This Ludicrously Light Headset Restored My Passion for VR

What’s Happening

Let’s talk about Pimax’s Dream Air weighs less than my iPhone 17 and somehow has a micro OLED display with an 8K resolution.

Meta might be turning its back on VR to prioritize smart glasses , but if Pimax is any indication, headsets are about to be more mind-blowing than they ever were. At CES 2026 , I got a chance to try out Pimaxs Dream Air , an impossibly light wired PC VR headset that weighs just 170 grams (thats 7 grams lighter than my iPhone 17 ). (we’re not making this up)

On top of that wild weight (or lack thereof), the Dream Air still somehow manages to pack in a display with 8K resolution.

The Details

That all sounds almost too good to be true, right? I thought the same—until I put the headset on.

Pimaxs Dream Air is genuinely about as good as it gets in the PC VR world. In a demo, I strapped the headset onto my face and kicked off piloting a Blade Runner -esque ship in Low-Fi , a cyberpunk RPG made for VR.

Why This Matters

Did I ASAP get nauseous? Did I want to keep playing anyway? Im not kidding when I say that the clarity and smoothness of this headsets display were arguably the most wild Ive seen in VR to date.

This could have major implications for how we use technology going forward.

Key Takeaways

• Thats because the Dream Airs micro OLED display is no joke, boasting a resolution of 3,840 × 3,552 pixels per eye.
• That offloading of the computing experience and reliance on wires gives the Dream Air quite a few advantages.

The Bottom Line

Its not just offloading the computer and battery that makes the Dream Air so light; its the choice of lens. Unlike other headsets with pancake lenses, which are flat, the Dream Air uses concave lenses (similar to the Vision Pro ).

Is this a W or an L? You decide.