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Pimax announces 100% revenue share and $100K fund for developers to boost VR content

Pimax, a developer & manufacturer of VR hardware, announced that it’s giving 100% revenue of its online store to VR content developers, and providing a $100K fund for the stimulation of VR games. The zero-cut from the Pimax Store is a big difference from other online game stores, with Steam taking a 30% cut, Meta…

Pimax completes nearly $30M Series C1 funding to further push the boundaries of Virtual-Reality

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 28, 2023/– Pimax, developer & manufacturer of innovative VR Products, just announced that it has secured its series C1 round of financing, with a close-to US$30 million injection of capital from a group of investors led by Tuanmu Capital, a Beijing-based investment firm run by veteran investment professionals. The C1 series…

Pimax “8K” Surpasses Oculus Rift as Top VR Headset Kickstarter Project, $2.45M Raised So Far

By Scott Hayden – Oct 27, 2017 Pimax, the company aiming to deliver three flavors of its high field of view (FOV) headset via their Kickstarter, have recently blasted past the $2 million funding mark. With only a week left in the crowdfunding campaign and now more than $2.45 million to their name, the company…

Pimax Completes $15M Series A Funding Round

By Scott Hayden – Dec 21, 2017 Pimax, the Shanghai-based VR headset manufacturer known for their upcoming wide field of view headset Pimax ‘8K’, have raised nearly $15 million in their first post-Kickstarter investment round. According to China-based tech publication YiVian, Pimax announced on December 19th that it had closed a near ¥100 million RMB…

Pimax 8K X hands-on review: Long-awaited 8K VR headset is here, and it’s awesome

By Matthew S. Smith | January 8, 2020 VR enthusiasts sat up and took notice when Pimax opened a Kickstarter for its 8K headset in October of 2017. The reason is exactly what you’d suspect. With 8K resolution, Pimax’s promised headset offered a new standard for VR clarity. Nearly six thousand backers pledged over 4.2…

Pimax’s Next-Generation Reality 12K QLED VR Headset Defies Belief

By Kevin Carbotte published October 26, 2021 Smaller, lighter and better in many ways, plus an internal processor for standalone use Pimax today revealed a breathtaking new headset which it plans to release sometime in 2022. The Pimax Reality 12K QLED is probably the most advanced headset that we’ll hear about for a while, unless…

Pimax 8K X working with Nvidia upgrading refresh rate to 120Hz in Native Mode with new Beta Firmware

June 30th, 2022: Pimax, an innovative VR company specializing in developing and manufacturing mass-market high-end VR headsets well known for their wide field of view has successfully increased the native mode refresh rate to 120Hz for recently produced 8KX headsets. Last October Pimax revealed their ideas for what constitutes truly immersive VR with their VR 3.0 specifications. These features…

The Pimax REALITY 12K QLED Trade-in Program Update Bulletin

Since our announcement for the new Pimax Reality 12K QLED we are receiving many requests about the upcoming Pimax headset trade-in program and the policies that we will use. First, we are grateful and excited there is so much interest in this new headset and wish to thank you for your continued support in pushing…