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From: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy T. Beagle)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: The 3G Machine
Keywords: user-interface bandwidth
Message-ID: <42@sopwith.UUCP>
Date: 31 Oct 88 20:13:33 GMT
References: <470@oracle.UUCP> <3405@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy T. Beagle)
Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
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In article <3405@pt.cs.cmu.edu> koopman@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Philip Koopman) writes:

|How about gigapixels/second.  Animation is the key to interaction,
|and interaction is the key to understanding.  A 2Kx2K display
|at 1 gigapixels/second would update at 250 frames/second,
|which is probably overkill.  How about multiple screens updating
|at, say 25 frames/second?

250 frames/second is overkill.  25 is a little slow.  50-60 should be
about right.  Standard motion pictures are 24 fps and are sometimes jerky.
Also note that normal film projectors open and close the shutter 2 or 3
times per frame to reduce flicker.

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