r/Pimax

Like for real? 2500€ and I get super cheap plastic, flexing arms, gasket thats literally one of the worst ones I ever had, headstrap seriously? You guys couldnt make something for the 2500€? Slam tracking is absolutely horrible aswell sure works in menus but wanna play anything a bit fast pace GL HF.

Im severly disappointed in you pimax I know the sonly lenses costs alot but for 2500€ we expect some kind of premium and maybe a detachable cable from the headset part? Like for real any VR user knows thats gonna give out atleast once during a headsets lifetime.

Yeah do better pimax! Sure my headset might be DOA but even if it was 100% I would be a bit cautious to drop the 2500€ on the headset as a long time VR user I dont see it being able to last long.

Yes you can mod new gasket, apple strap and so on but cmon for 2500€ I expect a whole package, sure if it was 100% I would be able to accept it but not even auto IPD :(

I really want people thinking I spent no more than a few hundred on this thing. A thief would grab my air fryer before my dream air. It's like a sleeper product

Mostly joking but emphasis on mostly.

I am considering buying between the two. I mainly concern two factors: tracking and computer usage. Lighthouse is supposed to be better, but I see some report that it has tracking issues. Are these issues solved now? I have other Pimax headsets that use slam tracking, which consumes quite a lot computing power. Will I get say 10% fps gain with lighthouse version?

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Confirmed working on dream air

Hi Folks,

Just received Dream Air (Lighthouse), love the headset, only gripe so far would be the straps, would much prefer a more stable over head strap.

Any EU owners know of any offical or thrid party straps I could purchase to address this gripe?

Cheers!

So I got my Pimax Dream Air this week, and have been trying to get the best settings for my hardware, specifically in iRacing. But one thing that was driving me crazy was the stutters, even when OpenXR toolkit was saying I had plenty of GPU and CPU headroom. Even with 30% headroom I was still getting frame drops and stutters, both at 90 and 72hz.

I found this thread of a user that had fixed a similar issue by rolling back the drivers to version 581.80 (November 2025). So I followed the advice, and it fixed it!!

Now I'm able to push the resolution even higher, have less headroom, but no framedrops and no stutters.

TLDR: driver 581.80 fixed my stutters

I'm all for supporting what Pimax does but every single store email I've had from them since the Frame dropped could essentially be read as "yes the Frame does this stuff but please buy our kit instead".

Email titles like "Do you really need wireless VR?" and "Steam Frame made VR easier. But did it make it better?" Today's was literally "Steam Frame vs Pimax: Which One Fits You?"

Never seen such desperate messaging from a company.

I know some of you Pimax PR folks hang around here sometimes. Y'know what would make me buy an Air SE right now? Evidence of any kind of work towards a wireless solution with an actual launch window. Otherwise the Air SE is on paper the superior headset for the price.

Hey,

Recently got the headset, and I have been very happy with it, especially after upgrading the facial interface.

I have an RTX 5080 with a 7800X3D, and I play iRacing. Here are the settings that I run:

1. Running the sboys3 driver with Pimax Evo

2. I have set the Pimax Evo to 90hz, and Render quality to 1

3. In SteamVR I have set the resolution to 150%.

For the in-game settings, I am running some decent settings:

• Most of the settings to low, and two-pass trees and high-quality trees set to off, except fo car details and events, which are set to high
• Shader quality: max
• MSAA 4x sharp
• Only running virtual mirror; no other mirrors on.
• Crowds: off
• Pit objects: low
• Shadow maps: on
• Self shadowing: off
• Foveated rendering enabled

I put together the settings above, mostly by browsing different sources on the web and a bit of experimenting

Now, I am getting mostly a stable 90 fps; however, in some cases I do have some slight frame drops, especially this week in the Jerez circuit, only at specific corners. This doesn't seem to be consistent with last week's race at Nürburgring, where even on rain, I had much more stable FPS. Yes, I know the performance can vary from track to track; however, I get the feeling that I am losing something somewhere.

I am running fpsVR, and oddly enough, this week, even if I am the only car on the track, I get some GPU utilisation to 90%, even more, which is extremely weird.

My questions are:

• Have I gotten something seriously wrong that might be a performance hog?
• If someone has a similar system, what would you do to get an even more stable frame rate?
• While in the pits and looking around at the sky and at some objects, I see a bit of very subtle jittering that goes away as soon as I start driving, or rather, I no longer notice it.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

I've been doing a lot of playtesting with the Sboys3 driver (Dream Air, Win 11/5090), and comparing it to Pimax EVO. IMO, the Sboys3 driver really improves the base headset image if you apply one of the sharpening filters (I prefer the Luma one), but I've also observed using native Pimax EVO / PimaxXR driver gives great results with better performance than Sboys3 in certain games. One surprising thing I've found: setting the Pimax EVO sharpening to a high level (at least 0.8, even 1) seems to give a visibly better image using Pimax OpenXR, even though normally setting the sharpening level this high in Quest games results in visible aliasing (fuzzies)...maybe it has something to do with the DA micro OLED panels or with Pimax's software?

Here's a quick summary of my results (note also that I'm using DLSS set at either Quality or Auto for games that support it):

Cyberpunk 2077 VR (Luke Ross) - Sboys3 is the clear winner here, with unbelievablly good visuals and good performance. SteamVR motion smoothing OFF, RealVR rendering at 1/3, PPD slider at 33.

MSFS 2024 - I get a much better experience using Pimax Play / EVO. Motion smoothing generates too many artifacts so it's set OFF. One thing I've found is that the Pimax sharpening really seems to improve the overall image, so I've got it set to 1...so far I haven't noticed any bad sharpening artifacts. I really tried to get the Sboys3 driver working with MSFS using SteamVR motion smoothing, but it generates conspicuous wavy artifacts on building windows and other surfaces and performance isn't as good as with Pimax.

Star Citizen VR - Pimax Play / EVO for the win here, again motion smoothing OFF and sharpening set to 1. The image is pin-sharp and FPS is typically 50 or better even in stations and asteroid fields. Sboys3 usually crashes the game.

Skyrim VR MGO - Sboys3 driver with Luma sharpening gives good FPS performance and a clear, vibrant image that I prefer, although the Pimax Play / EVO driver does work well.

Half-Life Alyx, Gunman Contracts, Kayak VR Mirage, etc. - All these games look incredible using Sboys3, probably because they require native SteamVR anyway.

TL/DR: My results using Sboys3 vs. Pimax OpenXR vary significantly from game to game, with Sboys3 typically providing better colors and clarity in most games if it can bve used. Pimax EVO / Pimax OpenXR gives good results and better performance over Sboys3 in certain games, especially MSFS 2024, with sharpening set to at least 0.8 or even 1.0.

I have a 7900XT, 7800X3D, and 64gb of DDR5 RAM. In assetto corsa I am only getting about 40fps. I have turned all settings down to low and pure settings are down to low also.

In the pimax software I have medium image quality, 0.8 render factor, quad view on with 100% in the middle, and no upscaling on.

When I bought the headset it specifically mentioned that my GPU could power it so I know it must be a setting somewhere that is making my experience bad.

Would appreciate any help with some common settings that might accidentally be left on etc.

Thanks.

I currently have a Pimax Crystal Super with the Ultra Wide module, and I’ve been hearing people mention SBoYS3 recently. I’ve heard of it before, but I honestly don’t really know what it actually does or what the main purpose of it is.

Does it improve the headset in a noticeable way, and is it something that’s actually worth using? I’d appreciate an explanation from someone who has experience with it because I’m pretty unfamiliar with it.

I was heartbroken about the Dream Air LH. It was SO close to better than anything I thought possible....but it gave me wild eye strain. It did need a lot of comfort and software mods, but I was 90% of the way there. Troubleshooting with fellow uber nerds(anonymous)came back with some help, but not enough to enjoy the experience.

Returned with full refund, but I'm so wonky/uneasy that there are two in stock at a Microcenter nearby(2h drive). I could have just had bad optics...but it's just so much money to not be 100% good from start that I got depressed and just gave up.

Went back to my BSB2e and everything just working without hassle and eye comfort gave me so much relief. I am aware of the issues there, no worries, but I'll just have to wait for things to smooth out Pimax-wise, I guess. Pico Space Pro is on my radar, too.

Pimax needs to tighten up QC, and I've noticed that they ARE trying. Keep up the good work Pimax, and let me know when you have a Dream Air 2.

Hi I just bought the Apple Vision Pro dual knit band and the X1P face thing from studio form.

I now need to get adapters for the dual knit band 3d printed… I was told this is the link https://www.printables.com/model/1608574-pimax-dream-air-x-apple-vision-pro-dual-knit-band

But there’s a bunch of different downloadable files on this page and I don’t know which one I’m supposed to tell the printing company to use. Also is there any other info I need to do this?

Also I was told I should get a clip for the cables, I assume this is a special clip if I’m using the dual knit band? Is that clip included in the files in the above link or is it somewhere else?

If someone who has done this could let me know I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you!