You can downscale and have either minimal or no SDE but downscaling can make the picture look fuzzy. You will want it as sharp as possible.
I would say my Pimax 5k+ is gen 1.5. it's a massive step up from the original rift and vive and I am very pleased with it. Software could be a bit more stable though.
Yes but with the 8k+ and 8kx you wont get that fuzzy because of the res at least that's the reports so far. Obviously we need some proper unbiased reviews, since sweviver works for pimax now, once people actually receive their units and start sharing their experiences.
I feel that all the current HMD are gen one as they all sacrifice something to achieve something, they all have pros and cons so while there have been improvements I don't feel it's true gen 1 to gen 2 improvements.
The new pimax might be the first hmd not to have to sacrifice one thing to get another, it looks like it could be the first hmd to be able to have a big or more normal fov, sharpness and no sde while all the previous hmd sacrifice one of those for the other. It also looks like it wont necessarily be harder to run than a current 8k hmd. Though I have no doubt that current gpu wont be running them at max potential.
I just think they are a right next step into VR actually getting it all together finally, hopefully they also work out the casing cracking issues their current hmd are having.
Which brings me full circle...if this turns out even partially accurate then fdev really need to give pimax some support otherwise they just look like uninformed amateurs.
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