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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Nobel laureate Wilczek presents ten insights that illuminate what the world is and how it works. Fundamentals is built around a simple but profound idea: the models of the world we construct as children are practical and adequate for everyday life, but they do not bring in the surprising and mind-expanding revelations of modern science. To do that, we must look at the world anew, combining clear thinking with an openness to wonder. This "born again"...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"While on her normal daily walk with her dog in the nearby forest woods, our protagonist comes across a note, handwritten and carefully pinned to the ground with a frame of stones. Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn't me. Here is her dead body. Our narrator is deeply shaken; she has no idea what to make of this. She is new to this area, having moved here from her longtime home after the death of her husband, and she...
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Publisher
For Dummies
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
An easy-to-understand primer on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are driving the next technological revolution. If you want to get in on the action, this book helps you understand what these technologies are, their history, how they're being used, and how they'll affect consumers both personally and professionally in the very near future. With VR and AR poised to become mainstream within the next...
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Language
English
Description
"John Chu is a "sherpa"--a paid guide to online role-playing games like the popular Call to Wizardry. For a fee, he and his crew will provide you with a top-flight character equipped with the best weapons and armor, and take you dragon-slaying in the Realms of Asgarth, hunting rogue starships in the Alpha Sector, or battling hordes of undead in the zombie apocalypse. Chu's new client, the pseudonymous Mr. Jones, claims to be a "wealthy, famous person"...
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Publisher
ISTE, Ltd
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
The digital transformation of companies is both a competitive challenge and a complex step for large groups and industries, and at the same time a tremendous opportunity. This transformation is entering a new dimension with the development of immersive technologies such as virtual reality, mixed reality and augmented reality, which are revolutionizing the way we generate content as well as visualize and interact with models and data. The challenges...
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Publisher
Packt Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Build exciting AR applications on mobile and wearable devices with Unity 3D, Vuforia, ARToolKit, Microsoft Mixed Reality HoloLens, Apple ARKit, and Google ARCore About This Book Create unique AR applications from scratch, from beginning to end, with step-by-step tutorials Use Unity 3D to efficiently create AR apps for Android, iOS, and Windows platforms Use Vuforia, ARTookKit, Windows Mixed Reality, and Apple ARKit to build AR projects for a variety...
Author
Publisher
Morgan Kaufmann
Pub. Date
©2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Augmented reality is not a technology. Augmented reality is a medium. Likewise, a book on augmented reality that only addresses the technology that is required to support the medium of augmented reality falls far short of providing the background that is needed to produce, or critically consume augmented reality applications. One reads a book. One watches a movie. One experiences augmented reality. Understanding Augmented Reality addresses the elements...
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Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 139 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Augmented Reality (AR) blurs the boundary between the physical and digital worlds. In AR's current exploration phase, innovators are beginning to create compelling and contextually rich applications that enhance a user's everyday experiences. In this book, Dr. Helen Papagiannis--a world-leading expert in the field--introduces you to AR: how it's evolving, where the opportunities are, and where it's headed. If you're a designer, developer, entrepreneur,...
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Publisher
A K Peters
Pub. Date
©2007
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 588 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality brings together under one cover all the aspects of graphics, video, audio, and haptics that have to work together to make virtual reality a reality. Like any good guide, it reveals the practical things you need to know, from the viewpoint of authors who have been there. This two-part guide covers the science, technology, and mathematics of virtual reality and then details its practical implementation. The first...
10) Ready player one
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English
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"Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of...
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Series
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxii, 346 pages) : illustrations.
Language
English
Description
"Improve the video multimedia services you work on or develop using tools from video service technologies such as Netflix, Disney+, YouTube, and Skype. This book introduces you to the core technologies that enable Metaverse XR (eXtended Reality) services and advanced video multimedia streaming services"--
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Apply the techniques needed to build VR applications for mobile and standalone head-mounted displays (HMDs) using the Unreal Engine. This book covers the entire VR ecosystem including production tools, Unreal engine, workflows, performance and optimization, and presents two fully-developed projects to reinforce what you've learned. Media designers, CG artists and other creatives will be able to take advantage of real-time engine techniques and easy-to-learn...
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Today's interaction designers generally operate within well-researched and documented constraints for both web and mobile applications--but not for much longer. By mixing the real and virtual worlds, new products such as Hololens, DAQRI, Meta, and Magic Leap clearly demonstrate that designers no longer have to confine user interfaces to a screen. In this O'Reilly report, author Kharis O'Connell guides you through the new realm of mixed reality. You'll...
Author
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Augmented Reality: Principles and Practice integrates all this knowledge into a single-source reference, presenting the most significant AR work with scrupulous accuracy. Dieter Schmalstieg, a pioneer of both AR foundation and application, is drawing from his two decades of AR experience to clearly present the field. Together with mobile AR pioneer and research colleague Tobias Höllerer, the authors address all aspects of the field, illuminating...
Author
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the technologies, applications and human factors considerations of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) systems and wearable computing devices. Ideal for practitioners and students alike, it brings together comprehensive coverage of both theory and practice, emphasizing leading-edge displays, sensors, and other enabling technologies and tools that are already commercially available...
Author
Publisher
Morgan Kaufmann
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 382 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Virtual Reality has turned the corner from being a mere laboratory novelty to become a valuable tool with practical applications in many fields. From best-selling VR guru Bill Sherman comes Developing Virtual Reality Applications - a comprehensive compendium that examines over 50 unique and foundational VR applications in Business, Science, Medicine, Education, Spatial Studies, Public Safety, and Entertainment industries. Each chapter contains one...
Author
Publisher
Packt Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
This book takes you on a journey to create intuitive and interactive Virtual Reality experiences by creating your first VR application using React VR 2.0.0. It starts by getting you up to speed with Virtual Reality (VR) and React VR components. It teaches you what Virtual Reality (VR) really is, why it works, how to describe 3D objects, the installation of Node.js (version 9.2.0) and WebVR browser. You will learn 3D polygon modeling, texturing, animating...
Author
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The Complete, Up-to-Date Guide to Building AR and VR Games Google's new ARCore and Daydream VR platforms enable you to deliver advanced augmented and virtual reality games and apps on a wide spectrum of modern Android devices. Now for the first time, there's a comprehensive deep dive into both ARCore and Daydream for every Android developer and designer. Multi-award-winning AR/VR developer Sam Keene takes a hands-on approach, leading you through all...
Author
Series
Info-line volume issue 0803
Publisher
ASTD Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Sams
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
3rd edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1200 pages)
Language
English
Description
In a world where everything from how we take pictures to how we get our food is designed to happen as quickly and easily as possible, it can take a lot longer to learn how to make it all work behind the scenes. Theories and concepts can weigh you down when all you really want to know is how to create, design and go. That's where OpenGL SuperBible comes inches Complete with supporting figures and a CD packed with free tools, demos and libraries, OpenGL...
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