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  2. Optical time-domain reflectometer - Wikipedia

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    An OTDR injects a series of optical pulses into the fiber under test and extracts, from the same end of the fiber, light that is scattered (Rayleigh backscatter) or reflected back from points along the fiber. The scattered or reflected light that is gathered back is used to characterize the optical fiber.

  3. Backscatter - Wikipedia

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    The term backscatter in photography refers to light from a flash,or strobe or video lights reflecting back from particles in the lens's field of view causing specks of light to appear in the photo. This gives rise to what are sometimes referred to as orb artifacts. Photographic backscatter can result from snowflakes, rain or mist, or airborne dust.

  4. Reflection (computer graphics) - Wikipedia

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    - A reflection is metallic if the highlights and reflections retain the color of the reflective object. Glossy - This term can be misused: sometimes, it is a setting which is the opposite of blurry (e.g. when "glossiness" has a low value, the reflection is blurry). Sometimes the term is used as a synonym for "blurred reflection".

  5. View-Master Interactive Vision - Wikipedia

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    It also requires a VCR and videotapes that the system will add graphics to. As the video plays, the characters address the player directly, and ask the player to make a choice by pressing one of the buttons. Simple videogames with graphics similar to the ColecoVision game system are played during the course of the videotape. The Disney game is ...

  6. Microvision - Wikipedia

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    The Microvision was designed by Jay Smith, the engineer who would later design the Vectrex video game console. [2] The Microvision's combination of portability and a cartridge-based system led to moderate success, with Smith Engineering grossing $15 million in the first year of the system's release.

  7. VTech CreatiVision - Wikipedia

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    The VTech CreatiVision is a hybrid computer and home video game console introduced by VTech in 1981 and released in 1982 during the second generation of video game consoles. It cost $295 Australian Dollars in Australia. [ 1 ]

  8. Volumetric lighting - Wikipedia

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    Examples of volumetric lighting are seeing sunbeams shining through a window and seeing sunbeams radiating when the Sun is below the horizon, also known as crepuscular rays. The term seems to have been introduced from cinematography and is now widely applied to 3D modeling and rendering , especially in the development of 3D video games .

  9. Spectravideo - Wikipedia

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    The company produced video games and other software for the VIC-20 home computer, the Atari 2600 home video game console, and its CompuMate peripheral. Some of their own computers were compatible with the Microsoft MSX or the IBM PC. Despite their initial success, the company faced financial troubles, and by 1988, operations ceased.