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Virtual Arcana

Author : Karen Amanda Hooper
Publisher : Starry Sky Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virtual Arcana written by Karen Amanda Hooper and published by Starry Sky Publishing . This book was released on 2015-04-05 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual Reality has never been more dangerous. Kelsey loves books and lattes, preferably together, and is the kind of girl who follows rules to the letter. Unfortunately, her twin sister is obsessed with outlawed virtual reality... a bad vice to have when the government controls everything from entertainment privileges to caffeine consumption. If her sister would just keep her nose out of trouble, maybe they could survive senior year. But when Kelsey meets a charming book connoisseur and accepts his offering of a tarot card, she takes the first step toward her own risky addictions: the guy of her dreams, and his virtual escapes into her beloved storybooks. But the tarot cards can't guarantee a happy ending when the line between reality and fiction becomes dangerously blurred. Contains 7 card sections: #0~The Fool #1~The Magician #2~The High Priestess #3~The Empress #4~The Emperor #5~The Hierophant #6~The Lovers

Virtual Body Language : the History and Future of Avatars : how Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet

Author : Jeffrey Ventrella
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257763555
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Virtual Body Language : the History and Future of Avatars : how Nonverbal Expression is Evolving on the Internet written by Jeffrey Ventrella and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does the tail wag the brain? What is virtual autism? Why can't our avatars walk hand-in-hand? Will a nonverbal Babel fish save the world? Jeffrey Ventrella, a seasoned virtual worlds programmer and visual language expert, reviews the history of avatars, smileys, and other expressive forms, and considers a future of spectacular creativity. This book combines thoughtful scholarship with amusing anecdotes from the trenches of Silicon Valley. Virtual Body Language presents a thorough analysis of the neurological, linguistic, aesthetic, and technical aspects of how nonverbal communication can be distributed over the internet. Based on nearly a decade of avatar development, Ventrella has the practical foundation on which to justify even the most outrageous claims, regarding what "avatar" might mean in the future.

Interactive Technology and the New Paradigm for Healthcare

Author : Richard M. Satava
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 9789051992014
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis Interactive Technology and the New Paradigm for Healthcare by : Richard M. Satava

Download or read book Interactive Technology and the New Paradigm for Healthcare written by Richard M. Satava and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work contains the state-of-the-art in Virtual Reality as applied to Medicine. Interactive technology, used in many research and development programs, can be applied to health care by involving: robotics, computer vision, simulation, artificial intelligence, image manipulation and storage, data gloves, man-machine interfaces, etc. The Health Telematics Application Program, for example, is advancing virtual reality and enabling technologies (simulation, visualization and robotics) in health care services for patients, the elderly and persons with disabilities. This book addresses the following items from the end-user's perspective: technology transfer, telerobotics, telemedicine, education and training, and virtual reality. 'the book would (...) be useful for those researching interactive technologies in health care, especially virtual reality (...). It would be also of interest to people who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in techno-medical research.' - Rod Elford, Telemedicine Centre, Memorial University St John's, Newfoundland, Canada Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, volume 2, no. 3, 1996, p. 178 Covered by Current Contents, Life Sciences (ISI), volume 38, no. 34, August 1995, p. 11-13

Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana

Author : Michael Witwer
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0399580948
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana written by Michael Witwer and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the beloved role-playing game told through the paintings, sketches, illustrations, and visual ephemera behind its creation, growth, and continued popularity. FINALIST FOR THE HUGO AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE DIANA JONES AWARD From one of the most iconic game brands in the world, this official Dungeons & Dragons illustrated history provides an unprecedented look at the visual evolution of the brand and its continued influence on the worlds of pop culture and fantasy. You’ll find more than seven hundred pieces of artwork within from • each edition of the core role-playing books, supplements, and adventures • the Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance novels • decades of Dragon and Dungeon magazines • classic advertisements and merchandise • plus never-before-seen sketches, large-format canvases, rare photographs, one-of-a-kind drafts, and more from the now-famous designers and artists associated with Dungeons & Dragons The superstar author team gained unparalleled access to the archives of Wizards of the Coast and the personal collections of top collectors, as well as the designers and illustrators who created the distinctive characters, concepts, and visuals that have defined fantasy art and gameplay for generations. This is the most comprehensive collection of D&D imagery ever assembled, making this the ultimate collectible for the game’s millions of fans around the world.

Sacred Seas

Author : Karen Amanda Hooper
Publisher : Starry Sky Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0996147020
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (961 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Seas written by Karen Amanda Hooper and published by Starry Sky Publishing . This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Virtual Weapon and International Order

Author : Lucas Kello
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300220235
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Virtual Weapon and International Order written by Lucas Kello and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urgently needed examination of the current cyber revolution that draws on case studies to develop conceptual frameworks for understanding its effects on international order The cyber revolution is the revolution of our time. The rapid expansion of cyberspace in society brings both promise and peril. It promotes new modes of political cooperation, but it also disrupts interstate dealings and empowers subversive actors who may instigate diplomatic and military crises. Despite significant experience with cyber incidents, the conceptual apparatus to analyze, understand, and address their effects on international order remains primitive. Here, Lucas Kello adapts and applies international relations theory to create new ways of thinking about cyber strategy. Kello draws on a broad range of case studies - including the Stuxnet operation against Iran, the cyberattacks against Sony Pictures, and the disruption of the 2016 U.S. presidential election - to make sense of the contemporary technological revolution. Synthesizing data from government documents, forensic reports of major events, and interviews with senior decision-makers, this important work establishes new theoretical benchmarks to help security experts revise strategy and policy for the unprecedented challenges of our era.

Radical Architecture of the Future

Author : Beatrice Galilee
Publisher : Phaidon Press
ISBN 13 : 9781838661236
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Radical Architecture of the Future written by Beatrice Galilee and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architectural practice today goes far beyond the design and construction of buildings - the most exciting, forward-thinking architecture is also found in digital landscapes, art, apps, films, installations, and virtual reality. This remarkable book features projects - surprising, beautiful, outrageous, and sometimes even frightening - that break rules and shatter boundaries. In this timely book, the work of award-winning architects, designers, artists, photographers, writers, filmmakers, and researchers - all of whom synthesize and reflect our spatial environments - comes together for the first time.

Virtual Americas

Author : Paul Giles
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822329671
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Virtual Americas written by Paul Giles and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVA discussion on the ways in which representations in the U.S. have been deflected from mythic to "virtual" phenomena in literary and cultural works of the modern era./div

Reading Spiritualities

Author : Dawn Llewellyn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317071077
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Reading Spiritualities written by Dawn Llewellyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain and beyond. Reading Spiritualities presents both commentary and vivid examples of this evolution, engaging with a variety of reading practices that work with traditional texts and those that extend the notion of 'text' itself. The contributors draw on a range of textual sites such as an interview, Caribbean literature, drama and jazz, women's writings, emerging church blogs, Neopagan websites, the reading practices of Buddhist nuns, empirical studies on the reading experiences of Gujarati, Christian and post-Christian women, Chicana short stories, the mosque, cinema, modern art and literature. These examples open up understandings of where and how 'sacred texts' are emerging and being reassessed within contemporary religious and spiritual contexts; and make room for readings where the spiritual resides not only in the textual, but in other unexpected places. Reading Spiritualities includes contributions from Graham Holderness, Ursula King, Michael N. Jagessar, David Jasper, Anthony G. Reddie, Michèle Roberts, and Heather Walton to reflect and encourage the interdisciplinary study of sacred text in the broad arena of the arts and social sciences. It offers a unique and well-focused 'snapshot' of the textual constructions and representations of the sacred within the contemporary religious climate - accessible to the general reader, as well as more specialist interests of students and researchers working in the crossover fields of religious, theological, cultural and literary studies.

Paik's Virtual Archive

Author : Hanna Hölling
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520288904
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Paik's Virtual Archive written by Hanna Hölling and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two works -- Conceptual and material aspects of media art -- Musical roots of performed and performative media -- Zen for film -- Changeability and multimedia art -- Time and conservation -- Heterotemporalities -- The material and the immaterial archive -- Archival implications -- Conclusion: the many archai of conservation and curation

Ideology and the Virtual City

Author : Jon Bailes
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789041651
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Ideology and the Virtual City written by Jon Bailes and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'insanely readable...an instant classic for everyone who wants to understand not just games but our reality itself.' Slavoj Zizek Ideology and the Virtual City is an exploration of modern society and the critical value of popular culture. It combines a prescient social theory that describes how ‘neoliberal’ ideology in today’s societies dominates our economic, political and cultural ideals, with an entertaining exploration of narratives, characters and play structures in some of today’s most interesting videogames. The book takes readers into a range of simulated urban environments that symbolise the hidden antagonisms of social life and create outlandish resolutions through their power fantasies. Interactive entertainment can help us understand the ways in which people relate to a modern ‘common sense’ neoliberal background, in terms of absorbing assumptions, and questioning them.

The Virtual Community, revised edition

Author : Howard Rheingold
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262261104
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book The Virtual Community, revised edition written by Howard Rheingold and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000-10-23 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Howard Rheingold tours the "virtual community" of online networking. Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the "virtual community" of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community—one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others. At the same time that he tells moving stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses, he acknowledges a darker side to people's behavior in cyberspace. Indeed, contends Rheingold, people relate to each other online much the same as they do in physical communities. Originally published in 1993, The Virtual Community is more timely than ever. This edition contains a new chapter, in which the author revisits his ideas about online social communication now that so much more of the world's population is wired. It also contains an extended bibliography.

Learning Virtual Reality

Author : Tony Parisi
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 149192280X
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book Learning Virtual Reality written by Tony Parisi and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Get an introduction to the technologies, tools, and techniques for programming virtual reality on the latest generation of desktop and mobile VR hardware. With this hands-on guide, you'll learn essential development and production concepts, including UI design, stereo rendering, 3D input, and programming VR applications for native desktop, mobile and the web. You don't have to be a game development wizard or have 3D graphics experience to get started. If you have basic programming skills and some familiarity with mobile development, this book will help you gain a working knowledge of virtual reality through clear and simple examples.

Unearthed Arcana

Author : Gary Gygax
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 9780880380843
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Unearthed Arcana written by Gary Gygax and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 1985 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes spells, character classes, magic weapons, and other items used in playing Dungeons and Dragons.

The Penguin Guide to Recorded Music

Author : Ivan March
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Guide to Recorded Music written by Ivan March and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 1584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new completely revised edition of the Penguin Guidesurveys the major classical recordings issued and reissued over the past five decades, many of which have dominated the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of their recording dates. More thorough than ever before, it indicates key recordings on CD, as well as on DVD, with their extra video dimension, and enhanced SACD, including those in surround sound. If you want the finest available version of any major classical work (including DVDs of opera and ballet) you will find it listed and acutely assessed in these pages. THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC OFFERS- The pick of the latest releases, as well as all key established recordings The greatest historic recordings, many in outstanding new transfers (including the very first recording of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony) An in-depth survey of the best of the budget-priced CDs, including countless new issues A comprehensive new collection of 'Portraits' of the major artists - singers, conductors and instrumentalists

Irenics. A Series of Essays Showing the Virtual Agreement Between

Author : James Strong
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 338533408X
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Irenics. A Series of Essays Showing the Virtual Agreement Between written by James Strong and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-02-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Design, User Experience, and Usability: Novel User Experiences

Author : Aaron Marcus
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319403559
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Design, User Experience, and Usability: Novel User Experiences written by Aaron Marcus and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The three-volume set LNCS 9746, 9747, and 9748 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1287 papers presented at the HCII 2016 conferences were carefully reviewed and selected from 4354 submissions. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. The total of 157 contributions included in the DUXU proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this three-volume set. The 67 papers included in this volume are organized in topical sections on emotion, motivation, and persuasion design; DUXU in learning and education; games and gamification; culture, language and DUXU; DUXU for social innovation and sustainability; usability and user experience studies.