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The Simulation Hypothesis

An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game

de Rizwan Virk ...

The definitive exploration of one of the most daring and consequential theories of our time, completely revised and updated to reflect the rapid advances in artificial intelligence and virtual realityAre we living in a simulation? MIT computer scientist Rizwan Virk draws from research and concepts from computer science, artificial intelligence, video games, quantum physics, and ancient mystics to ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

The definitive exploration of one of the most daring and consequential theories of our time, completely revised and updated to reflect the rapid advances in artificial intelligence and virtual realityAre we living in a simulation? MIT computer scientist Rizwan Virk draws from research and concepts from computer science, artificial intelligence, video games, quantum physics, and ancient mystics to
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Dark Aeon

Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity

de Joe Allen ...

Humanity Is Consumed by Relentless TransformationLike a thief in the night, artificial intelligence has inserted itself into our lives. It makes important decisions for us every day. Often, we barely notice. As Joe Allen writes in this groundbreaking book, “Transhumanism is the great merger of humankind with the Machine. At this stage in history, it consists of billions using smartphones. Going ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

Humanity Is Consumed by Relentless TransformationLike a thief in the night, artificial intelligence has inserted itself into our lives. It makes important decisions for us every day. Often, we barely notice. As Joe Allen writes in this groundbreaking book, “Transhumanism is the great merger of humankind with the Machine. At this stage in history, it consists of billions using smartphones. Going
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Experience on Demand

What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do

de Jeremy Bailenson ...

“If you want to understand the most immersive new communications medium to come along since cinema… I’d suggest starting with Mr. Bailenson’s [book].” —Wall Street JournalVirtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, granting us access to any experience imaginable. These experiences, ones that the brain is convinced are real, will soon be available everywhere. ... Leer más

$12.39 USD

“If you want to understand the most immersive new communications medium to come along since cinema… I’d suggest starting with Mr. Bailenson’s [book].” —Wall Street JournalVirtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, granting us access to any experience imaginable. These experiences, ones that the brain is convinced are real, will soon be available everywhere.
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Fortnite

The Essential Guide to Battle Royale and Other Survival Games

de Triumph Books ...

Fortnite: Battle Royale is taking the world by storm, combining the high-octane action of traditional shooters with the creative construction elements of sandbox games like Minecraft. With 40 million players and counting, competition is fierce, and strategy is essential. Once you jump from the Battle Bus onto the island below, there can be only one goal: survival. This guide has all the tips and ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Fortnite: Battle Royale is taking the world by storm, combining the high-octane action of traditional shooters with the creative construction elements of sandbox games like Minecraft. With 40 million players and counting, competition is fierce, and strategy is essential. Once you jump from the Battle Bus onto the island below, there can be only one goal: survival. This guide has all the tips and
... Leer más
Minecraft Redstone: 70 Top Minecraft Redstone Ideas Your Friends Wish They Know

de Jason Scotts ...

Mastering redstone is one of the more difficult challenges a Minecraft player can take on. It's confusing, complicated and tedious enough to make even the most dedicated players start pulling their hair out. Minecraft Redstone : 70 Top Minecraft Redstone Ideas Your Friends Wish They Know will explain some simple concepts that can give players a head start to understanding how this unusual red ... Leer más

$5.39 USD

Mastering redstone is one of the more difficult challenges a Minecraft player can take on. It's confusing, complicated and tedious enough to make even the most dedicated players start pulling their hair out. Minecraft Redstone : 70 Top Minecraft Redstone Ideas Your Friends Wish They Know will explain some simple concepts that can give players a head start to understanding how this unusual red
... Leer más
AI 2041：預見10個未來新世界

de 李開復, 陳楸帆 ...

Series series 財經企管
─────科學 + 科幻─────AI趨勢專家李開復 ×, 全球華語科幻星雲獎得主陳楸帆聯手創作20年後的美麗AI新世界全球重磅推薦劉慈欣，2015年雨果獎得主、《三體》作者雷．達里歐（Ray Dalio），橋水基金創辦人薩蒂亞．納德拉（Satya Nadella），微軟董事長楊立昆（Yann LeCun），圖靈獎得主李開復40年的AI專業經驗 + 科幻小說家陳楸帆的無邊想像秉持以人為本的態度，懷抱人類獨具的智慧，貼近技術的未來AI時代已經開啟。在我們面前，機遇與挑戰... ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

─────科學 + 科幻─────AI趨勢專家李開復 ×, 全球華語科幻星雲獎得主陳楸帆聯手創作20年後的美麗AI新世界全球重磅推薦劉慈欣，2015年雨果獎得主、《三體》作者雷．達里歐（Ray Dalio），橋水基金創辦人薩蒂亞．納德拉（Satya Nadella），微軟董事長楊立昆（Yann LeCun），圖靈獎得主李開復40年的AI專業經驗 + 科幻小說家陳楸帆的無邊想像秉持以人為本的態度，懷抱人類獨具的智慧，貼近技術的未來AI時代已經開啟。在我們面前，機遇與挑戰...
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Cyberville

Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Town

de Stacy Horn ...

The founder of Echo, a virtual salon based in New York City -- where people log in to talk about art, movies, books, and the minutia of everyday life -- provides a frank and realistic picture of life online. ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

The founder of Echo, a virtual salon based in New York City -- where people log in to talk about art, movies, books, and the minutia of everyday life -- provides a frank and realistic picture of life online.
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Web3

Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier

de Alex Tapscott ...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLERAn essential introduction and guide to navigating the next Internet revolution—everything from the metaverse and NFTs to DAOs, decentralized finance, and self-sovereign identity—from the co-author of the international bestseller Blockchain Revolution.The Web, and with it the Internet, are entering a new age. We’ve moved from the “Read-only Web,” ... Leer más

Antes $16.49 USD Ahora $4.99 USD

A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLERAn essential introduction and guide to navigating the next Internet revolution—everything from the metaverse and NFTs to DAOs, decentralized finance, and self-sovereign identity—from the co-author of the international bestseller Blockchain Revolution.The Web, and with it the Internet, are entering a new age. We’ve moved from the “Read-only Web,”
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Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

de Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman, Tomas Akenine-Mo¨ller ...

Thoroughly updated, this fourth edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of programmable shaders, a wide variety of new algorithms have arisen and evolved over the past few years. This edition discusses current, practical rendering methods used in games and other applications. It also presents a solid ... Leer más

Antes $115.99 USD Ahora $96.99 USD

Thoroughly updated, this fourth edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of programmable shaders, a wide variety of new algorithms have arisen and evolved over the past few years. This edition discusses current, practical rendering methods used in games and other applications. It also presents a solid
... Leer más
Metaverse World: Discover the Virtual Lands Investing, Blockchain Gaming thanks to the VR, AR, AI, and the Crypto Art of the NFTs

NFT collection guides, #4

de Crypto Art AI ...

Series Libro 4 - NFT collection guides
If you are looking to learn how to invest in Metaverses without programming knowledge and earn from it, keep reading.I guess you are confused by the thousands of confusing information about the world of metaverses coming out of the media, and you are afraid of missing this train reminiscent of the Internet and Bitcoin's beginnings.I understand you and I've been there myself, but I didn't give up ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

If you are looking to learn how to invest in Metaverses without programming knowledge and earn from it, keep reading.I guess you are confused by the thousands of confusing information about the world of metaverses coming out of the media, and you are afraid of missing this train reminiscent of the Internet and Bitcoin's beginnings.I understand you and I've been there myself, but I didn't give up
... Leer más
OpTic Gaming

The Making of eSports Champions

de H3CZ, NaDeSHot, Scump, BigTymer, Midnite, OpTic J, Fwiz ...

OpTic Gaming, the four-time Call of Duty Major League Gaming Champions and one of the top eSports teams in the world, now takes fans behind the controller—into the game and the minds of the greatest gamers in the world—in this fascinating and unique memoir and insider guide.Emerging on the scene in 2006, OpTic Gaming has dominated the Call of Duty e-sports arena, thanks to the talents of legendary ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

OpTic Gaming, the four-time Call of Duty Major League Gaming Champions and one of the top eSports teams in the world, now takes fans behind the controller—into the game and the minds of the greatest gamers in the world—in this fascinating and unique memoir and insider guide.Emerging on the scene in 2006, OpTic Gaming has dominated the Call of Duty e-sports arena, thanks to the talents of legendary
... Leer más
The Simulated Multiverse: An MIT Computer Scientist Explores Parallel Universes, The Simulation Hypothesis, Quantum Computing and the Mandela Effect

Simulation Hypothesis

de Rizwan Virk ...

Series series Simulation Hypothesis
Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us, ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Do multiple versions of ourselves exist in parallel universes living out their lives in different timelines? In this follow up to his bestseller, The Simulation Hypothesis, MIT Computer Scientist and Silicon Valley Game Pioneer Rizwan Virk explores these topics from a new lens: that of simulation theory.If we are living in a simulated universe, composed of information that is rendered around us,
... Leer más
Mastering Blockchain

Inner workings of blockchain, from cryptography and decentralized identities, to DeFi, NFTs and Web3

de Imran Bashir ...

Demystify one of the most disruptive modern technologies and gain a deeper understanding of distributed ledgers, consensus protocols, smart contracts, DApps, cryptocurrencies, and more. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesStudy new blockchains, including Polkadot, Solana, and Avalanche blockchain, along with recent developments in security, ... Leer más

$35.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Demystify one of the most disruptive modern technologies and gain a deeper understanding of distributed ledgers, consensus protocols, smart contracts, DApps, cryptocurrencies, and more. Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in PDF format.Key FeaturesStudy new blockchains, including Polkadot, Solana, and Avalanche blockchain, along with recent developments in security,
... Leer más
The VR Book

Human-Centered Design for Virtual Reality

de Jason Jerald ...

Series series ACM Books
This is a strong foundation of human-centric virtual reality design for anyone and everyone involved in creating VR experiences. Without a clear understanding of the human side of virtual reality (VR), the experience will always fail.The VR Book bridges this gap by focusing on human-centered design. Creating compelling VR applications is an incredibly complex challenge. When done well, these ... Leer más

$57.59 USD

This is a strong foundation of human-centric virtual reality design for anyone and everyone involved in creating VR experiences. Without a clear understanding of the human side of virtual reality (VR), the experience will always fail.The VR Book bridges this gap by focusing on human-centered design. Creating compelling VR applications is an incredibly complex challenge. When done well, these
... Leer más
The End of Storytelling

The Future of Narrative in the Storyplex

de Stephanie Riggs, Maya P. Lim ...

Creators of immersive experiences in virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality have relied heavily on familiar storytelling techniques used in books, theatre, and film -- often with confusing and unengaging results.Stephanie Riggs argues in The End of Storytelling that in order to develop powerful stories in these emerging mediums, we need nothing short of a paradigm shift in how we ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

Creators of immersive experiences in virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality have relied heavily on familiar storytelling techniques used in books, theatre, and film -- often with confusing and unengaging results.Stephanie Riggs argues in The End of Storytelling that in order to develop powerful stories in these emerging mediums, we need nothing short of a paradigm shift in how we
... Leer más
Postmortems

Selected Essays Volume One

de Raph Koster ...

Series Libro 1 - Selected Essays
Few game designers have shared as many lessons learned as Raph Koster. In a quarter-century of writings and talks, he has offered up game design lessons, online community theories, and candid self-evaluation.This first volume of a three-book set of selected essays collects previously written postmortems and many brand new pieces. They are accompanied by historical material such as posts written ... Leer más

Antes $31.99 USD Ahora $9.99 USD

Few game designers have shared as many lessons learned as Raph Koster. In a quarter-century of writings and talks, he has offered up game design lessons, online community theories, and candid self-evaluation.This first volume of a three-book set of selected essays collects previously written postmortems and many brand new pieces. They are accompanied by historical material such as posts written
... Leer más
Dawn of the New Everything

Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality

de Jaron Lanier ...

The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology.Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, & Vox"A deeply human, highly personal, and beautifully told story." —Dave EggersBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body , Dawn of the Ne... ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

The father of virtual reality explains its dazzling possibilities by reflecting on his own lifelong relationship with technology.Named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, & Vox"A deeply human, highly personal, and beautifully told story." —Dave EggersBridging the gap between tech mania and the experience of being inside the human body , Dawn of the Ne...
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Half-Real

Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds

de Jesper Juul ...

An in-depth analysis of game development and rules and fiction in video games—with concrete examples, including The Legend of Zelda, Grand Theft Auto, and moreA video game is half-real: we play by real rules while imagining a fictional world. We win or lose the game in the real world, but we slay a dragon (for example) only in the world of the game. In this thought-provoking study, Jesper Juul ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

An in-depth analysis of game development and rules and fiction in video games—with concrete examples, including The Legend of Zelda, Grand Theft Auto, and moreA video game is half-real: we play by real rules while imagining a fictional world. We win or lose the game in the real world, but we slay a dragon (for example) only in the world of the game. In this thought-provoking study, Jesper Juul
... Leer más
Watch Me Play

Twitch and the Rise of Game Live Streaming

de T. L. Taylor ...

Series series Princeton Studies in Culture and Technology
A look at the revolution in game live streaming and esports broadcastingEvery day thousands of people broadcast their gaming live to audiences over the internet using popular sites such as Twitch, which reaches more than one hundred million viewers a month. In these new platforms for interactive entertainment, big esports events featuring digital game competitors live stream globally, and ... Leer más

$25.19 USD

A look at the revolution in game live streaming and esports broadcastingEvery day thousands of people broadcast their gaming live to audiences over the internet using popular sites such as Twitch, which reaches more than one hundred million viewers a month. In these new platforms for interactive entertainment, big esports events featuring digital game competitors live stream globally, and
... Leer más
Augmented Reality for Android Application Development

de Jens Grubert, Dr. Raphael Grasset ...

A step-by-step tutorial-based guide aimed at giving you hands-on practical experience to develop AR applications for Android.Augmented Reality for Android Application Development is for Android mobile application developers who are familiar with Android Development Tools and deployment, JMonkeyEngine, and the Vuforia SDK. ... Leer más

$17.09 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A step-by-step tutorial-based guide aimed at giving you hands-on practical experience to develop AR applications for Android.Augmented Reality for Android Application Development is for Android mobile application developers who are familiar with Android Development Tools and deployment, JMonkeyEngine, and the Vuforia SDK.
... Leer más
The Proteus Paradox

How Online Games and Virtual Worlds Change Us-And How They Don't

de Nick Yee ...

Proteus, the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will, embodies one of the promises of online games: the ability to reinvent oneself. Yet inhabitants of virtual worlds rarely achieve this liberty, game researcher Nick Yee contends. Though online games evoke freedom and escapism, Yee shows that virtual spaces perpetuate social norms and stereotypes from the offline world, transform ... Leer más

$20.19 USD

Proteus, the mythical sea god who could alter his appearance at will, embodies one of the promises of online games: the ability to reinvent oneself. Yet inhabitants of virtual worlds rarely achieve this liberty, game researcher Nick Yee contends. Though online games evoke freedom and escapism, Yee shows that virtual spaces perpetuate social norms and stereotypes from the offline world, transform
... Leer más
Generative AI Art

Unleash Your Creativity with Generative AI Art for Beginners

de Oliver Theobald ...

Dive into the realm of AI art with our beginner's course, empowering you to create ethically and originally, and unlock a new horizon of digital creativityKey FeaturesExplore the basics of AI and art integrationNavigate through AI art software with easeEnhance artworks using AI-driven techniquesBook DescriptionThe course introduces the basic concepts of artificial intelligence and its application ... Leer más

$9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Dive into the realm of AI art with our beginner's course, empowering you to create ethically and originally, and unlock a new horizon of digital creativityKey FeaturesExplore the basics of AI and art integrationNavigate through AI art software with easeEnhance artworks using AI-driven techniquesBook DescriptionThe course introduces the basic concepts of artificial intelligence and its application
... Leer más
Citrix XenApp® 7.5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions

de Andy Paul ...

If 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. ... Leer más

$27.89 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

If 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.
... Leer más
Augmented Reality for Developers

Build practical augmented reality applications with Unity, ARCore, ARKit, and Vuforia

de Jonathan Linowes, Krystian Babilinski ...

Build exciting AR applications on mobile and wearable devices with Unity 3D, Vuforia, ARToolKit, Microsoft Mixed Reality HoloLens, Apple ARKit, and Google ARCoreKey Features\[\*\]Create unique AR applications from scratch, from beginning to end, with step-by-step tutorials\[\*\]Use Unity 3D to efficiently create AR apps for Android, iOS, and Windows platforms\[\*\]Use Vuforia, ARTookKit, Windows ... Leer más

$41.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Build exciting AR applications on mobile and wearable devices with Unity 3D, Vuforia, ARToolKit, Microsoft Mixed Reality HoloLens, Apple ARKit, and Google ARCoreKey Features\[\*\]Create unique AR applications from scratch, from beginning to end, with step-by-step tutorials\[\*\]Use Unity 3D to efficiently create AR apps for Android, iOS, and Windows platforms\[\*\]Use Vuforia, ARTookKit, Windows
... Leer más

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