Noun

(cameras)

A device for taking still or moving pictures or s.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders

, title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement.}}

(video games) The game or simulation.

* 2003 , Tom Meigs, Ultimate game design: building game worlds

If you're building a third-person game with enclosed or tight spaces, try to figure out up front what camera problems you will likely encounter. Use this identification process to influence the early building process.

* 2006 , Patrick O'Luanaigh, Game Design Complete

I'm talking about the way the camera flies up above the skater when you leap into the air. No one had done it before.

Noun

(en noun)

(scifi) A mobile hovering camera.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 11, author=James Hynes, title=Looks Aren't Everything, work=New York Times citation

, passage=Like almost everyone else in her world, Aya records everything she does with the help of a semi-sentient hovercam (a sort of floating soccer ball that's a cross between R2D2 and Weegee), using the resulting footage to boost her face rank. }}