Last Monday, we announced the Dream Air and one of the most heard remarks is how Pimax can develop yet another headset. That is, because for us, the Dream Air isn't a fully new headset. In fact, internally it's 99% the same headset as the Crystal Super micro-OLED optical engine.
Let's go over these details here.
Shared technology
Hardware
- Screens (Micro-OLED, 3840 x 3552 @ 90 Hz)
- Lenses (Pimax developed pancake lenses, 102° horizontal FOV)
- Cameras (Four tracking cameras)
- Bridge-IC chip
- IPD Adjustment mechanism
- Volume up/down buttons
- Microphones
Software
- Mode (PCVR) and Pimax Play software client
- Tracking
- 6DOF SLAM headtracking
- Eye-tracking
- Hand-tracking
- Controllers
- IPD Adjustment (Auto and manual)
- Dynamic Foveated Rendering
- Audio drivers
- Image compression drivers
Nearly identical
Controllers (the Crystal Super has ringed controllers, like the Crystal and Crystal Light, the Dream Air has ringless controllers.)
Shared tech
Same optical engine
Read more in our FAQ here.
