Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Amos Eshel

Leonardo Esteban Blanco

Stephen Harry Wright

Marcus J Andrews

Oreste Dorin Ungureanu

Matthew Allen Rakow

Zhigang Xu

Yining Chen

Lucas Brodzinski

Aditya Vijay Govindarajan

Che-Wen Lo

Shalini Akella

Matthew J Esquivel

Transitions between monitor configurations may be streamlined by minimizing the tearing down and recreating of render targets and primary frame buffers associated with the monitors. In at least one example, the techniques described herein include identifying at least one render target in a first monitor configuration that is also in a second monitor configuration. In response to identifying the at least one render target in the first monitor configuration that is also in the second monitor configuration, the techniques herein describe maintaining the at least one render target during a transition between the first monitor configuration to second monitor configuration.

Streamlined handling of monitor topology changes

Techniques for scale factor based on viewing distance are described. In at least some embodiments, a viewing distance refers to a distance at which a user typically views and/or is viewing a display device. For instance, different displays can be used in different ways and for different purposes, and thus may have different viewing distances. Techniques discussed herein consider the estimated viewing distance of a particular display in determining a scale factor to be applied to visual elements (e.g., graphics) for output via the particular display. A scale factor, for instance, can specify that visual elements are to zoomed-out or zoomed-in prior to be displayed. As detailed herein, this enables a consistent viewing experience to be maintained across different devices with different display sizes and different viewing distances.

Scale factor based on viewing distance

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