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Pimax Announces a Thrilling Collaboration with Newegg, the Leading Tech-focused Online Retailer in North America!

Pimax team is excited to announce partnership with Newegg, the leading tech-focused online retailer in North America. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in the world of immersive technology and promises to bring numerous benefits to Pimax users across the United States and Canada.   What to expect from the Pimax and Newegg partnership:…

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…

Impressions from Pimax Portal & Crystal at CES2023

In the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center — between global tech giants — Pimax showcased its Crystal and Portal VR products at CES2023, to more than a hundred thousand visitors from around the world. The devices have attracted great attention from the media, as well as visits (and tryouts) from some of…

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…