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Re: Abuse is *JERKY*

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From: Richard Wang
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 00:00
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coll...@kai.ee.cit.ac.nz (Peter Collins) wrote:
>>>>Where did you get that bizarre number from?  The average human eye can
>>>>see 30 fps before noticeable jerkiness or slowness appears.  But even
>>>>I'm not so sure anymore that's the limit.  Walk into an arcade with
>>>>Virtua Fighter 1 and 2 side by side.  1 runs at 30fps, 2 runs at 60.
>>>>Can you tell the difference?  I sure can.
>>>
>>>Ummm....Part of it isnt how many frames per second its moving, but how
>>>many frames of motion ar being used, you have something moving at 100
>>>frames per second, still looks like crap if you only got 3 frames for
>>>the sprit......
>>>Never right...
>>
>>Virtua Fighter are _polygon_ based games, NOT sprites.  Their
>>"smoothness" of motion is in _direct_ relation to frames per second.
>>If VF2 is smoother, and it is, it's running at a higher frame rate,
>>which it is.
>
>
>Also depends on how big the screen is.  30fps may look alright on a 15 
>inch screen but on a 20 foot screen its going to look like shit. (if it's 
>moving any distance at speed).
>
>
I thought movies were only 25 or so fps, they look ok to me on the big screen.
30 fps should be good enough for anyone.

Rich
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From: Richard Wang <wang>
Subject: Re: Abuse is *JERKY*
Date: 1995/11/02
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