<s>
In	O
computer	O
graphics	O
,	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
(	O
render	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
or	O
view	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
the	O
maximum	O
distance	O
of	O
objects	O
in	O
a	O
three-dimensional	O
scene	O
that	O
are	O
drawn	O
by	O
the	O
rendering	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygons	B-General_Concept
that	O
lie	O
beyond	O
the	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
will	O
not	O
be	O
drawn	O
to	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
requires	O
definition	O
because	O
a	O
processor	O
having	O
to	O
render	O
objects	O
out	O
to	O
an	O
infinite	O
distance	O
would	O
slow	O
down	O
the	O
application	O
to	O
an	O
unacceptable	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
increases	O
,	O
more	O
distant	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
need	O
to	O
be	O
drawn	O
onto	O
the	O
screen	O
that	O
would	O
regularly	O
be	O
clipped	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
requires	O
more	O
computing	O
power	O
;	O
the	O
graphic	O
quality	O
and	O
realism	O
of	O
the	O
scene	O
will	O
increase	O
as	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
increases	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
overall	O
performance	O
(	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
)	O
will	O
decrease	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
games	O
and	O
applications	O
will	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
manually	O
set	O
the	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
to	O
balance	O
performance	O
and	O
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
games	O
had	O
far	O
shorter	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distances	I-General_Concept
,	O
most	O
noticeable	O
in	O
vast	O
,	O
open	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
cases	O
,	O
once-distant	O
objects	O
or	O
terrain	O
would	O
suddenly	O
appear	O
without	O
warning	O
as	O
the	O
camera	O
got	O
closer	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
an	O
effect	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
pop-up	O
graphics	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
pop-in	B-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
draw	O
in	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
hallmark	O
of	O
short	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
still	O
plagues	O
large	O
,	O
open-ended	O
games	O
like	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
series	O
and	O
Second	B-Application
Life	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
game	O
Formula	B-Application
1	I-Application
97	I-Application
offered	O
a	O
setting	O
so	O
the	O
player	O
could	O
choose	O
between	O
fixed	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
(	O
with	O
variable	O
frame	O
rate	O
)	O
and	O
fixed	O
frame	O
rate	O
(	O
with	O
variable	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
common	O
trick	O
used	O
in	O
games	O
to	O
disguise	O
a	O
short	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
is	O
to	O
obscure	O
the	O
area	O
with	O
a	O
distance	O
fog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Black	B-Application
&	I-Application
White	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
games	O
to	O
use	O
adaptive	O
level	O
of	O
detail	O
to	O
decrease	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
in	O
objects	O
as	O
they	O
moved	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
camera	O
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
massive	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
while	O
maintaining	O
detail	O
in	O
close-up	O
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Wind	I-Application
Waker	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
detail	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Halo	B-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
claimed	O
by	O
its	O
creators	O
at	O
Bungie	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
upwards	O
of	O
14	O
miles	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
vastly	O
improved	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distances	I-General_Concept
made	O
possible	O
by	O
more	O
recent	O
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Crysis	B-Application
is	O
said	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
up	O
to	O
,	O
while	O
Cube	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Sauerbraten	I-Application
has	O
a	O
potentially	O
unlimited	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
,	O
possibly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
larger	O
map	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
V	I-Application
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
seemingly	O
infinite	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
despite	O
having	O
a	O
large	O
,	O
detailed	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
