different between playfield vs mouselook

English

Etymology

play +? field

Noun

playfield (plural playfields)

1. A playing field.
   • 1974, Comprehensive Plan for Covington, Kentucky, and Environs

     It has been recommended by some recreational specialists that there should be one such playfield for each 500 children of high school age.

2. The area within which a game (especially a video game) is played.
   • 1977, Popular Science magazine

     The game has a tilt feature — tilt Fireball and a tilt sign glows and the scoring stops. The full-sized, full-color commercial playfield even has a special friction silk-screened surface so the ball will roll and not slide.

   • 2007, Friedrich von Borries et al, Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism

     In this case, the playfield is more disorienting and feels more like the maze that it is.

Translations

English

Etymology

mouse +? look

Noun

mouselook (uncountable)

1. (video games) A feature that allows the player to adjust the view of a three-dimensional playfield by moving the mouse, analogous to turning one's head in reality.
   • 2003, Daniel Sanchez-Crespo Dalmau, Core techniques and algorithms in game programming

     The mouselook is easy to code once you understand how a mouse operates. All we have to do is use the keys to change our position, and use the mouse to reorient our viewpoint.

   • 2006, Michael Rymaszewski et al, Second Life: The Official Guide

     However, some people find the mouselook or first-person view to be far more convenient when moving around.

   • 2007, Aimee Weber, Kimberly Rufer-Bach, Richard Platel, Creating Your World

     A vehicle can be made to not turn in a given direction in response to mouselook […]

Synonyms

• freelook