<s>
Multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
,	O
also	O
called	O
multi-display	O
and	O
multi-head	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
multiple	O
physical	O
display	B-Device
devices	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
monitors	B-Device
,	O
televisions	O
,	O
and	O
projectors	B-Device
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
area	O
available	O
for	O
computer	B-Application
programs	I-Application
running	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
computer	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overall	O
,	O
the	O
results	O
of	O
physiological	O
studies	O
and	O
the	O
preferences	O
of	O
the	O
test	O
persons	O
favour	O
a	O
dual-monitor	B-General_Concept
rather	O
than	O
single-monitor	O
setup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Physiologically	O
limiting	O
factors	O
observed	O
during	O
work	O
on	O
dual	B-General_Concept
monitors	I-General_Concept
were	O
minor	O
and	O
not	O
generally	O
significant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
evidence	O
that	O
office	O
work	O
with	O
dual-monitor	B-General_Concept
setups	O
presents	O
a	O
possible	O
hazard	O
to	O
workers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
over	O
Gigabit	O
Ethernet/Ethernet	O
to	O
drive	O
a	O
large	O
video	B-Device
wall	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
many	O
professions	O
,	O
including	O
graphic	O
design	O
,	O
architecture	O
,	O
communications	O
,	O
accounting	O
,	O
engineering	O
and	O
video	O
editing	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
two	O
or	O
more	O
monitors	B-Device
being	O
driven	O
from	O
one	O
machine	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
new	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
versions	O
of	O
Doom	B-Application
permitted	O
a	O
three-monitor	O
display	O
mode	O
,	O
using	O
three	O
networked	O
machines	O
to	O
show	O
left	O
,	O
right	O
,	O
and	O
center	O
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
recently	O
,	O
games	O
have	O
used	O
multiple	B-General_Concept
monitors	I-General_Concept
to	O
show	O
a	O
more	O
absorbing	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
or	O
to	O
display	O
game	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
such	O
as	O
Supreme	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
and	O
World	B-Application
in	I-Application
Conflict	I-Application
can	O
use	O
an	O
additional	O
monitor	O
for	O
a	O
large	O
scale	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
battlefield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
older	O
games	O
support	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
set-ups	O
by	O
treating	O
the	O
total	O
screen	O
space	O
as	O
effectively	O
a	O
single	O
monitor	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
technique	O
known	O
as	O
spanning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
games	O
without	O
inherent	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
support	O
such	O
as	O
Guild	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
and	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
made	O
to	O
run	O
in	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
set-ups	O
,	O
with	O
this	O
technique	O
or	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
addition	O
of	O
third-party	O
software	O
A	O
larger	O
list	O
of	O
games	O
that	O
support	O
dual/multi	O
-screen	O
modes	O
is	O
available	O
at	O
WSGF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
"	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
"	O
games	O
is	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
games	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
arcade	O
technology	O
entered	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
larger	O
cabinets	O
were	O
being	O
built	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
also	O
housed	O
larger	O
monitors	B-Device
such	O
as	O
the	O
3	O
28	O
"	O
screen	O
version	O
of	O
Namco	O
's	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
from	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
large	O
screen	O
technology	O
such	O
as	O
CRT	O
rear	O
projection	O
was	O
beginning	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
more	O
often	O
,	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
games	O
were	O
still	O
occasionally	O
released	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Sega	O
's	O
F355	B-Application
Challenge	I-Application
from	O
1999	O
which	O
again	O
used	O
3	O
28	O
"	O
monitors	B-Device
for	O
the	O
sit-down	O
cockpit	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
setup	O
in	O
arcades	O
occurred	O
with	O
Taito	O
's	O
Dariusburst	O
:	O
Another	O
Chronicle	O
game	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
December	O
2010	O
and	O
worldwide	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
demonstrated	O
the	O
feasibility	O
of	O
playing	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
games	O
on	O
handheld	B-Application
game	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
in	O
designing	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
both	O
became	O
successful	O
consoles	O
in	O
their	O
own	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
mostly	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
whose	O
gameplay	O
spans	O
across	O
both	O
screens	O
,	O
combining	O
them	O
into	O
one	O
tall	O
screen	O
for	O
a	O
more	O
unique	O
and	O
larger	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vertical	O
monitors	B-Device
are	O
usually	O
added	O
as	O
a	O
secondary	O
display	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
or	O
right	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
landscape	O
oriented	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
multiple	B-General_Concept
monitors	I-General_Concept
present	O
,	O
each	O
screen	O
will	O
have	O
its	O
own	O
graphics	O
buffer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
practice	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
recent	O
cards	O
,	O
this	O
mode	O
is	O
being	O
phased	O
out	O
because	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
make	O
very	O
good	O
use	O
of	O
GPU	O
parallelism	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
arbitrary	O
arrangements	O
of	O
monitors	B-Device
(	O
they	O
must	O
all	O
be	O
horizontal	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
supports	O
an	O
additional	O
monitor	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
4.2	O
but	O
additional	O
software	O
is	O
needed	O
to	O
multi-task/use	O
both	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
display	O
or	O
second	O
displays	O
is	O
a	O
common	O
term	O
describing	O
the	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
setup	O
with	O
just	O
one	O
additional	O
monitor	O
attached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
it	O
is	O
particularly	O
common	O
to	O
have	O
one	O
workstation	O
with	O
two	O
monitors	B-Device
connected	O
where	O
the	O
second	B-General_Concept
monitor	I-General_Concept
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
's	O
second	O
display	O
has	O
evolved	O
from	O
a	O
multi	O
screen	O
personal	O
computer	B-Device
monitor	I-Device
to	O
having	O
multiple	O
technical	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
,	O
web	B-Protocol
cam	I-Protocol
or	O
even	O
a	O
barcode	B-Device
reader	I-Device
in	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
simultaneous	O
touch	O
input	O
is	O
performed	O
on	O
two	O
devices	O
simultaneously	O
there	O
will	O
be	O
a	O
technical	O
solution	O
required	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
dual	B-Device
input	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shop	O
and	O
IT-support	O
staff	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
term	O
“	O
second	O
display	O
”	O
when	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
second	B-General_Concept
monitor	I-General_Concept
in	O
a	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
setup	O
.	O
</s>
