpunk industrial prison.

Grab it from the releases page here: https://github.com/killdano/ZoneTweak

Well after watching YouTube reviews for weeks I made the purchase. I decided to order the Dream Air SE Slam. I don’t have a new pc so I decided the SE might perform better with my system. I have a r7 5800x3d and a 7800xt (32 gb system ram). I’m coming from the psvr2 on pc, so I am extremely excited. I did order HonVr lenses to protect the pimax lenses. I’ll be installing the sboys stream vr driver as well. Shipping times will be 2-3 weeks, and I’m sure that will feel like forever.

So following the topic of Pimax Dream Air working in Linux I've repeated steps and improved them with my Crystal Super oLED. Also I've improved working with eye tracking so now with SBoys3 driver, OmarchyVR and my OpenXR Layer quad views lib I have working env for Linux VR gaming with Quad Views. Layer is here: https://github.com/artscout/linux-vulkan-quadviews-openxr-layer

Not sure how well known this version of Evo is. The eye tracking on my Dream Air SE wasn't working correctly on any prior version of Evo, but it now works perfectly with Evo 2.0.0, which BTW is based on Pimax Play 2.0.4. All the other good stuff that Evo has is there, though its GUI has been completely overhauled. Note that it set my brightness to 55% when installed, but no big deal to adjust it to your liking.

https://store.pimax.com/pages/pimax-evo-v2?shpxid=95045c6f-34b5-4f0f-aa5d-96867ae5bb89

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