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		unwind on May 6, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: First Look at the Rift, Shipping Q1 2016 The current development kit prototype is just 1920×1080, which is split horizontally into 960x1080 per eye. So it's really not "two high def screens". Hopefully they will be able to improve this further before shipping the consumer version.

agildehaus on May 6, 2015 | [–]

The consumer version of the Rift has been confirmed to have multiple screens. Resolution is not confirmed yet.

jobigoud on May 6, 2015 | [–]

Due to lens distorsion, rendering are done at higher resolution in order to get 1:1 pixel density at the center of the screens.

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