--- a/libweston/compositor.c
+++ b/libweston/compositor.c
@@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ weston_view_set_output(struct weston_view *view, struct weston_output *output)
        }
        view->output = output;
        if (output) {
+               output->width = 1600; /* double the horizontal pixels on the screen */
                view->output_destroy_listener.notify =
                        notify_view_output_destroy;
                wl_signal_add(&output->destroy_signal,
@@ -6415,6 +6416,7 @@ weston_output_update_matrix(struct weston_output *output)
                                     output->width, output->height,
                                     output->current_scale);

+       weston_matrix_scale(&output->matrix, 0.5, 1, 1);
        weston_matrix_invert(&output->inverse_matrix, &output->matrix);
 }