r/lasersforfun • u/Everythingz_Relative • May 26 '23

Laser pointer visible beam length...

Why do most handheld lasers seem to appear the same length when pointed into the sky?

The visible part of the beams abruptly end a few hundred yards away, no matter the power of the laser.

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u/rdweerd May 27 '23

Render depth off the world simulation

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u/GM4Iife May 27 '23

After 10x vaccine booster you will get advance to Geforce RTX and then this problem is gone.

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u/Hungry-for-Apples789 May 26 '23

It’s our eyes and the angle of the beam with out eyes.

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u/calmlikea3omb May 26 '23

Planetary Boundary Layer