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Ever wondered what all those techie words and acronyms actual mean?... well you're in the right place to find out! We have an extensive list of the most common tech words used in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
A screen’s resolution is the number of pixels that it can display. To avoid getting into dizzyingly high numbers, this is often described in “width x height” in pixels. The higher the resolution, the crisper and more detailed the image.
An LCD, or Liquid Crystal Display, uses liquid crystals with polarizers (filters that block certain wavelengths of light) to create an image. These require a backlight or reflector, as liquid crystals can’t produce light on their own.
This refers to Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode. These are different from OLEDs in that pixels in this type of display must actively maintain their state with the help of an electrical current.
This stands for Organic Light-Emitting Diode, broadly seen as the crème de la crème of modern display technology. They provide intense color saturation by creating compounds with carbon and other molecules. In addition, since they produce their own light and thus don’t require a backlight, they are unique in being able to create ‘true blacks’ once they switch off, adding depth to any image.
This is a clever technique developed by Oculus to make latency less noticeable. Essentially, if the current frame hasn’t rendered fast enough, the headset warps the previous frame geometrically in the direction you’re now looking in. This fills in the blanks, if you will, and cuts down on the juddering you’d see otherwise.
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