The amount of engineering put into the quest 2 amazes me every time.

was wondering what it looked like under the hood, thanks!

Concise. Interesting. Clear. Straight to the Point. Love it, good stuff guys!

The display can be burned by sunlight because of the lens assembly, so it's probably quite a common repair

That's pretty crazy. I hate to say it, but even though Facebook/Meta is taking over the industry (Unfortunately), their acquisition of Oculus has improved the overall VR experience so far. My Quest 2 has taken some pretty serious accidental beatings, so serious respect for the Oculus design team!

No way, man. If I try to disassemble my quest 2, I'll end up having to buy a new quest 2.

1:08 - I thought you said 62 screws for a second and I got really worried for the repairability of the quest 2 for a sec XD

I’m so glad that battery is in a thick casing and not just wrapped in mylar

Yass, so glad you finally did a Quest teardown! No score today though?

4:57 probably more than you think, they have extremely clear warnings about avoiding using the device outside or leaving it near a window because direct sunlight through the eye pieces gets magnified and can burn the screen

pls show how to do that with the controllers. I would love to see the inside of those

I was fully ready to watch a good 10-20 minute vid of you breaking it down, cause I didnt look at the time of the vid. But it ended so soon with such a easy understandable amount of knowledge amazing

I was waiting for this! Thanks

Thank you! I've always wanted to see what's going on in these things!

I'm really glad that this is out now. Finding a tutorial to get to the battery was never really out there for the longest time. While I really like my quest 2 batteries are products that will go bad over time so knowing how to get to it when it eventually goes bad will be very helpful.

This is my DREAM console so thanks for showing me inside one! 👍

Wow. Amazing job. Thank you for all your work.

Omg finally I haven't see any good disassembly of the quest 2 till now. Thank you

Great breakdown, after 2100 hours in this headset (95% with PCVR) with no issues it is insane what they did. I use a battery pack and cable and get 13-14 hours out of it too.

Holy cow, all of that crammed into such a small device that can run VR Fairly well is crazy. Just think, about 6 years ago Oculus released basically their first headset.

Very informative, this was awesome. Been too nervous to take one apart lol.

So cool! Thank you for showing us the innards!

It's a small wonder in itself that it doesn't overheat constantly with how densely packed everything is, and how tiny that cooling system is. And yet, the only time I've ever heard of one of these overheating is if someone stuck a case on it that obstructed the air vents. (Basically that entire 1mm gap where the front plate meets the rest of the assembly.) As much as I hate Zucc for his dystopian actions on the macro scale, I have nothing but mad respect for the engineers at Oculus who managed to make this little thing possible.

Thank you for doing this teardown. No way I'll ever be able to do that, with my vision. LOL Really learned a lot from this. :)

this is the video i been looking for thanks

Great teardown video!

This video deserves more likes and views!

Nice! Now I can apply my last bit of arctic silver thermal paste I have sitting in my desk to mine!

Most important - did the Quest 2 still work when reassembled? Great job on disassembly - love these videos.

Neat! Subscribing for sure. Glad this popped up on my recommended :)

People take for granted these things we use so easily, but they never realize how hard and all the engineering and worl that goes into these pieces of technology. Im so glad Im someone who appreciates an understands the hard work thats done for us.

Man. Thank you. This is amazing.

thanks for that. i was really curious about the inside construction.

I wonder if it'd be possible to replace the IPD adjustment system with a different one that gave finer control like the original Quest.

Neat, I was so curious what the display looked like on the inside

amazing piece of technology, the controllers are also packed and look like they can take a beating from inside

i like that they made it not to hard to replace some stuff unline other headsets or apple

Really interesting teardown, thank you! I repair pcs, phones etc, and I can see VR headsets becoming routine for me at some point.

Really great content, thanks!

I was waiting so long for this video, I just need to find some replacement parts which they are none available at the moment :(

Now that you have the battery out, you might as well keep it in separate enclosure and put it in the head-strap behind head as counterweight.

Loved the video, I would like for the controllers to be covered on another video.

Very cool breakdown. Thank you

2:27 you can actually adjust it between the notches if you're careful

This is a work of art

@iFixit Any idea why my Oculus controller are not working? Why are the controllers suddenly not working? I've done nothing different and the headset and controllers did not fall or take any type of damage. They just suddenly stopped working after a game of beatsaber. The environment of Oculus has not changed. No direct exposure to the sun with ample lighting and with more than enough room use it. I've reset the WiFi, take with my internet provider and they say everything is green. So that's not an issue. I turn off the headset and reset it multiple times. I've unpaired and repaired both controllers multiple times. The batteries are full and the do buzz as if there going to connect. The center white dots that acts likes a mouse cursor does react when I press the right controllers top trigger and A button but only makes the cursor flash blue per tap. Same goes the left controller for upper trigger and X. Only the upper triggers and lower buttons make the cursor flash from white to blue. But doesn't show hand or allow my hand to control the cursor. That's seems to be directly controlled by the headset. The cursor seems to stay center and only move headed on where I aim my head with the headset.

the left part of the lenses for my Quest 2 headset is black-screened, while the right part is fully functional. could there have been something disconnected, or uneven when it comes to the screen, itself?

can you leave the battery out and connect it with a wire externally (say if you wanted to clip it to your belt) to reduce weight? Would that throw off how the system works?

I wonder, is it possible to relocate the entire battery outside the headset and wear it on a vest or a belt? It's one of the heaviest components so if the weight of the battery was removed, the headset would be a lot more pleasant to wear longer durations, and might as well stick with a larger battery (if possible)

Man, I wish they did clear cases, would totally replace it my self if they were available

FINALLY!!! A QUEST 2 TEARDOWN

Nice. Thanks!

Finally k was waiting for thjs

Great video. Thanks!

My unit does not turn on the charging LED anymore, or turn on either. Maybe the USBC connector is damaged? Its replaceable?

Great video. Thanks.

Do you have any advice for a quest 2 that doesn't seem to want to track or pair to the controllers? I've tried a factory reset and unpairing and attempting to repair them. I can't get them to re-pair. Any thoughts, or is it done?

coming from a Lenovo Explorer im still amazed how good this thing is.

It would be cool to see the screen powered on. I’d imagine the DPI being very high making the image look sharp

Gotta say that this has to be one of the best and few Oculus Quest 2 teardowns I've ever seen. I been thinking about modding mine since i bought the 64gb model before they decided to phase them out. Might be able to cut a hole for a bigger heat sink so it wont make my face sweaty lol

Am I the only one who loves seeing the guts of the tech? I wish I could buy a polycarbonate replacement faceplate.

It's not mentioned in the video but I'm just going to suggest that the aftermarket Elite Head Strap (with a battery) is worth a teardown video, it would make a lot more sense to get the upgraded strap and replace the battery inside it than to ever open this thing just to replace the battery in the HMD.

wow, it's actually repairable. wait..every device should be repairable

do you think there would be a tracking lost error fix when it doesn't even recognize controllers my kid dropped the headset and now it does that

FINALLY THANK YOU

Seeing this would make the Arpara AIO all the more impressive, since it's made by a small company so being able to cram that much tech into an even smaller and lighter overal package is just that. Of course it could still be bad, but chances are it's as good as the Quest 2 in most aspects (and far better in terms of resolution, image quality, clarity and dark performance since micro oled). The Kickstarter ends in a few days and they should be in the hands of backers before the end of next month (and in hands of reviewers some time between now and then).

Where can you get the tool to remove the trim piece as I cannot use my headset because the trim piece is stuck popped out and my screwdriver is too big to unscrew the screws.

@iFixit Do you have a link to where I can buy a T2 screwdriver with a hollow tip? I tried 2 different T2 drivers, but neither had a hollow tip, so they didn't work. I think it's technically a T2 Security or T2H.

Thanks for this tare down so I know how to replace the screen or lense

I have a message that comes up every time I get on my oculus and it’s done this since about like a month or two of me having it and it says that there is something wrong with my fan and whenever I play for about maybe 30 minutes to an hour depending on what I play during that time the frames drop a ton and everything gets super laggy, what should I do about that?

if you want a more proper answer on how they track using cameras, AFAIK it's just by recognizing common objects and land marks in the area you're in, then they measure their size, check how much it gets smaller and bigger and how it rotates to track the headset. if it gets bigger you're moving forward! and you can see the object on the left of the headset move back, so that's how they can know, and they probably combine it with the accelerometer data to get better accuracy.

I Bought A Used Oculus That Some Kid Sprayed WD40 in thinking is was compressed air. i have so blurs that move around, i'm guessing that's the oil pooling. DO I HAVE TO REMOVE THE MOTHERBOARD TO GET IN AND CLEAN THE LENS, OR CAN I KEEP IT ON?

While watching the teardown I wanted to hug my headset and thank myself for buying it in time

Great video; while this IS your forte, I haven’t seen the inside of my quest 2 yet. Thanks.

Anyone knows what the camera connectors at 2:00 are? I accidentally broken mine and I'm searching for a replacement: visited every phone/pc repair shop in my city and nobody had the connectors, although I was told that they could replace it if they had the connectors, so I am looking for the name of these connectors to order them online. Thanks!

this guy can hear into the future holy cow

You think it's possible to somehow increase the distance between the lenses? My eyes are much further apart than the max ipd the quest 2 allows, so everything is blurry and my eyes strain a lot.

I broke my vr head set in the inside but when i saw this it helped me a alot!!!

Question: I have a 64gb oculus. My friend just gave me his 256gb one. Is there a way I can do a teardown and swap his storage with mine?

Great video ❤

I'll be thinking of this as I play Zenith for hours on end 😁

They should put the battery on the head strap so it’s on the back of your head. Then it’s easy to swap out and would help balance the weight of the thing.

Have you ever saw a display have Amy thing distorting the view? Like on the right side I see a squiggly green line . It always show like it's something in the lens making the display distorted. When I move my head it moves also.

I don’t have the right screwdriver to open the quest, is there a certain one you need or what is the name called of the screw so I can order it

I thought this was the steam game for some reason and got so excited

Can you upgrade the storage?

Amigo, sabes que tipo de pasta termica se utiliza en la placa base y bueno también en los sensores ya que veo que es diferente

Thats so cool

Next, the controllers... The joystick ghosting has been really bugging me off

Good vid. Now I can dust clean mine and change the thermal paste.

Great video. Can you do another one on official head strap repair. They break like candy.

I'm just going to stay plugged in or get an external battery when my battery starts going. I mainly looked this up though to see where the fan was because I felt it blowing and just simply got curious.

Where is the storage ? As you can get different sizes I would wonder if you could upgrade the storage ?

finally i waiting ifixit to teardown this. maybe make a compare to another meta product rift and quest 1

What does this display look like without the lenses when the device is turned on?

My Oculus headset not turning on. Battery is fully charge. No response for any approche. What can I do?

You made it look so easy to to take the plastic off after the 4 screws

Anyone know if the motherboards are interchangeable? I’ve seen them sold as storage upgrades on ebay.

Only reason why I’m watching this so I can spray paint the shell

Please do the quest 2 remotes because weeks after I got mine the little joystick thingy on them keeps wiggin-out on me and messes with my gameplay and also my ability to scroll through menu options.