Meta Oculus Rift vs Meta Oculus Rift S

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Oculus Rift compared with Oculus Rift S

	MetaOculus Rift	MetaOculus Rift S
Overview
Released
Released	March 2016	May 2019
Display
Resolution per eye
Resolution per eye	1080 × 1200	1280 × 1440 (better)
Panel
Panel	OLED	LCD
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	90 Hz (better)	80 Hz
Display details
Display details	Two OLED displays; 1080 × 1200 per eye at 90 Hz. Physical display specifications from Meta's Rift developer overview.	Single fast-switch LCD with 2560 × 1440 physical pixels overall; 1280 × 1440 per eye, at 80 Hz. RGB subpixel structure (Road to VR).
Lenses
Lenses	Hybrid Fresnel lenses (Tom's Hardware); no manufacturer horizontal field-of-view figure used	Fixed lens spacing; no manufacturer horizontal field-of-view figure used
Lens spacing (IPD)
Lens spacing (IPD)	Physical lens and display spacing adjustment, 58–72 mm (Tom's Hardware); Meta confirms adjustable lens distance	Fixed physical lens spacing of 63.5 mm; software IPD setting. Oculus describes 61.5–65.5 mm as the best user fit range, as reported by Road to VR; this is not a mechanical adjustment range.
Tracking and input
Eye tracking
Eye tracking	No	No
Hand tracking
Hand tracking	No	No
Controllers in the box
Controllers in the box	Yes	Yes
Colour passthrough
Colour passthrough	No	No
Sensors
Sensors	Constellation external camera tracking of infrared LEDs on the headset; six degrees of freedom. Launch package has one sensor, with additional sensors needed for broader room-scale coverage (Tom's Hardware). No eye tracking or controller-free hand tracking.	Oculus Insight six-degree-of-freedom inside-out tracking; five headset cameras (Road to VR). No external tracking sensors, eye tracking or controller-free hand tracking.
Controllers
Controllers	Original March 2016 package includes Xbox One controller and Oculus Remote; Touch motion controllers launched separately on 6 December 2016. Later retail bundles may differ.	Two Touch controllers with tracking rings above the hands, included in the package (Road to VR)
Passthrough
Passthrough	No built-in passthrough camera (Tom's Hardware)	Monochrome stereoscopic Passthrough+ camera view for setting Guardian boundaries and seeing surroundings (PCWorld and Road to VR)
Performance
Works
Works	Needs a PC or console	Needs a PC or console
Connections
Connections	Compatible PC required; HDMI 1.3 and USB connections, with external tracking sensors also connected over USB. Meta specifies a 4 m headset cable and a minimum of two USB 3.0 connections; additional tracking sensors can use USB 2.0.	DisplayPort 1.2 and one USB 3.0 connection to a compatible PC; 5 m headset cable. Supplied Mini DisplayPort adaptor; HDMI-only laptops are unsupported (Tom's Hardware).
Design
Battery
Battery	None (powered by a PC or console)	None (powered by a PC or console)
Weight (headset)
Weight (headset)	470 g (better)	561 g
Audio
Audio	Integrated microphone and removable on-ear headphones; no headset audio passthrough socket for replacement headphones (Tom's Hardware)	Integrated headband speakers and microphone; 3.5 mm headphone socket (Road to VR)
Strap
Strap	Three-point adjustable strap with spring-loaded side arms; 470 g excluding the detachable cable, weighed by Tom's Hardware and reported as matching Oculus's specification. WIRED measured 495 g without stating whether its cable was excluded.	Halo headband with rear adjustment dial, top strap and sliding visor; 561 g without cable according to Tom's Hardware's exact-model specification table
In the box
In the box	Launch package has headset with headphones and microphone, one sensor, Xbox One controller and Oculus Remote; PC and Touch controllers separate	Headset, two Touch controllers and Mini DisplayPort adaptor; no external sensors required