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By Lisa Eadicicco and TIME Photo
The much-anticipated Oculus Rift virtual reality headset started shipping to its first customers on March 28.
The Rift has been one of the tech industry’s most highly-anticipated product launches since it started as a Kickstarter project in 2012. Along with forthcoming devices from HTC and Sony, the Rift aims to bring virtual reality to the masses.
Here’s a look at what’s inside Oculus’s new headset, thanks to our good friends at iFixit.
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