réglage matériel

English translation: hardware adjustment

11:04 Sep 5, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino
French term or phrase: réglage matériel
In the context of a virtual reality headset.

Le système comprend un réglage material pour régler la distance inter pupillaire.

hardware setting??
Jonathan Spencer
Spain
Local time: 03:06
English translation:hardware adjustment
Explanation:
I'd say setting if it were done in software, but this sounds simply like something you adjust physically e.g. on the visor.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-09-05 15:37:04 GMT)
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Really, this is marketing-speak for making a feature out of a shortcoming!

It would be nice to think that a very fancy system might use sophisticated software + a motorized headset to erform this adjustment; or indeed, even perform it at graphics level. But this simpler (and thereby probably more reliable!) system simply gets you to adjust it yourself.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 03:06
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4 +3hardware adjustment
Tony M
3 +2...can be manually adjusted...
Melanie Kathan


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...can be manually adjusted...


Explanation:
You might also want to consider turning the sentence around a little bit-
"The system can be manually adjusted to achieve the desired interpupillary distance" sounds more natural to me than "The system has a hardware adjustment..."

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-09-05 13:00:28 GMT)
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If there is any way to get additional information from your client, this could be clarified by including the method of adjustment ("can be manually adjusted via a button/a dial/etc.")

That would remove any uncertainty about the software vs hardware issue.

Example sentence(s):
  • "Set the lenses in the headset to your IPD." (from the website linked below)

    https://www.instructables.com/id/Setup-and-Use-of-a-Smartphone-Virtual-Reality-VR-H/
Melanie Kathan
Canada
Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Good point.
1 min
  -> Thanks Phil.

disagree  Tony M: Whether done in s/ware or h/ware, it could be manual or automatic; however, you have missed out the key technical point that here it is a HARDWARE adjustment. 'manual' opposes 'automatic'; 'matériel' opposes 'logiciel' — apples and oranges!
1 min
  -> I understand your point, but I suppose it depends how you choose to interpret the word "manual," which according to Merriam & Webster does indeed mean "by hand."

agree  mchd
29 mins
  -> Thanks, mchd.

agree  writeaway: No way is this 100% wrong!!!!
1 hr
  -> Thanks, writeaway

agree  GILOU: or "can be manually set"
15 hrs
  -> That would work, too. Thanks, Gilou.

disagree  Daryo: you could also perfectly well adjust "manually" some software parameter [with a mouse or on a touch-screen] - the whole point of using "réglage matériel" is to point out that for that setting you are dealing with palpable hardware, not code.
21 hrs
  -> Hence my additional note about adding details of exactly how it is adjusted.
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
hardware adjustment


Explanation:
I'd say setting if it were done in software, but this sounds simply like something you adjust physically e.g. on the visor.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2019-09-05 15:37:04 GMT)
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Really, this is marketing-speak for making a feature out of a shortcoming!

It would be nice to think that a very fancy system might use sophisticated software + a motorized headset to erform this adjustment; or indeed, even perform it at graphics level. But this simpler (and thereby probably more reliable!) system simply gets you to adjust it yourself.


Tony M
France
Local time: 03:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Hardware adjustment of interpupillary distance.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Phil!

agree  Kevin Oheix: Hardware IPD adjustment
3 hrs
  -> Merci, Kevin !

agree  Daryo: like the idiotmatic cameras missing the setting for the focal distance that become in marketing speak "focus-free" - as if taking sharp pictures is a burden to avoid?
22 hrs
  -> Thanks, Daryo! Yes, exactly!
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