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by Manuel_D 450 days ago
Because the text isn't displaying directly on the headset screen. It's being displayed as a 3d pane within the virtual desktop: https://roadtovrlive-5ea0.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/...

So the actual number of pixels used to display the pane containing your text is maybe 10-20% of the headset display's resolution.

I suppose you could display text directly on the headset display. But then you only have 2,560x2,560 pixels per eye, fewer pixels than a 4k display.