Computer Knowledge: October 2010

Virtual Interaction: Interaction in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds

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I found this simply because I wasn't too thrill with Dr. Bartle -- I bought this of comtempt for him.

Dr. Bartle's rhetoric's is now a toy. With this book you won't be buying anything beside the theoretical -- all sun-dried theorems and concepts, the whole thing! Its as if some of Barchlard's phenomenology have taken to Ontological levels -- looks like something smart enough for Bachlard could dreamed up if he is alive.

Fortunately bartle's physics (example: mechanics involving exocontainers and game world objects) looks like a toy when compare to this incredible interdisiplinary reseach spinoff. Every aspect of a handful of related soft sciences are supremely organized into this trilogies which can read like the white paper of virtual ontology -- the ontology of virtual existence.

Simply, put this must have been the most articulate work on ontology of virtual interactions, simply the greatest ever written.

If you would rather not read Dr. Bartle, you don't really have to. 0% temporial non-sense, 98% Timeless maters. Nothing but praises for such a book.

Virtual Interaction: Interaction in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds Overview

Virtual Interaction: Interaction in Virtual Inhabited 3D Worlds answers the basic research questions involved in the development of user-friendly interfaces, such as: * How does one navigate in and with a virtual inhabited three-dimensional world? * How can the virtual world and the interface be part of the same world? * How can the use of these interfaces be supported by implicit narrative structures? * How can the autonomous agents function as assistants to the end-user? * How can the current--what you see is what you get--be replaced by What you want is what you get:? Containing the edited research papers resulting from an ambitious, cross-disciplinary research project, this volume examines the core activity of interfaces: interaction. It takes the reader all the way from general theories and conceptualizations of interaction aspects of virtual inhabited 3D worlds, through theories of and methods for the design of autonomous agents, ending in specific design methodology considerations and suggestions for management in the multimedia industry.

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3D Graphics Programming with QuickDraw 3D

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The daunting QD3D API is summarized in this book. Since almost no other book (except TRICKS OF THE MAC GAME PROGRAMMING GURUS, Hayden Books) discusses QD3D, this becomes a must-have reference for any programmer who wants to utilize QD3D's power. Unfortunately, it is NOT a tutorial and contains only a few snippets of example code. Still, it's an essential reference.

3D Graphics Programming with QuickDraw 3D Overview

Describes the application programming interfaces that are used to develop 3D appplications and software, covering basic 3D objects and operation while exploring how custom capabilites can be added to those provided by QuickDraw 3D. (Advanced).

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Semantic Multimedia: Third International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies, SAMT 2008, Koblenz, Germany, December 3-5, 2008. Proceedings ... Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI)

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Semantic Multimedia: Third International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies, SAMT 2008, Koblenz, Germany, December 3-5, 2008. Proceedings ... Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI) Overview

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Semantics and Digital Media Technologies, SAMT 2008, held in Koblenz, Germany, in December 2008.

The 12 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of 2 invited keynote lectures were carefully reviewd and selected from 52 submissions. The conference brings together forums, projects, institutions and individuals investigating the integration of knowledge, semantics and low-level multimedia processing, including new emerging media and application areas. The papers cover topics such as semantic analysis and multimedia, semantic retrieval and multimedia, semantic metadata management of multimedia, semantic user interfaces for multimedia, semantics in visualization and computer graphics, as well as applications of semantic multimedia.

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Spatial Analytical (Gisdata Series , Vol 4)

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This text presents the latest information on incorporating spatial analysis tools into GIS, and includes concepts and applications from both the environmental and socio- economic sciences.

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Hybrid Animation: Integrating 2D and 3D Assets

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Artist imaginations continue to grow and stretch the boundaries of traditional animation. Successful animators adept and highly skilled in traditional animation mediums are branching out beyond traditional animation workflows and will often use multiple forms of animation in a single project. With the knowledge of 3D and 2D assets and the integration of multiple animation mediums into a single project, animators have a wealth of creative resources available for a project that is not limited to a specific animation medium, software package or workflow processs.

Enhance a poignant scene by choosing to animate the scenic background in 2D while the main character is brought to life with 3D techniques. Balance the budget demands of a project by choosing to integrate a 2D or 3D asset to save time and expense. Choose which medium Hybrid Animation, learn the systematic development of the 2D and 3D assets and the issues surrounding choices made during the creative process.

* Achieve 2D and 3D character interactions and learn to animate beyond the mediums of classical animation with class exercises, projects and step by step tutorials for students and advanced amateur animators.

* Produce high-quality 2D and 3D narratives, regardless of the software you use; featuring Photoshop, Corel, Flash, After Effects and Maya workflows.

* Learn from other's experience with featured interviews of industry leaders who have successfully integrated 2D and 3D assets into their own workflows.

* Think critically about visual styles, the effects of 2D/3D overlaying in animation creation and the entire pipeline from start to finish.

* Explore hybrid animation techniques and insider tricks with the global animation community with an online forum and companion website.

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Bounce, Tumble, and Splash!: Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D

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This book is well written and beautifully illustrated. That high illustration quality is more important than you might think as in other Blender books the images are so poor it is hard to read the many many settings that are required to work through the tutorials.

I found this book to not be kidding that it isnt aimed at beginners (it seems there is no Blender resource aimed at a thorough understanding of the interface). It would have been nice if they had mentioned that on the front or back cover instead of page 16 in the introduction. It took me thirty minutes to decipher what was meant by "Create your first texture for your ocean surface material and map it using the Empty object". While all the tutorials seem to work, sometimes too little is mentioned about why you are doing certain things. Again, if not a Blender expert expect it to take a long time to get through each example. I suppose you will learn in the event you are successful, but I was sorely tempted to give up in certain cases.

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Learn all about Blender, the premier open-source 3D software, in Bounce, Tumble, and Splash!:Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D. You will find step-by-step instructions for using Blender’s complex features and full-color visual examples with detailed descriptions of the processes. If you’re an advanced Blender user, you will appreciate the sophisticated coverage of Blender’s fluid simulation system, a review Blender’s latest features, and a guide to the Bullet physics engine, which handles a variety of physics simulations such as rigid body dynamics and rag doll physics.

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Groundwater Modeling Utilities

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Groundwater Modeling Utilities is a handy reference guide designed to help groundwater industry professionals learn to use a variety of microcomputer software applications for groundwater modeling and numerical modeling in flow and contaminant migration studies. The book provides the following: (1) handy operation and logic reference supplements to selected groundwater model, pre-processor, post-processor, geostatistics, graphics, CAD, and word processing software supporting documentation; (2) selected model operation practice exercises with extensive step by step input/option prompt and response documentation; and (3) six convenient model database manipulation utility programs stored on two 5-1/4" diskettes included with this book. The disks can be used with all IBM and IBM-compatible computers. The utility programs allow you to convert values from one system of units to another; interpolate between control data points on a curve or surface; calculate heads and partial penetration effects in production wells; create, edit, and convert grid, triplet, listed, and unformatted model data files; and view tabular and category displays of model data files. Groundwater Modeling Utilities covers some of the most popular and thoroughly tested public domain finite-difference numerical microcomputer model software; commercial model software; public domain geostatistics software; and commercial graphics, CAD, and word processing software. Using actual groundwater modeling-specific examples, learn to work with software such as MODFLOW, MOD PATH, MOC, INTERTRANS, INTERSAT, GEOPACK, GRAPHER, SURFER, CADD 5.0, and WordPerfect 5.1. Groundwater Modeling Utilities is a book no groundwater industry professional can afford to be without.

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Optimal Control of Hydrosystems

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This comprehensive reference/text combines the hydraulic simulation of physical processes with mathematical programming and differential dynamic programming techniques to ensure the optimization of hydrosystems.

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MCSE: Windows 2000 Core Requirements Virtual Lab

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I really liked this product. I couldn't and wouldn't set up a whole network of systems at home to work on, and had no option but to use a simulation. This seems to be the only one on the market, and I think it's good. It was enough for me to pass the exams I've tried so far (professional and server.) I think I know Windows 2000 pretty well. I would like to have had the opportunity to use if for some electives, as well, but I guess maybe that's another product they'll come out with.

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--This Virtual Lab simulates Windows 2000 enterprise-scale network functionality not available with evaluation or demo software.
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--Get all the benefits of a classroom lab experience without draining your bank account. And best of all, it's completely portable!

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Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2008: 9th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, Tainan, Taiwan, December 9-13, 2008, Proceedings (Lecture ... Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI)

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2008, held in Tainan, Taiwan, in December 2008.

The 79 revised full papers and 39 revised poster presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 210 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on next generation video coding techniques, audio processing and classification, interactive multimedia systems, advances in H.264/AVC, multimedia networking techniques, advanced image processing techniques, video analysis and its applications, image detection and classification, visual and spatial analyses, multimedia human computer interfaces, multimedia security and DRM, advanced image and video processing, multimedia database and retrieval, multimedia management and authoring, multimedia personalization, multimedia for e-learning, multimedia networking techniques, multimedia systems and applications, advanced multimedia techniques, as well as multimedia processing and analyses.

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Credit Risk Modeling using Excel and VBA (The Wiley Finance Series)

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Credit Risk Modeling using Excel and VBA (The Wiley Finance Series) Overview

In today's increasingly competitive financial world, successful risk management, portfolio management, and financial structuring demand more than up-to-date financial know-how. They also call for quantitative expertise, including the ability to effectively apply mathematical modeling tools and techniques, in this case credit.

Credit Risk Modeling using Excel and VBA with DVD provides practitioners with a hands on introduction to credit risk modeling. Instead of just presenting analytical methods it shows how to implement them using Excel and VBA, in addition to a detailed description in the text a DVD guides readers step by step through the implementation. The authors begin by showing how to use option theoretic and statistical models to estimate a borrowers default risk. The second half of the book is devoted to credit portfolio risk. The authors guide readers through the implementation of a credit risk model, show how portfolio models can be validated or used to access structured credit products like CDO’s. The final chapters address modeling issues associated with the new Basel Accord.

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Ray Dream Studio 5 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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Hello all! I downloaded a 32 mbyte demo version of "Ray Dream Studio 5", and unfortunately, there was no pdf type tutorial included so only the online help could answer any potential questions. That really wasn't what I wanted so I went cruisin' through the Amazon and found this little gem. With the very reasonable price; shown above, it was worth every penny. It gives a jam-packed, 300 page introduction, and provides a solid foundation that leaves you in a good position to tackle more involved tutorials. (Perhaps - "The Ray Dream Handbook"). In particular, their coverage of the "Free Form Modeler" and the "Mesh Form Modeler" packages is exceptional. If you should test out the Ray Dream demo before buying the product, this is definetly a -BUY! By the way, if you decide to download this hefty package from the internet and have a 28.8 modem like me, do it between 12am and 7:30am!

Ray Dream Studio 5 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) Overview

Ray Dream Studio is one of the most popular 3D design tools on the market today. This guide, which covers Ray Dream Designer and Ray Dream Animator, leads the beginning student step by step through creating 3D objects, using shaders to apply materials to them, then setting up and lighting a scene. Additional chapters walk the reader through animating the image for a Web page, video output, or multimedia. Cover Title .

Ray Dream Studio 5 for Windows & Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide) Specifications

This beginner's guide to Ray Dream Studio 5 for Windows and Macintosh helps you learn the 3-D-modeling package quite quickly. The book takes you through the whole program, step by step, starting with the basic interface and navigational elements such as modeling tools, lights, cameras, rendering, and the perspective window. Next you delve into the 3-D modeling tools, using primitives and understanding and mastering the Free Form Modeler, points and axes, and the Mesh Form Modeler. The authors explain how to put the finishing touches on your models by applying shaders, 3-D paint, deformers, lighting effects, camera effects, and animation actions and behaviors. Finally, they teach you how to render still images and movies. The authors explain each task thoroughly, yet each task is basically independent of others, so you can jump around to various parts of the book as you wish. This is a great tool if you're short on time and want to learn Ray Dream as quickly as possible. An appendix offers keyboard shortcuts. --Kathleen Caster

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HCI and Usability for Education and Work: 4th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer ... / Programming and Software Engineering)

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HCI and Usability for Education and Work: 4th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer ... / Programming and Software Engineering) Overview

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Usability Symposium of the Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering Workgroup of the Austrian Computer Society, USAB 2008, held in Graz, Austria, in November 2008.

The 7 revised full papers and 26 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on cognitive processes and end user experience, social software and collaborative knowledge development, knowledge processing, assessment and human performance, human centered development and design accessibility, user centred information visualization and multimedia, adaptivity and personalization in ubiquitous learning systems, and human centred design for safety critical systems.

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Computer Simulation in Operations Management

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Computer Simulation in Operations Management Overview

The management of production and service processes can be supported by microcomputer simulation models--effectively and inexpensively--if the techniques are presented in an understandable manner. Drs. Klafehn, Weinroth and Boronico prove this and show how to do it--not only for the benefit of operations managers themselves, but for others with management responsibilities in a variety of businesses and industries. They will learn how important daily operations problems can be modeled on a microcomputer, gain understanding of overall simulation methodology, and learn the several forms of cost savings achievable through simulation. For teachers in business schools the book will also provide a link between general management and the management of engineering and R&D.

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Inside 3D Studio VIZ 3

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This is the best max/Viz book I have used. I've been learning Max/viz on my own for about 4 months now and after getting this book the program has been completely demystified. Max has a really complex interface that scares people away and does not lend to trial and error and that is exactly where this book excels at. The step by step tutorials are helpful even though I'm using Viz4.
This is the best book for anyone serious about Max/Viz because it simplifies the modeling aspects a lot and even helps 3d novices to understand the gist of 3d modelling. Unlike a lot of Max books it dedicates a sizeable amount of time to modelling through tutorials. Most Max books I've come across treat modelling as a step child and dive into animation and materials. How do you animate without modelling?
Anyways I recomend this book to anyone learning Max/Viz it will prepare you for more advanced levels.

Inside 3D Studio VIZ 3 Overview

Workflow-focused, project-based, best-practices approach. Hands-on tutorials interspersed with referential material in each chapter. It's obvious from speaking both to customers and spending time on-line that users crave specific types of information related to their disciplines. More specifically, the information relates to how VIZ fits into their workflow. Given that VIZ is a different tool from most design tools, it requires them to change their workflow to match the product. The primary focus of this book would be to show users how to minimize the amount of "shifting" they have to do to use VIZ as well as how to get the most out of VIZ by understanding its features.

To summarize, the book will accomplish two main goals for presenting VIZ:

Understanding VIZ's workflow
Understanding VIZ's features

The CD-ROM includes all the files that are needed to complete the exercises in each chapter.

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Glass & Reflection: Release 3 and 4/Book and Disk (3d Studio Tips & Tricks)

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3D Studio software is a comprehensive environment for creating professional-quality aminations and high-resolution still images. Virtually anything you and your client can envision can be modeled and photorealistically rendered.

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Simulation Systems Overview

Simulation Systems explores a wide spectrum of topics including simulation software, logic simulation, query-driven simulation, multi-computer simulation and manufacturing simulation. Although such papers are presented in journals and conference proceedings it is difficult to find a single source where the foremost papers are presented. Contributions in Simulation Systems are from leading researchers and practitioners which explore a wide spectrum of topics in Simulation Systems. The chapters include topics such as a presentation of SIMULA/OBJECTR, which is a query driven simulation support environment and a method of translating automatically digital logic equations so that they may be simulated using VHDL. This is followed by simulation techniques for deterministic and statistical circuit design optimization. A mathematical model of a magnetic resonance imaging system is simulated so that one can better understand the imaging system. There is a chapter on the simulation of mul

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