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Product Description: All the programming know-how and software tools you need to create INTELLIGENT characters for your games and virtual environments Are you becoming bored with VR characters who always do the expected? Want to interact with interesting, intelligent virtual opponents (and allies) who think, learn, and always offer new challenges? Now this book/CD supplies you with everything you need to create these kinds of entities...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book presents an overview on the various applications and implementations of the technology of Augmented Reality in the contemporary world. Augmented Reality (AR) complements Virtual Reality (VR) in several ways. It is a natural extension from VR, developed several decades earlier...read more

Product Description: As an Android developer, including Augmented Reality (AR) in your mobile apps could be a profitable new string to your bow. This tutorial takes you through every aspect of AR for Android with lots of hands-on exercises. Overview Understand the main concepts and architectural components of an AR application Step-by-step learning through hands-on programming combined with a background of important mathematical concepts Efficiently and robustly implement some of the main functional AR aspects In Detail Augmented Reality offers the magical effect of blending the physical world with the virtual world, which brings applications from your screen into your hands...read more

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Product Description: Virtual environments provide places for 'being there together', for avatars to interact with each other in computer-generated spaces. They range from immersive systems in which people have life-size tracked avatar bodies to large-scale spaces such as Second Life where populations of users socialize in persistent virtual worlds...read more

Product Description: Minecraft—a humble computer game about placing blocks—is a global phenomenon that has captured the imagination of more than 36 million players around the world. Often described as a digital version of LEGO, Minecraft offers an open-ended playing field where players design and build environments that others can explore...read more

Product Description: Create amazing and realistic physics-based Flash games using Box2D Overview Design blockbuster physics game and handle every kind of collision Build and destroy levels piece by piece Create vehicles and bring them to life with motors In Detail Physics games are getting more and more popular, and Box2D is the best choice if you are looking for a free, stable and robust library to handle physics...read more

Product Description: Among virtual reality technologies, a multi-projection display is certainly the most attractive and challenging. Engineers and researchers in any number of fields are increasingly attracted by immersive multi-projection displays...read more

Product Description: Generally speaking, Web 2.0 technologies support real-time or other innovative, Web-based social interactions, and they are increasingly popular among consumers, the private sector, and more recently, government. Citizen 2.0: Public and Governmental Interaction through Web 2...read more

Product Description: Plan, design, optimize, and implement your XenApp® solution to mobilize your businessAbout This BookOptimize your XenApp solution for the best end user experienceDesign a robust infrastructure for application and desktop deliveryEasy to follow guide that will help you to utilize the capabilities of the Citrix XenApp environmentWho This Book Is ForIf you are a Citrix® engineer, a virtualization consultant, or an IT project manager with prior experience of using Citrix XenApp® and related technologies for desktop virtualization and want to further explore the power of XenApp® for flawless desktop virtualization, then this book is for you...read more

Product Description: Unleash your inner creativity and learn how to build great cross-platform 2D games with the popular Cocos2d-x framework About This BookBuild multi-device games, letting the framework do all the heavy lifting!Spruce up your games with easy-to-apply animations, particle effects, and physics simulationQuickly implement and test your own game play ideas, with an eye for optimization and portabilityWho This Book Is ForIf you are a game enthusiast who would like to develop and publish your own game ideas onto different app stores, this is the book for you...read more

Product Description: With Cocos2d-x you don’t have to be a programming whiz to be a genius at game design. This tutorial will help unleash your inner creativity with lots of fun tutorials. Get the know-how to build great cross-platform 2D games. Overview Learn to build multi-device games in simple, easy steps, letting the framework do all the heavy lifting Spice things up in your games with easy to apply animations, particle effects, and physics simulation Quickly implement and test your own gameplay ideas, with an eye for optimization and portability Enjoy building the games as much as you will enjoy playing them In Detail Cocos2d-x is the C++ port of arguably the most popular open source 2D framework in the world...read more

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Product Description: Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at CGVR '13, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians.Selected topics include: * Animation And Related Methodologies* Virtual Reality + Computer Graphics + Related Method...read more