Galaxy Note 3 screen is based Oculus Rift – ZDNet.be

Last week it was announced that Samsung and Oculus Rift, the joined forces to create the future. reality of virtual reality Samsung wants to use VR Oculustechnologie to bring to the smartphone but Oculus has benefited from the collaboration.

iFixit, a Web site that deals with the dismantling of equipment and preparation of repair guides, received a developer version the latest Oculus Rift hands and decided to get open. thing That turned out to be surprisingly simple. iFixit gave the Rift strong nine out of ten in simplicity of repair.

Inside the repairers discovered to their surprise the screen of a Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Though there are more than ten thousand copies will be sold to the newest version be suspect iFixit that number is still too small to own a screen (to) make. It is therefore advantageous to the Oculus Rift to stabbing. Existing technology in its development versions

iFixit also discovered that Oculis Rift chips from Toshiba, STMicroelectonics, Cypress Semiconductor and Texas instruments used. With an infrared camera, they took pictures of the 40 infrared LEDs that are hidden. The headset

When the Oculus Rift, which recently became the property of Facebook, everyone comes on the market is still unclear. Pending the complex VR headset, you can use the virtual reality experience with a cardboard pizza box and your smartphone.