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Early Access

Pimax Play Evo

A separate client. A separate team. Built to experiment. Five new features pushing the frontier of VR software.

Early Access
Status
Win 10/11
Compatibility
Free
6-Month Tier
Highlights

Five new frontiers.

Evo launches with five experimental features designed to push the boundaries of what VR software can do.

EVO

PIMAX PLAY EVO CLIENT

Experimental pipeline · Active sandbox

6DOF Recline Mode

Calibrate your space for seated comfort. Move, tilt, and lounge without losing alignment.

Room Offset

Shift your virtual room coordinate space on the fly. No base station recalibration required.

Video Recording

Capture high-bitrate stereoscopic or flat footage directly from the Pimax display pipeline.

Hand Tracking

Navigate, click, drag, and swipe — no controllers needed.

Open Port

Third-party plugins directly in the Pimax display pipeline.

Built to experiment.
Designed to evolve.

Evo runs in parallel with mainline Pimax Play — a dedicated space to develop experimental features, time-limited projects, and tools for the edge cases. When something works, it earns its place in Pimax Play.

What is Pimax Play Evo

A separate client. A separate team.

  • Runs in parallel with mainline Pimax Play — your existing setup stays untouched.
  • Dedicated space for experimental features, time-limited projects, and tools for specific use cases.
  • When something works, it earns its place in Pimax Play.
Comfort

6DOF Recline Mode

Horizon stays level regardless of body angle. Tilt, lay down, or recline fully without losing alignment.

HORIZON VIEW STAYS LEVEL 25°

Evolution has a logic.

Pimax Play grew up. Maturity has a cost: the freedom to experiment, to fail, to build for the edge cases. Evo gives that freedom back.

Comfort, Redefined.

6DOF Recline Mode lets you watch, browse, and explore VR lying down — without the world tilting with you.

Comfort

6DOF Recline Mode

Play VR lying down. Watch movies, hang out in social VR, or just kick back — without the view tilting upward. The horizon stays level regardless of body angle.

RECLINE · ILLUSTRATION

A New Vantage Point.

Room-Tracking Offset frees your viewpoint from your body's position — step outside the cockpit and see your world from anywhere.

Tracking

Room-Tracking Offset

Shift your virtual coordinate space independently of your physical position. Lean out of a cockpit, peer around corners, or reposition your playspace — all without recalibrating base stations.

OFFSET · ILLUSTRATION

Capture Every Frame.

Video Recording captures exactly what you see inside the headset — menus, overlays, and rendering effects included.

Capture

Video Recording

Capture exactly what you see inside the headset — menus, overlays, and rendering effects included. When Quadview is active, the recording reflects the sharp center and blurred periphery, exactly as experienced.

RECORDING · SCREENSHOT

No Controllers Needed.

Hand Tracking turns your hands into the controller — navigate, click, drag, and swipe across supported games and apps.

Tracking

Hand Tracking

Navigate, click, drag, and swipe — no controllers needed. Uses the headset's SLAM cameras to track finger and hand positions in real time.

HAND TRACKING · VIDEO POSTER

Open By Design.

Open Port opens the Pimax Play display pipeline to verified third-party plugins — starting with a native SteamVR driver built with Sboys3.

Platform

Open Port

We're opening up the Pimax Play display pipeline to verified third-party plugins. First up: a native SteamVR driver built together with Sboys3. Switch between Pimax's own compositor or run as a native SteamVR headset.

Crystal LightCrystal SuperDream AirDream Air SE
Mode · Compositor
Pimax native compositor
SteamVR native headset
Open Port compositor illustration
Requirements

PC requirements.

Minimum
Recommended
Ultra
Operating System
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
Windows 11 (64-bit)
Processor (CPU)
Intel i5-9400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Intel i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Intel i9-12900K / AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Graphics (GPU)
NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD RX 5700
NVIDIA RTX 3070 / AMD RX 6800 XT
NVIDIA RTX 4080 / AMD RX 7900 XTX
Memory (RAM)
16 GB RAM
16 GB DDR4/DDR5
32 GB DDR5
Storage
2 GB available space
2 GB SSD space
2 GB NVMe SSD space
USB Connection
USB 3.0 (Type-A)
USB 3.0 / 3.1
USB 3.1 (Type-A or Type-C)
DisplayPort
DisplayPort 1.4
DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort 1.4a / 2.0

Game Partners

Evo is optimized for simulation titles that benefit from these experimental features.

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Specifications

Complete specs.

Type
PC VR Software Client — standalone install
Platform
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
Price
Free during Early Access (6-month free tier for all registered users)
Channel
Pimax Play Evo — separate client from mainline Pimax Play
Headset support
Crystal Light, Crystal Super, Dream Air, Dream Air SE
Features
6DOF Recline Mode · Room-Tracking Offset · Video Recording · Hand Tracking · Open Port
Video recording
Up to 4K (2160p) · 30 / 60 FPS · Up to 50 Mbps · Left / Right / Both Eyes
Hand tracking
No controllers required · All SLAM headsets: Crystal Light, Crystal Super, Dream Air, Dream Air SE
Open Port
Verified third-party plugin API · First partner: Sboys3 SteamVR native driver
FAQ

Common questions.

Early Access

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