From: Leo Nikora <leo_nikora@vio.com>
Subject: Re: TECH: depixelization
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 15:20:47 -0700
Organization: Virtual i-O


Jeananne Kenney wrote:

> I couldn't find a good explanation of depixelization.  Can you give me
> one?  Also, one source said the CyberMaxx had depixilization and one
> said it didn't, can you clear this up?

Each pixel of an active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) is
surrounded by a black border.  When magnified, and in a head-mounted
display (HMD), these borders make the image look like an array of
separate dots instead of a uniform picture.

Depixelization spreads out the light from each pixel to cover the black
borders.  There are many ways to do this.  The easiest is to blur the
image.

The trick is to depixelate without losing resolution.

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