POV most commonly refers to:
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Point of view (disambiguation)
POV or PoV may also refer to:
Science and technology
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Persistence of vision
Persistence of vision traditionally refers to the optical illusion that occurs when visual perception of an object does not cease for some time after the rays of light proceeding from it have ceased to enter the eye.
The illusion has also been d ...
, the optical illusion whereby multiple discrete images blend into a single image in the human mind
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Pyramid of vision, a 3D computer graphics term describing what the viewer sees
* Percentage of volume or participate, an algorithm buying or selling at a defined percentage of the exchange volume
Media and entertainment
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''P.O.V.'' (magazine), a lifestyle magazine targeted at young professional men
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''POV'' (TV series), a PBS television program showing independent, non-fiction film
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''POV'' (album), an album by Utopia (1985)
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"POV" (song), a song by Ariana Grande (2020)
* "P.O.V.", a track on the album ''
Radio:Active'' by McFly (2008)
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"POV" (''Batman: The Animated Series''), an episode in ''Batman'' fiction
* ''PoV'', a live concert video album by
Peter Gabriel
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People on Vacation, an American rock band starring Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup and Ryan Hamilton of Smile Smile
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POV pornography, a subset of gonzo pornography in which the performer also holds the camera
* "P.O.V.", the seventh track on the album ''
Morning After'' by dvsn (2017)
Other
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Power of Veto (disambiguation)
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Parliament of Victoria
The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system. It consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Victoria, the Legislative Assembly an ...
, Australia
* Privately owned vehicle, as a
US government acronym
* POV,
Bible translations into Persian Bible translations into Persian have been made since the fourth or fifth century, although few early manuscripts survive. There are both Jewish and Christian translations from the Middle Ages. Complete translations of the Hebrew Bible and Greek New ...
* POV (ᐱᐅᕖ),
Inuit surname
See also
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POV hat, a control on some video game joysticks
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POV shot
A point of view shot (also known as POV shot, first-person shot or a subjective camera) is a short film scene that shows what a character (the subject) is looking at (represented through the camera). It is usually established by being positio ...
, a technique in motion photography
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POV-Ray
The Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer, most commonly acronymed as POV-Ray, is a cross-platform ray-tracing program that generates images from a text-based scene description. It was originally based on DKBTrace, written by David Kirk Buck and Aaro ...
, the Persistence of Vision Raytracer, a ray tracing computer graphics program
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