The development team behind the crowd
funded Pimax 8K VR headset have this week announced that mass production has
now started after delays caused by “hardware bottlenecks” have now been
rectified.
The high resolution virtual reality
headset was previously sent out to nine hand-picked beta testers from the
crowdfunding campaign, who have been able to provide the company with lots of
valuable feedback and help the company “to address the issues related to user
experience in general, the vast subset of physical features, and user habits in
different countries/regions” says Pixmar.
The headset is also expected to be
shipped with the new SteamVR 2.0 tracking sensors, both in the headset itself
and the ‘Knuckles’ style Pimax controller, although this has not yet been
confirmed. Pimax It also in the process of developing a new business version
which the company says will be eventually available and will be marketed
against the currently available HTC Vive Pro also developed for the enterprise
market offering a higher resolution VR headset when compared to the likes of
the HTC Vive although nowhere near the resolution of the 8K Pixmar provided by
dual 3840 × 2160 low-persistence LCD panels. As soon as more details are
announced and made available we will keep you up-to-date as always.
