the virtual reality market has exploded
this year with the entrance of the
oculus rift the HTC vive and the OS BR
hdk - all of which we've had on our
teardown table but now Sony wants in on
the game let's see how the new psvr
stands up to the competition and tear it
down the PS VR headset is a whopping six
hundred and ten grams not including the
cord that's heavier than any other VR
set on the market we start to take off a
little weight by removing the rubber
light shield this shield shuts out the
light for better user experience and
bonus you don't need tools to remove it
a set of JIS screws holds the front
panel together and once they're removed
we're able to get the front panel off
underneath we find the LED array this
cable array is held in place by clips
that are easily disconnected unlike the
rift in vive which rely on invisible IR
light for position tracking the PSV are
uses visible light LEDs we now have an
inside look at how the scope adjustment
button works high relief is the distance
between your eye and the plane of the
display a large adjustment range means
that users can pick glasses under their
headsets with ease
since we're sliding it we might as well
separate it from the headband next to
come out is the motherboard which is
home to the new baton nuke 123 series
arm cortex-m 0 microcontroller and on
the other side the toshiba made HDMI
interface bridge for the complete list
of chips head on over to the teardown at
ifixit.com after removing the sizeable
microphone that was mounted under the
visor
we removed the display the psvr uses a
single 5.7 inch o le d-- display that
has a resolution 1920 by 1080 last to
come out are the lenses
unlike the lenses in the vibe in the
oculus cb1 these lenses aren't
pronounced
instead the psvr uses large smooth
dome-shaped lenses we've come to the end
of our teardown and now we turn our
thoughts towards repairability the
PlayStation VR scored a 8 out of 10 and
here's why the PlayStation VR is
thoughtfully constructed and fairly
straightforward to disassemble many
pieces such as the cushions and light
shield snap firmly in and out with no
fussy fasteners or adhesive standard J
is zero screws are used throughout the
entire devices construction you can take
it apart with a single driver that's
like
already in your electronics toolkit
adhesive is mild used sparingly and
mostly easy to remove dabs of the sticky
stuff helps secure the weights
reflectors and faceplate
however the lenses are firmly glued in
place on the downside it is a
complicated piece of hardware with lots
of extra trim pieces that would be
difficult to reassemble without repair
guides and that's our teardown for the
complete teardown including tons of
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