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An Introduction to Programming Using Alice

An Introduction to Programming Using Alice more books like this

by Charles W Herbert

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"Alice: An Introduction to Programming Using Virtual Reality" is designed to make learning programming easy for the novice user, with the help of Alice. Object-oriented programming can be quite a bit more challenging to learn than traditional programming. Alice is a software tool that was developed to help teach object-oriented programming in a ...

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The Ultimate Official Guide to Club Penguin, Volume 1

The Ultimate Official Guide to Club Penguin, Volume 1 more books like this

by Katherine Noll

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This book leads readers on an in-depth tour of Club Penguin, letting them in on tricks and shortcuts. Readers will get tips on how to play games on the site, how to adopt a puffle, decorate their igloo, and much more!

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Working Virtually: Challenges of Virtual Teams

Working Virtually: Challenges of Virtual Teams more books like this

by Robert Jones

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Virtual teams have been used to leverage scarce and distributed resources for many years. Expense reductions, health epidemics, air travel safety, and complex supply chains have only intensified this need. General best practices for leading and participating in virtual teams are well known but why are there still misconceptions about their ...

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Mirror Worlds: Or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean

Mirror Worlds: Or the Day Software Puts the Universe in a Shoebox...How It Will Happen and What It Will Mean more books like this

by David Hillel Gelernter

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This study takes the reader on a tour of the computer technology of the future - particularly the ability to use computers to mirror virtual reality. These images of reality depicted on computer screens, known as mirror worlds, will allow users to explore concepts in unprecedented detail.

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Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments: From Realism to Real-Time

Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments: From Realism to Real-Time more books like this

by Mel Slater, Yiorgos Chrysanthou, Anthony Steed

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This book provides a clear tutorial guide to essential concepts in computer graphics, including state-of-the-art techniques and novel applications such as virtual reality and other forms of 3D interaction. Providing a rich source of examples with which to experiment, and encouraging the development of programming skills, this book is ideal for ...

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War of the Worlds: Cyberspace and the High-Tech Assault on Reality

War of the Worlds: Cyberspace and the High-Tech Assault on Reality more books like this

by Mark Slouka

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Mark Z. Slouka argues that the perception of reality in America has been radically altered by the emergence of new technologies. The notion of reality as an empirical shared state of existence has been particularly challenged by a revolution in the "virtual" technologies spawned by the computer industry. What is "real" in a society infiltrated by ...

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Virtual Realism

Virtual Realism more books like this

by Michael Heim

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"Virtual Realism" is an art form and a way of living with technology. To explain it, Michael Heim draws on a hypertext of topics, from answering machines to interactive art, from engineering to television programs, from the meaning of UFOs to the Internet. The technology of virtual reality brought a new dimension to culture with its virtual ...

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City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn

City of Bits: Space, Place, and the Infobahn more books like this

by William J Mitchell

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This is an introduction to a new type of city, a largely invisible but increasingly important system of virtual spaces interconnected by the emerging information superhighway. Practical examples and illustrations are used to examine architecture and urbanism in the context of digital telecommunications revolution, the ongoing miniturization of ...

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The Playful World: How Technology is Transforming Our Imagination

The Playful World: How Technology is Transforming Our Imagination more books like this

by Mark Pesce

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This optimistic peek into the future illustrates how interactive technology is changing our lives.

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Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games

Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games more books like this

by Edward Castronova

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From EverQuest to World of Warcraft, online games have evolved from the exclusive domain of computer geeks into an extraordinarily lucrative staple of the entertainment industry. People of all ages and from all walks of life now spend thousands of hours - and dollars - partaking in this popular new brand of escapism. But the line between fantasy ...

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Designing Virtual Worlds more books like this

by Richard Bartle

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Designing Virtual Worlds is the most comprehensive treatment of virtual world design to-date from one of the true pioneers and most sought-after design consultants. It's a tour de force of VW design, stunning in intellectual scope, spanning the literary, economic, sociological, psychological, physical, technological, and ethical underpinnings of ...

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A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality more books like this

by Karen McMenemy

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This book is a two-part guide to the science, technology, mathematics, and practical implementation of virtual reality. Part 1 contains an explanation of what virtual reality (VR) is (and what it is not!) and what lies inside the hardware components of a VR system. It also details the theory of many technically challenging aspects of VR in a very ...

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Designing Your Second Life: Techniques and Inspiration for You to Design Your Ideal Parallel Universe Within the Online Community, Second Life more books like this

by Rebecca Tapley

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Whether your second, virtual life has just begun, or you've been "in-world" for a long time, a successful and rewarding experience depends on your mastery of design. Everything from your avatar to your home, your clothes to your behavior says something about who you are and the way others see you. In this book Rebecca Tapley--"Mera Luan" in SL- ...

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I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life more books like this

by Mark Stephen Meadows

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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 ...

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The science of virtual reality and virtual environments a technical, scientific and engineering reference on virtual environments more books like this

by Kalawsky

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A completely revised and updated edition of the leading scientific guide to virtual reality and virtual environments. Filling the gaps in available literature, The Science of Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments provides a comprehensive tutorial and reference to VR, drawing together previously inaccessible information into a single source

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The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality more books like this

by Michael Heim

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Computers have dramatically altered life in the late twentieth century. Today we can draw on worldwide computer links, speeding up communications by radio, newspapers, and television. Ideas fly back and forth and circle the globe at the speed of electricity. And just around the corner lurks full-blown virtual reality, in which we will be able to ...

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Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges more books like this

by National Research Council, Natl Res Council, Committee on Virtual Reality Research and Development

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Despite widespread interest in virtual reality, research and development efforts in synthetic environments (SE) - the field encompassing virtual environments, teleoperation, and hybrids - have remained fragmented. "Virtual Reality" is the first integrated treatment of the topic, presenting current knowledge, along with thought-provoking vignettes ...

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Fractal Dreams: New Media in Social Context more books like this

by Jon Dovey

CD-ROM, CDI, VR...the digital media revolution is upon us - or so, this book argues, we are being led to believe. The essays set out to explore what is new about new media, mapping the territory of the mediasphere and distinguishing what is actual and what is virtual in these new worlds. In these specially-commissioned pieces, practitioners of new ...

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Caligari Truespace Bible with CD-ROM more books like this

by Peter Plantec

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This guide covers the 3-D desktop publishing software TrueSpace. The book provides tutorials and hands-on exercises, and includes an accompanying CD-ROM.

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Virtual Manufacturing more books like this

by Prashant Banerjee, Pranshant Banerjee, Dan Zetu

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Bridges the gap between virtual reality and computer vision in manufacturing What will it take to make virtual manufacturing a reality? In this groundbreaking book, leading VR researchers reveal the latest findings in key areas that are driving the development of this revolutionary new technology. In addition to workcell management, real-time ...

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Abstracting Craft: The Practiced Digital Hand more books like this

by Malcolm McCullough

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The love of making things need not be confined to the physical world - electronic form giving can also be a rewarding hands-on experience. In this investigation of the possibility of craft in the digital realm, Malcolm McCullough observes that the emergence of computation as a medium, rather than just as a set of tools, suggests a growing ...

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The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age more books like this

by Allucquere Rosanne Stone

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In this work, Allucquere Rosanne Stone examines the myriad ways modern technology is challenging traditional notions of gender identity. Face-to-face meetings, and even telephone conversations, involuntarily reveal crucial aspects of identity such as gender, age and race. However, these bits of identity are completely masked by computer-mediated ...

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The Wired Neighborhood more books like this

by Stephen Doheny-Farina

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Are communication technologies ushering in a new age of computer networks that connect people into worldwide virtual communities of like-minded individuals? Or are global computer networks isolating us from real relationships and from our society, as we stare into a screen instead of interacting face to face? In this book, Stephen Doheny-Farina ...

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Digital Mosaics: The Aesthetics of Cyberspace more books like this

by Steven Holtzman

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Through the works of cutting-edge computer artists, composers, and designers, DIGITAL MOSAICS explores the possibilities of the digital medium and how it radically transforms the way art is produced and understood by the audience. Digital expert Steven Holtzman lays the groundwork for the digital and art worlds of our future. Index. 86 ...

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How Computer Games Help Children Learn more books like this

by David Williamson Shaffer, James Paul Gee (Foreword by)

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Combining years of research and classroom experience, Shaffer makes a compelling argument for the educational power of computer games as tools to help children learn about real world issues.Gaming is a hot topic - $10 billion game industry, new international gamers conferences, and record-breaking sales on interactive games for all ages. As ...

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