Bird's-eye view
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A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downward. Bird's-eye views can b
Bird's-eye view engraving of Paris in 1850
Bird's-eye view of operations during the Paraguayan War from James Allen's observation balloon, 1868
Aerial view of the City of London, 2011
View of Sydney from an airliner
Video game graphics
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A variety of computer graphic techniques have been used to display video game content throughout the history of video games. The predominance of individual techniques have evolved over time, primarily
Bird's-eye view
…and video games, an "overhead view" of a character or situation often places the vantage point only a few feet (a meter or two) above human height. See top–down perspective. Recent technological and networking developments have made satellite images more accessible. Microsoft Bing Maps offers direct overhead satellite…
Asteroids-clone played on an oscillograph configured as a vector display
Awesomenauts is a side scrolling MOBA game.
First-person perspective as seen in STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)
Screenshot from the third-person shooter Dead Justice