full motion video

noun

Definitions

  1. Video marketed as being of sufficient quality to make motion appear continuous to humans,…

    Video marketed as being of sufficient quality to make motion appear continuous to humans, considered to require at least 16 frames per second.

    • When most companies become involved in teleconferencing, usually their first interest is in full-motion video conferencing.
    • Originally, 72 minutes of partial-screen (one-eighth) full-motion video could be stored. These pictures are fairly coarse — worse than low-quality VCR...
    • To digitize and store a 10 seconds clip of full motion video in a computer requires transfer of an enormous amount of data[…]
  2. In-game footage that is pre-rendered, often using real-world scenes, as opposed to being…

    In-game footage that is pre-rendered, often using real-world scenes, as opposed to being rendered in-engine or in real time.

    • Stored full-motion video is useful for messages and information dissemination, whereas live video can be used for direct interaction, medical applications, manufacturing applications, and a variety of other process control processes.
    • In games, full motion video (FMV) truly began in the 16-bit era on the Amiga and Atari ST. Psygnosis, an innovative company that is now a distant memory, often put an awe-inspiring, beautifully rendered movie at the front ot their games.
    • Privateer II had real actors in full motion video sequences doing all sorts of silly stuff.

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  • antonymin-engineantonym(s) of “video games”

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for full motion video. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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