Display Program
Recovered display software generates convincing new images; Scottie’s dimensions suggest a much smaller display than a wallscreen.
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Allison reported finding programs that could create realistic pictures. Holston initially believed these altered the outside images to conceal greenery and life, but a program of that kind actually supplied the deceptive view inside his helmet.
Scottie identified the recovered material as display software with familiar algorithms and sixty-four-bit color. He explained that it creates new images instead of simply relaying sensor pictures, can produce any desired view, and could make an image look real on Wallscreens. He reported dimensions of 32,768 by 8,192 pixels and speculated that the intended display might measure eight inches by two.
Juliette has relayed Scottie’s description of detailed images resembling the outside view. Walker says the pixels would be impossible to distinguish even with such a screen at the end of someone’s nose.
Role
Image-generating software whose capabilities and unusual dimensions are central to the investigation of deceptive views.
Relationships
Sources — 12 recorded facts, by chapter
- Allison reports finding programs used to create realistic screen pictures.
- Holston believes the programs Allison discovered alter the outside images to hide greenery and life.
- A program of the kind Allison discovered supplies the deceptive view in Holston’s helmet.
- Scottie identifies the program as display software with algorithms he recognizes.
- Scottie says the program uses sixty-four-bit color.
- Scottie says the program could create a view that looks real on a wallscreen.
- Scottie explains that the program makes new images rather than merely relaying sensor images.
- Scottie says the program can display any desired new view.
- Scottie reports the program’s dimensions as 32,768 by 8,192 pixels.
- Scottie speculates that the program could be intended for an eight-inch-by-two-inch display.
- Juliette reports that Scottie described the program as producing detailed images resembling the outside view.
- Walker says the program’s pixels would be too dense to distinguish even with the screen at the end of someone’s nose.