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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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Mortality doctrine volume 1
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English
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"Michael is a skilled internet gamer in a world of advanced technology. When a cyber-terrorist begins to threaten players, Michael is called upon to seek him and his secrets out"--.
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Inkyard Press
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English
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Thanks to Enhanced Memory, you can share someone else's memory, experience anything and everything with no risk at all: learn any skill instantly, travel the world from home, and safeguard all your most treasured secrets forever. Nova's parents invented this technology, and it is slowly taking over their lives. Nova knows Enhanced Memory is a gift. Kade says Nova doesn't know the costs of this technology. He runs a secret vlog cataloging real experiences,...
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New Riders
Pub. Date
2007
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1 online resource
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English
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"In this book Rebecca Tapley-"Mera Luan" in SL-shows you how to design everything from bodies to earrings, cars to castles, for improved appearance, function, and usability. Real-world topics such as urban planning, color theory, user experience, interior design, and landscaping are mapped to SL conditions Learn how to spot the best skin and hair, clothing, architecture and construction, property for sale, and mot e. In addition, Rebecca's insights...
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O'Reilly
Pub. Date
2007
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1 online resource
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English
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Calling Second Life a game is a lot likesaying that an airport is a nice place totake a trip. To some degree it is true, butmost airports are not featured in travelbrochures. This Short Cut is not about the airport. Rather, it is about a destination. The destinationis about how to make a profitablepresence within Second Life--or, atthe least, general guidelines on how toavoid losing money.
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No Starch Press
Pub. Date
©2010
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1 online resource (xxii, 192 pages) : illustrations
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English
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"Scott F. Andrews has been helping guild leaders and officers since 2007 through his weekly column for WoW.com, Officers' Quarters. In The Guild Leader's Handbook, Andrews offers a complete guide to conceptualizing, establishing, and maintaining a successful guild"--Resource description page.
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Que Pub
Pub. Date
©2008
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1 online resource (xvii, 191 pages) : color illustrations
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English
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Some new users to Second Life may find that it can be very difficult to navigate this new 3D space and even harder to find some of the more interesting places to visit. Many of the best places to visit in Second Life have remained a secret to the most active and seasoned users, until now! Now there is a guide for everyone who wants to access the top destinations on Second Life. "This book provides over 200 destinations in six areas - shopping, entertainment,...
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CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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1 online resource (xxv, 352 page) : illustrations
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English
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Learn How to Create Immersive Virtual EnvironmentsWritten by an award-winning designer with 20 years of experience designing virtual environments for television and online communities, Virtual World Design explores the intertwining disciplines of 2D graphics, 3D models, lighting, sound, and storytelling. It illustrates how these disciplines come together by design in the creation of an accessible virtual environment for teaching, research, and entertainment....
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Que Pub
Pub. Date
2007
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1 online resource
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English
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"This full-color book is packed with insider tips, easy step-by-step techniques, and interviews with dozens of SL residents telling you what they wished they knew when they started! Brian White pulls no punches: you'll learn exactly what's great and not so great about SL ... how to thrive in its unique culture, and how to create your dreams."--Jacket
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Pearson Education [distributor]
Pub. Date
2007
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1 online resource (134 pages) : illustrations
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English
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What is an avatar? Why are there nearly a billion of them, and who is using them? Do avatars impact our real lives, or are they just video game conceits? Is an avatar an inspired rendering of its creator's inner self, or is it just one among millions of anonymous vehicles clogging the online freeways? Can we use our avatars to really connect with people, or do they just isolate us? And as we become more like our avatars do they become more like us?...
15) Tron: legacy
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
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Blu-ray + DVD.
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1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (approximately 125 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When Flynn, the world's greatest video game creator, sends out a secret signal from an amazing digital realm, his son discovers the clue and embarks on a personal journey to save his long-lost father. With the help of the fearless female warrior Quorra, father and son venture through an incredible cyber universe and wage the ultimate battle of good versus evil.
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Oxford [England]
Pub. Date
2011.
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1 online resource (216 pages)
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English
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Presents a broad examination of the nature of virtual worlds and the potential they provide in managing and expressing information practices through that medium, grounding information professionals and students of new media in the fundamental elements of virtual worlds and online gaming. The book details the practical issues in finding and using information in virtual environments and presents a general theory of librarianship as it relates to virtual...
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Special edition, [second-disc combo pack].
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1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a brilliant video game maker named Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing.
18) Ctrl+S
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Orion Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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Paperback edition.
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405 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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In near-future London, Theo must navigate the darkest corners of a virtual universe to rescue his kidnapped mother. Life in the near future's not all bad. We've reversed global warming, and fixed the collapsing bee population. We even created SPACE, a virtual-sensory universe where average guys like Theo Wilson can do almost anything they desire. But almost anything isn't enough for some. Every day, normal people are being taken, their emotions harvested...
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
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xiv, 258 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"The story of adults who put on a costume, develop a persona, and interact with other characters for hours or days as part of a LARP, or Live Action Role-Playing game. A look at the hobby from its history in the pageantry of Tudor England to its use as a training tool for the US military"--Provided by publisher.
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