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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."
I doubt they would partner with them and then sue them over it.
And then Apple sues Samsung because why the fuck not.
Samsung and LG both sell their TV panels to a lot of competitors to build their own sets, it's not shocking at all to hear they do the same with their mobile screens. Anyways, it's a stellar looking screen, running a commonplace resolution (1920x1080), why wouldn't they want to use it?
Doesn't Samsung manufacture their own displays? I'm pretty sure that if Samsung had any issues with them incorporating that display, they just wouldn't have sold it to them.
I suppose it's possible that they might actually be buying Note 3's and disassembling them. And I can see that possibly causing a problem for them. But I also can't imagine that being particularly economical.
"This is how you disassemble a Note 3 and get the display from it without breaking it. Any questions?"
"Nope."
"Good. Now do it forty five thousand times."
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.
I thought that Oculus had always planned on using off-the-shelf cell phone displays. If they can keep the retail price under $300, they will sell a ton of units.
Dual screens was never in the plans for any Rift, why would it be a surprise or a disappointment? The consumer version is expected to use at least a 2560x1440 display.
Don't let anybody tell you they fixed the pukeyness of VR with low persistence!
It's still up to the software not to make the user sick.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
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.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Does such a display exists? I always assumed that that's what they were doing. I can imagine that it would much more. It might be cheaper to use one small 4K display than 2 smaller 1080p ones.
Finish this.. I've been waiting since the iGlasses came out in 1997..
..don't panic
I don't know how practical it will be, but this looks much cooler:
http://www.laserfocusworld.com...
Was I the only one who was reminded of this battery "hack" when I read the title?
Or they are partners.
Samsung would sue if someone sold their displays with their logos on them without their consent. In this case Samsung is providing the displays for the device as part of a partnership as referenced in the fine article and even links to said partnership.
A common part is a huge deal when the common part is the logo for the company. That's typically a counterfeit product.
The cheapest and simplest thing for Samsung to do for a relatively small run of only 45k devices is to literally lift existing pre-built screens directly off the Note 3 assembly line and hand them over to Oculus. Virtually any kind of customization, like removing the Gorilla glass or touchscreen controller would require an assembly line change and could result in a much larger production slow down. I know it's hard to believe that 'wasting' unnecessary materials is actually cheaper than removing them, but if you know anything about manufacturing you understand the enormous impact that an assembly line change can have.
A total of 1920x1080 for both eyes might be passable, but NOT when that 1920x1080 isn't actually 1920x1080.
The Note 3 has a pentile display - you're getting significantly reduced chroma resolution.
So, the Google Cardboard VR Goggles weren't so ridiculous after all (http://googlecardboardkit.com).
It's quad HD, not 4K
QuadHD is 2560x1440
4K is 3840 x 2160
Ah, Marketing....
I agree completely. Samsung likes to make money. Samsung sold displays to Oculus (facebook). Samsung got paid. ........Lawsuit about what?
pay-per-image residuals.
Sleep your way to a whiter smile...date a dentist!
It's not about the cost. Carmack talked about it in one QuakeCon keynote. It's much, much simpler to render two views on one screen than trying to use two physical screens.