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Oculus Rift DK1
PC headset by Oculus
Price
Price unavailable
Device type
PC VR
Available
Resolution
640 × 800 per eye
Refresh rate
Up to 60 Hz
Field of view
90°
Release
29 March 2013
Overview
About this device
The Oculus Rift DK1 (development kit 1) is the first headset produced by Oculus, given to backers of their associated Kickstarter campaign. It is considered to be the first modern consumer VR headset.
Technical details
Specifications
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Info
5 details
- Device name
- Oculus Rift DK1
- Manufacturer
- Oculus
- Device type
- PC VR
- Announcement date
- 1 August 2012
- Release date
- 29 March 2013
Optics
3 details
- Optics type
- Aspherical lenses
- IPD Range
- 63.5–63.5 mm
- Adjustable diopter
- No
Display
3 details
- Display type
- LCD, 1 screens
- Resolution
- 640 × 800 per eye
- Refresh rate
- Up to 60 Hz
Image
3 details
- FoV horizontal
- 90°
- FoV vertical
- 90°
- FoV diagonal
- 110°
Device
3 details
- Material
- Plastic, foam facial interface
- Headstrap
- Flexible fabric strap
- Colors
- Black
Tracking
5 details
- Tracking type
- Non-positional
- Eye tracking
- No
- Face tracking
- No
- Hand tracking
- No
- Body tracking
- No
Controllers
1 details
- Haptics
- No
Sound
2 details
- Microphone
- No
- Audio jack
- No
Connectivity
1 details
- Wired video
- DVI-D (single link) HDMI, USB Mini-B
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