diff --git a/examples/depthReticle.js b/examples/depthReticle.js
index a8afb80df2..4b649f49b6 100644
--- a/examples/depthReticle.js
+++ b/examples/depthReticle.js
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ var APPARENT_2D_OVERLAY_DEPTH = 1.0;
 var APPARENT_MAXIMUM_DEPTH = 100.0; // this is a depth at which things all seem sufficiently distant
 var lastDepthCheckTime = Date.now();
 var desiredDepth = APPARENT_2D_OVERLAY_DEPTH;
-var wasDepth = Reticle.depth; // depth at the time we changed our desired depth
-var desiredDepthLastSet = lastDepthCheckTime; // time we changed our desired depth
 var TIME_BETWEEN_DEPTH_CHECKS = 100;
-var TIME_TO_FADE_DEPTH = 50;
+var MINIMUM_DEPTH_ADJUST = 0.01;
+var NON_LINEAR_DIVISOR = 2;
 
 Script.update.connect(function(deltaTime) {
     var now = Date.now();
@@ -53,30 +52,21 @@ Script.update.connect(function(deltaTime) {
 
         // If the desired depth has changed, reset our fade start time
         if (desiredDepth != newDesiredDepth) {
-            desiredDepthLastSet = now;
             desiredDepth = newDesiredDepth;
-            wasDepth = Reticle.depth;
         }
     }
 
     // move the reticle toward the desired depth
     if (desiredDepth != Reticle.depth) {
 
-        // determine the time between now, and when we set our determined our desiredDepth
-        var elapsed = now - desiredDepthLastSet;
-        var distanceToFade = desiredDepth - wasDepth;
-        var percentElapsed = Math.min(1, elapsed / TIME_TO_FADE_DEPTH);
-
-        // special case to handle no fade settings
-        if (TIME_TO_FADE_DEPTH == 0) {
-            percentElapsed = 1;
-        }
-        var depthDelta = distanceToFade * percentElapsed;
-
-        var newDepth = wasDepth + depthDelta;
-        if (percentElapsed == 1) {
+        // cut distance between desiredDepth and current depth in half until we're close enough
+        var distanceToAdjustThisCycle = (desiredDepth - Reticle.depth) / NON_LINEAR_DIVISOR;
+        if (Math.abs(distanceToAdjustThisCycle) < MINIMUM_DEPTH_ADJUST) {
             newDepth = desiredDepth;
+        } else {
+            newDepth = Reticle.depth + distanceToAdjustThisCycle;
         }
+
         Reticle.setDepth(newDepth);
     }
 });