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  2. Free look - Wikipedia

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    Free look (also known as mouselook) describes the ability to move a mouse, joystick, analogue stick, or D-pad to rotate the player character's view in video games.It is almost always used for 3D game engines, and has been included on role-playing video games, real-time strategy games, third-person shooters, first-person shooters, racing games, and flight simulators.

  3. Cursor (user interface) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a pointer or mouse pointer (as part of a personal computer WIMP style of interaction) [10] [11] [12] is a symbol or graphical image on the computer monitor or other display device that echoes movements of the pointing device, commonly a mouse, touchpad, or stylus pen. It signals the point where actions of the user take place.

  4. Windows Aero - Wikipedia

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    Windows Aero is the first major revision to Microsoft's user design guidelines for Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, covering aesthetics, common controls such as buttons and radio buttons, task dialogs, wizards, common dialogs, control panels, icons, fonts, user notifications, and the "tone" of text used.

  5. MDA framework - Wikipedia

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    Fantasy (Game as make-believe): Imaginary world. Narrative (Game as drama): A story that drives the player to keep coming back; Challenge (Game as obstacle course): Urge to master something. Boosts a game's replayability. Fellowship (Game as social framework): A community where the player is an active part of it. Almost exclusive for ...

  6. Pointing stick - Wikipedia

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    A pointing stick can be used by pushing with the fingers in the general direction the user wants the pointer to move. The velocity of the pointer depends on the applied force so increasing pressure causes faster movement. The relation between pressure and pointer speed can be adjusted, just as mouse speed is adjusted.

  7. Arrow keys - Wikipedia

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    Mouse keys is a feature that allows controlling a mouse cursor with arrow keys instead. A feature echoed in the Amiga whereby holding the Amiga key would allow a person to move the pointer with the cursor keys in the Workbench (operating system), but most games require a mouse or joystick. The use of arrow keys in games has come back into ...

  8. Context-sensitive user interface - Wikipedia

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    A user-interface may also provide context sensitive feedback, such as changing the appearance of the mouse pointer or cursor, changing the menu color, or with auditory or tactile feedback. Reasoning and advantages of context sensitivity

  9. ANI (file format) - Wikipedia

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    The ANI file format is a graphics file format used for animated mouse cursors on the Microsoft Windows operating system. [1]The format is based on the Microsoft Resource Interchange File Format, which is used as a container for storing the individual frames (which are standard Windows icons) of the animation.