Pimax Finally Prepping 8K, 5K+ VR Headset Shipments

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Pimax is nearing the finish line for Pimax 8K development and is preparing to ship the first run of headsets to early Kickstarter backers at the end of the month. The company also revealed that backers who purchased a Pimax 5K would receive a newly announced 5K+ model that features higher quality displays.

Last September, Pimax, a small VR headset maker, launched a Kickstarter campaign that would fund the final stages of development for the Pimax 8K and 5K ultrawide VR headsets. Pimax said that its headsets would offer the widest field of view in a consumer VR device and be in backers' hands at the beginning of 2018. Unfortunately for those backers, Pimax has yet to deliver the goods. However, supporters may now have reason to start getting excited again.

Last weekend, Pimax held a private event for Kickstarter backers in Berlin, and during the event, Sebastian Ang, host of MRTV on YouTube, spoke with Robin Weng about Pimax’s launch plans. In the MRTV interview (below), Weng revealed that Pimax plans to ship the first run of 8K and 5K headsets before the end of the month. He also said there is a “90 percent chance” that all backers would have their headsets before Christmas.