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June 6, 2007

Surround Gaming

It's no panorama but I thought there might be a bit of interest in this:

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Widescreen gaming

Surround Gaming is Matrox's push for widescreen taken to new widths. Surround Gaming uses three monitors to deliver an immersive experience on three screens at up to 3840x1024 resolution and a 45" total diagonal (three 19" LCDs). Surround setups run an aspect ratio of 16:4 (for 3x4:3 configurations) or 15:4 (for 3x5:4). Compare this to 4:3 for a "regular" monitor, and 16:10 for a widescreen. Surround Gaming fully engages your peripheral vision with games running at up to (and above) 135 degree wide-angle field of view. Compare this with a 90 degree FOV (with a 4:3 monitor) for most games, and a 105 degree FOV for those games in a single widescreen.