machinima

English

Etymology

Blend of machine and cinema

Noun

Wikipedia machinima (uncountable)

1. (video games, film) The rendering of computer-generated imagery using low-end (real time) 3D engines such as those found in video games, as opposed to the high-end, complex 3D engines used by professionals.
2. (video games, film) The genre of films created by such techniques.

Translations

rendering of computer-generated imagery

Chinese: Mandarin: 機造影片 (cmn), 机造影片 (cmn) (jīzào yǐngpiàn), 引擎電影 (cmn), 引擎电影 (cmn) (yǐnqíng diànyǐng), 機械電影 (cmn), 机械电影 (cmn) (jīxiè diànyǐng)

Finnish: machinima (fi)

genre of films

Chinese: Mandarin: 機造影片 (cmn), 机造影片 (cmn) (jīzào yǐngpiàn), 引擎電影 (cmn), 引擎电影 (cmn) (yǐnqíng diànyǐng), 機械電影 (cmn), 机械电影 (cmn) (jīxiè diànyǐng)

Finnish: machinima (fi)

Derived terms

• machinimist

See also

• animation
• video games
• virtual reality