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What’s inside the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset?

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The Oculus Rift might be something out of Demolition Man. Or it might be a Virtual Boy. However it turns out, it’s deeply ambitious, and iFixit has the first look at what’s inside the new VR headset.

To start, the OR—a development sample here—has a single 1280 x 800 resolution LCD (640×800 viewable per eye) with a horizontal field of view over 90 degrees, and vertical over 110.
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