Level of detail

Rarity: Common

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Notion

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

In computer graphics, level of detail (LOD) refers to the complexity of a 3D model representation. LOD can be decreased as the model moves away from the viewer or according to other metrics such as object importance, viewpoint-relative speed or position.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Level of detail (computer graphics)”, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read the article on Wikipedia

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