Virtual Reality category: 184 books
Unity 2018 Augmented Reality Projects
Build four immersive and fun AR applications using ARKit, ARCore, and Vuforia
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Create engaging Augmented Reality (AR) applications with Unity 3D that can be experienced with devices such as HoloLens and Daydream
Key Features
Learn the principles of AR application development
Work with the most popular sensors used in AR games and applications across Android, Apple and Windows
Build...
Information Dynamics in Virtual Worlds
Gaming and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2011
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...
Practical Augmented Reality
A Guide to the Technologies, Applications, and Human Factors for AR and VR
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
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.
Practical Augmented Reality is ideal for practitioners and students concerned with any...
Technical, Social, and Legal Issues in Virtual Communities
Emerging Environments
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Websites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+ have enabled users to create virtual communities for social networking and communities of practice. Because of the ever-evolving environment in social networking, there has been much opportunity for new areas of research. Research in virtual communities...
The VR Book
Human-Centered Design for Virtual Reality
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Virtual reality (VR) potentially provides our minds with direct access to digital media in a way that at first seems to have no limits.However, creating compelling VR experiences is an incredibly complex challenge.When VR is done well, the results are brilliant and pleasurable experiences that go...
by IntroBooks
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2017
IntroBooks delivers up to the minute information covering everything on a topic in only one hour of reading. Our books are written to give essential information in a straight-to-the-point, easy to read format. We have cut out technical jargon, waffle, and unnecessary filler to ensure you get the essential information you need to achieve your goals with confidence.
Virtual Community Building and the Information Society
Current and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Emergent technologies, including ambient intelligence and pervasive computing, promise a considerable advance in the way people use virtual communities, and new, innovative applications are making virtual communities more dynamic and usable than ever. Virtual Community Building and the Information Society:...
Virtual Community Participation and Motivation
Cross-Disciplinary Theories
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
With the power to gather people with similar interests together, virtual communities have gained attention by not only practitioners, but researchers, as well. Virtual Community Participation and Motivation: Cross-Disciplinary Theories offers in-depth coverage of state-of-the-art research on virtual...
Unreal Engine VR Cookbook
Developing Virtual Reality with UE4
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.
“With his YouTube channel, Mitch’s VR Lab, Mitch has helped thousands of people understand the foundations of locomotion...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Gaming has long been a means for humans to share knowledge, learn new concepts, and escape the constraints of reality. Interdisciplinary Advancements in Gaming, Simulations and Virtual Environments: Emerging Trends investigates the role of games and computer-mediated simulations in a variety of environments,...
Learning in Virtual Worlds
Research and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Three-dimensional (3D) immersive virtual worlds have been touted as being capable of facilitating highly interactive, engaging, multimodal learning experiences. Much of the evidence gathered to support these claims has been anecdotal but the potential that these environments hold to solve traditional...
Augmented Reality
Principles and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Today’s Comprehensive and Authoritative Guide to Augmented Reality
By overlaying computer-generated information on the real world, augmented reality (AR) amplifies human perception and cognition in remarkable ways. Working in this fast-growing field requires knowledge of multiple disciplines,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
In the case of virtual coaching and mentoring (or ementoring and ecoaching; or coaching/mentoring by wire—choose your own preferred nomenclature!) there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of programs and initiatives across the world. Yet there is comparatively little in the way of comparison of good...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Online communication has exploded in the past decade with the development of social networking sites like Facebook, as well as social media applications. As more people turn to the online world to connect with others, they must learn how to develop and maintain personal relationships with very little...