Teardown of the Oculus Rift: Dozuki, the team behind iFixit 2013

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Where are we going?

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Online Platform for Creating & Distributing Visual Instructions & Capturing Data

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‣Marketing / BD / Hats Upon Hats!

‣I spend most of my time encouraging people to take things apart & convincing companies to make it easier for them to do so.

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We Wrote...six laptop repair manuals.

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...(Silence)

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back-up plan:put the content online for free

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Our web traffic

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Today, iFIXIT.com hosts repair manuals numbering in the

THOUSANDS

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•We are building an online community of people sharing repair know-how.

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SIMPLE for people to fix their devices

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repair 1.0

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1990:

how to be a mechanicFigure it out

Repair manuals

Trade school

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2013:

how to be a mechanic

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repair 2.0Learn from the world

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Earl kaplanFixing PCs for kids.

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buried electronics

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Reduce, Reuse,

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So, we like devices...

a lot.a lot, a lot.

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iphone 5Disassembled

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Tools of the trade‣ Pro Tech Toolkit

‣ Lots of bits (just in case)

‣ Precision tweezers

‣ Loads of prying tools

‣ And of course, The Spudger

‣ Magnetic Mat

‣ Dry erase grid keeps track of screws

‣ Strong magnetic backing keeps them in place

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This looks familiar...

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Innolux HJ070IA-02D 7" LCDHimax HX8851 timing controller

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STMicroelectronics 32F103C8 ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller with 72 MHz CPUInvensense MPU-6000 six-axis (gyro + accelerometer) motion tracking controllerA983 2206—likely a three-axis magnetometer, used in conjunction with the accelerometer to correct for gyroscope drift

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Realtek RTD2486AD display interface controllerWinbond W25X20CL 256 KB serial flashTechcode TD1484A synchronous rectified step-down converter

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• This is a preliminary score, given that this Rift is essentially a beta product. We'll know for sure once the real thing is released down the line—but here's what we've got for now!

• Standard Phillips #1 screws are used in the headset and control box, making both a cinch to open.

• Standard clips around the perimeter make separating the front panel pretty easy.

• Two foam adhesive pads holding the LCD in place were a tad annoying, but easy to re-adhere during reassembly.

• The entire device can be taken apart in less than 10 minutes.

• Kapton tape is used to hold some cables in place, which should probably be replaced with new tape if the product is disassembled.

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Teardown of the Oculus Rift: Dozuki, the team behind iFixit 2013