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1 of 7The Oculus Rift is lined with foam padding to make it comfortable to wear. -
2 of 7These ribbon cables give the Rift's eyepiece assemblies some wiggle room to adjust for the distance between your eyes. -
3 of 7The Rift's housing is loaded with sensors. -
4 of 7The Rift includes a display for each eye. -
5 of 7The headset's motherboard is located in the top of its lens assembly, as shown here. -
6 of 7A close up view of the Rift's lens -
7 of 7A look at everything inside the headset
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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