When the first awkward VR headsets started hitting the shelves in the wayback days of 2016, I’ll admit I really didn’t get it. But tearing down the Vive XR Elite felt like what VR hardware always should have been. Vive also claims to have thought about repairability. The removable battery pack alone is enough to make a fixer weep, does the rest of this headset hold up?

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:15 Headset Overview
00:31 Battery Pack Removal
00:55 Battery Management Board Removal
01:10 Battery Pack Dual Battery Removal and specs
01:28 Headset Disassembly
01:36 Outer Case and Arm Removal
02:04 Display Removal
02:38 MotherBoard Assembly Removal
03:22 Camera Removal

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