iFixit Takes Apart the Oculus Rift DK2, Finds Galaxy Note 3 Display Inside

An anonymous reader writes with a teardown from iFixit of the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2: "iFixit's teardown reveals lots of interesting hardware within, including 40 infrared LEDs, a well-organized motherboard, and a display panel lifted directly from a Samsung Galaxy Note 3. They also took apart the IR tracking camera for good measure." The review is the usual iFixit blend of funny, concise and technical; they include a nice shot showing those IR sources embedded in the plastic of the frame. Why the straight-from-a-phone display? "This seems to make economical sense, since Oculus is working to ship something like 45,000 DK2s—a goodly number for a mid-development prototype, but certainly not enough to warrant a fully custom display."

Re: Gonna get sued!

[Anonymous Coward]

And then Apple sues Samsung because why the fuck not.

Re:Gonna get sued!

[Anonymous Coward]

Nah, you are thinking about Apple there. Samsung would me more like Oh good, would you like to supersize this? How about some fries with it?"

Re:I thought that the OR2 delivered a 1080p displa

[gstoddart]

It's disappointing to see that each eye is just 1/2 1080p because it uses a single 1080p phone display shared by both eyes.

Yo dawg, I hear you like specs ... I 'spec the specs for your specs aren't what you'd 'spec.

Just remember, just because the marketing department says something, doesn't mean carries the same meaning as you and I would assign to it.