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by jamespacileo 4059 days ago
It would obviously be an upscaled resolution in games. 4k is for the screen door effect.

4k is necessary for readable text, ability to watch HD movies and using virtual monitors. Currently the resolution is too low for any of these, as in it works but not good enough for being practical.
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Tepix 4059 days ago
There is no correlation between the screen door effect and resolution.

Source: Palmer Luckey https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2rayri/hint_that_cr...

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kristofferR 4059 days ago
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I read that the screen door effect were even less visible in the Sony Morpheus prototype, even though it had less resolution than the Crescent Bay prototype.
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jamespacileo 4059 days ago
I think the general consensus is that it helps, but also other ticks help like the diamond shaped pixels in the HTC Vive.

Current resolution still not works well with viewing virtual screens e.g. movies, virtual desktops and text. I think this is much more important as it increases practicality of the device.

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