Teardowns are nice as a result of they allow us to peek not solely at a product’s parts, but in addition achieve perception into the design selections and implementations of {hardware}. For teardowns, we’re used to ready till fans and enterprising hackers create them, so it got here as a little bit of a shock to see Sony themselves share detailed teardowns of the brand new PlayStation VR2 {hardware}. (If you happen to choose the direct video hyperlinks, Engineer [Takamasa Araki] exhibits off the headset, and [Takeshi Igarashi] does the identical for the controllers.)

One notably intriguing element is the customized device [Araki] makes use of to carry the headset at varied phases of the disassembly, which is seen within the image above. It seems 3D-printed and thoroughly designed, and whereas we’re undecided what it’s constituted of, it does have a robust resemblance to sure high-temperature SLA resins. These remedy into onerous, glassy, off-yellow translucent prints like what we see right here.

As for the controller, we get a great have a look at a deeply fascinating meeting Sony calls their “adaptive set off”. What’s so intelligent about it? Not solely can it trigger the person to really feel a variable quantity of resistance when pulling the set off, it could actually even actively push again in opposition to one’s finger, and the way in which it really works is straightforward and efficient. It’s just about the identical as what’s within the PS5 controller, so to search out out all about the way it works, test out our PS5 controller teardown protection.

The headset and controller teardown movies are embedded slightly below. Did something in them catch your curiosity? Know of every other corporations doing their very own teardowns? Tell us within the feedback!