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MoCap for Artists: Workflow and Techniques for Motion Capture

Focal Press, 2008

If anyone asks us “Do you think motion capture will replace key-frame animation?” we will say “No.”

Motion capture (mocap) is a very fast and accurate way to bring human motion into a 3D computer animation, but it is not always the best way. Mocap technology exhibits its remarkable strengths for some projects...

More than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form

Manchester University Press, 2003

Taking its cue from practices of reading texts in literary and cultural studies, this book considers the computer game as a new and emerging mode of contemporary storytelling. In a carefully organized study, Barry Atkins discusses questions of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: Tomb Raider,...

Facebook: The Missing Manual

Pogue Press, 2010

Facebook's popularity is skyrocketing, drawing more than 400 million people to this combination online village green, personal website creator, and souped-up address book. But one thing you won't get when signing up is a printed manual. Enter Facebook: The Missing Manual, Second Edition -- the witty, authoritative...

Mac Hacks: Tips & Tools for unlocking the power of OS X

O'Reilly, 2013

Want to take real control of your Mac? The hacks in this book help you dig below the surface to tweak system preferences, mount drives and devices, and generally do things with your system that Apple doesn’t expect you to do. With a little effort, you can make your Mac and its applications perform exactly the way you want them...

Android Game Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

Apress, 2013

Android game apps are typically the most popular type of Android apps in the various Google Play, Amazon Appstore and other Android app stores. So, beyond the Android game tutorials out there, what about a day-to-day handy and complete code reference for Android game developers?

Android Game Recipes is your first, reliable...

Learn to Program with Minecraft: Transform Your World with the Power of Python

No Starch Press, 2015

You’ve bested creepers, traveled deep into caves, and maybe even gone to The End and back—but have you ever transformed a sword into a magic wand? Built a palace in the blink of an eye? Designed your own color-changing disco dance floor?

In Learn to Program with Minecraft®, you’ll do all this and...

Head First JavaScript

O'Reilly, 2008

So you're ready to make the leap from writing HTML and CSS web pages to creating dynamic web applications. You want to take your web skills to the next level. And you're finally ready to add "programmer" to the resume. It sounds like you're ready to learn the Web's hottest programming language: JavaScript. Head First JavaScript...

HTML5: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

O'Reilly, 2013

HTML5 is more than a markup language—it’s a collection of several independent web standards. Fortunately, this expanded guide covers everything you need in one convenient place. With step-by-step tutorials and real-world examples, HTML5: The Missing Manual shows you how to build web apps that include video tools,...

Mastering C++ Game Development: Create professional and realistic 3D games using C++ 17

Packt Publishing, 2018

High-end game development with advanced C++ 17 programming techniques

Key Features

Make the best use of object-oriented capabilities of C++ to develop high-end games

Create reusable C++ libraries and editor tools for your game

Series of example projects...

Augmented Learning: Research and Design of Mobile Educational Games

MIT Press, 2008

New technology has brought with it new tools for learning, and research has shown that the educational potential of video games resonates with scholars, teachers, and students alike. In Augmented Learning, Eric Klopfer describes the largely untapped potential of mobile learning games--games played on such handheld devices as cell phones,...

Online Worlds: Convergence of the Real and the Virtual (Human-Computer Interaction Series)

Springer, 2009

Virtual worlds are persistent online computer-generated environments where people can interact, whether for work or play, in a manner comparable to the real world. The most popular current example is World of Warcraft, a massively multiplayer online game with eleven million subscribers. However, other virtual worlds, notably Second Life, are not...

Beginning Android 4 (Beginning Apress)

Apress, 2011

Android is everywhere. Phones. Tablets. TVs and set-top boxes powered by Google TV. Soon, Android will be in cars, in in-flight entertainment systems on planes, and even in

robots!

However, the general theme of Android devices will be smaller screens and/or no hardware keyboard. And, by the numbers, Android...

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