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Advanced High Dynamic Range Imaging

Advanced High Dynamic Range Imaging

This book explores the methods needed for creating and manipulating HDR content. HDR is a step change from traditional imaging; more closely matching what we see with our eyes. In the years since the first edition of this book appeared HDR has become much more widespread moving from a research concept to a standard imaging method. This new edition incorporates all the many developments in HDR since the first edition and once again emphasizes practical tips including the authors' popular HDR Toolbox (available on the authors' website) for MATLAB and gives readers the tools they need to develop and experiment with new techniques for creating compelling HDR content. Key Features:Contains the HDR Toolbox for readers' experimentation on authors' websiteOffers an up-to-date detailed guide to the theory and practice of high dynamic range imagingCovers all aspects of the field from capture to displayProvides benchmarks for evaluating HDR imagery | Advanced High Dynamic Range Imaging

GBP 44.99
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Game Development Tools

Game Development Tools

This book brings the insights of game professionals DCC creators hardware vendors and current researchers together into a collection that focuses on the most underrepresented and critical part of game production: tools development. The first gems-type book dedicated to game tools this volume focuses on practical implementable tools for game development professionals. Topics range from asset tracking to improving remote version control performance to robust and efficient IO. Technical artists as well as game play audio and graphics programmers will find new tools to improve work flow and help build games faster. | Game Development Tools

GBP 175.00
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Build Your Own Robot

Build Your Own Robot

This book a compilation of articles from Karl Lunt's long-running column for Nuts & Volts magazine is a must-read for all beginner and intermediate-level robotics enthusiasts. Written in a friendly straightforward manner it contains entertaining anecdotes as well as practical advice and instruction. The author's stories about his various robotics projects will inspire you to try them yourself; and he shares his tips and code to help you. Possible projects range from transforming a TV remote control into a robot controller to building a robot from a drink cooler. You'll want to build them all; the author's enthusiasm for robotics is contagious! | Build Your Own Robot

GBP 31.99
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Wondrous One Sheet Origami

Wondrous One Sheet Origami

Wondrous One Sheet Origami is a how-to book full of beautiful origami designs covering a wide range of folding levels from simple to high intermediate with more emphasis on the latter. The book is meant for audiences 12 years of age and above and children folding at higher than age level. Most of the designs are flat and suitable for mounting on cards or framing as gifts. Features • Richly illustrated full-color book with clear crisp diagrams following international standard and an abundance of photographs of finished models• Select designs hand-picked by the author based on social media responses• Most of the designs incorporate color-change a technique showing both sides of paper for enhanced beauty

GBP 24.99
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Game AI Pro 2 Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals

Game AI Pro 2 Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals

Game AI Pro2: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals presents cutting-edge tips tricks and techniques for artificial intelligence (AI) in games drawn from developers of shipped commercial games as well as some of the best-known academics in the field. It contains knowledge advice hard-earned wisdom and insights gathered from across the community of developers and researchers who have devoted themselves to game AI. In this book 47 expert developers and researchers have come together to bring you their newest advances in game AI along with twists on proven techniques that have shipped in some of the most successful commercial games of the last few years. The book provides a toolbox of proven techniques that can be applied to many common and not-so-common situations. It is written to be accessible to a broad range of readers. Beginners will find good general coverage of game AI techniques and a number of comprehensive overviews while intermediate to expert professional game developers will find focused deeply technical chapters on specific topics of interest to them. Covers a wide range of AI in games with topics applicable to almost any gameTouches on most if not all of the topics necessary to get started in game AIProvides real-life case studies of game AI in published commercial gamesGives in-depth technical solutions from some of the industry’s best-known gamesIncludes downloadable demos and/or source code available at http://www. gameaipro. com | Game AI Pro 2 Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals

GBP 68.99
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2D to VR with Unity5 and Google Cardboard

2D to VR with Unity5 and Google Cardboard

The book provides an up-to-date introduction to the latest version of Unity and its workflow by guiding readers through various prototypes. These range from 2D to 3D game concepts for PC and mobile will allow readers to get acquainted with several important concepts and allow them to become competent Unity developers able to learn at their own pace. The book starts by introducing Unity and proceeds in building a basic understanding of its main components by developing a first simple 2D game before proceeding in developing a full casual game to development of a simple but immersive 3D game concept to be tested first on PC before exploring how to port it for mobile VR. using Google Cardboard. | 2D to VR with Unity5 and Google Cardboard

GBP 51.99
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Numerical Algorithms Methods for Computer Vision Machine Learning and Graphics

Numerical Algorithms Methods for Computer Vision Machine Learning and Graphics

Numerical Algorithms: Methods for Computer Vision Machine Learning and Graphics presents a new approach to numerical analysis for modern computer scientists. Using examples from a broad base of computational tasks including data processing computational photography and animation the textbook introduces numerical modeling and algorithmic design from a practical standpoint and provides insight into the theoretical tools needed to support these skills. The book covers a wide range of topics—from numerical linear algebra to optimization and differential equations—focusing on real-world motivation and unifying themes. It incorporates cases from computer science research and practice accompanied by highlights from in-depth literature on each subtopic. Comprehensive end-of-chapter exercises encourage critical thinking and build students’ intuition while introducing extensions of the basic material. The text is designed for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in computer science and related fields with experience in calculus and linear algebra. For students with a background in discrete mathematics the book includes some reminders of relevant continuous mathematical background. | Numerical Algorithms Methods for Computer Vision Machine Learning and Graphics

GBP 44.99
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Game Development for iOS with Unity3D

Game Development for iOS with Unity3D

Demystifies the Processes of Game DevelopmentGame Development for iOS with Unity3D takes you through the complete process of Unity iOS game development. A game developer for over 12 years the author presents production-proven techniques and valuable tips and tricks needed to plan build test and launch games for the iPhone iPod and iPad. He walks you through all the necessary procedures including how to publish your game to the App Store. Encompasses the Whole Range of iOS Game DevelopmentThis practical book begins with advice on writing a game design document and getting Apple developer certification. It then covers the build processes of the Unity Remote application and explains how to use the Unity editor. After focusing on debugging and optimization the author describes tips for designing and marketing a successful App Store page. The book also features two iOS-ready games to explore adapt and play. Source files for the game examples are available at www. crcpress. com. Guides You in Creating a Functional iOS Game Accessible to indie game developers and small- to medium-sized studios this hands-on guide gives you the tools and knowledge needed to start building and launching iOS games. It helps you create games using Unity3D and publish them to the App Store.

GBP 175.00
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Marvelous Modular Origami

Marvelous Modular Origami

This richly illustrated book provides step-by-step instructions for the construction of over 30 different modular origami structures. The author describes basic folding techniques required to construct themodules that are used as building blocks to construct complex ornamental models. The diagrams are clear crisp and easy to follow and are accompanied by inspiring color photographs. Additional tips encourage the reader to design their own original creations. Advance Praise for Marvelous Modular Origami A must-have for any modular origami polyhedra enthusiast. Rona Gurkewitz co-author of Multimodular Origami Polyhedra The models are paper folding in its purest form. They range from simple Sonobe to floral and geometrical constructions. All are eye-catching and satisfying to fold and the finished constructions are pleasing to behold. Also included are short sections on the mathematics behind the shapes and optimum color choices. David Petty author of Origami A-B-C In this colorful book you'll find wonderful original origami modular creations. Meenakshi's clear instructions and helpful hints will have you zipping through these modules as well as improvising your own. Rachel Katz co-author of FUN FOLDS: Language Learning Through Paper Folding Marvelous Modular Origami is a colorful addition to the literature of mathematical origami. Florence Temko author of many origami and other craft books

GBP 180.00
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Game Engine Architecture Third Edition

Game Engine Architecture Third Edition

In this new and improved third edition of the highly popular Game Engine Architecture Jason Gregory draws on his nearly two decades of experience at Midway Electronic Arts and Naughty Dog to present both the theory and practice of game engine software development. In this book the broad range of technologies and techniques used by AAA game studios are each explained in detail and their roles within a real industrial-strength game engine are illustrated. New to the Third Edition This third edition offers the same comprehensive coverage of game engine architecture provided by previous editions along with updated coverage of: computer and CPU hardware and memory caches compiler optimizations C++ language standardization the IEEE-754 floating-point representation 2D user interfaces plus an entirely new chapter on hardware parallelism and concurrent programming. This book is intended to serve as an introductory text but it also offers the experienced game programmer a useful perspective on aspects of game development technology with which they may not have deep experience. As always copious references and citations are provided in this edition making it an excellent jumping off point for those who wish to dig deeper into any particular aspect of the game development process. Key Features Covers both the theory and practice of game engine software development Examples are grounded in specific technologies but discussion extends beyond any particular engine or API. Includes all mathematical background needed. Comprehensive text for beginners and also has content for senior engineers. | Game Engine Architecture Third Edition

GBP 82.99
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Interactive Data Visualization Foundations Techniques and Applications Second Edition

Interactive Data Visualization Foundations Techniques and Applications Second Edition

An Updated Guide to the Visualization of Data for Designers Users and ResearchersInteractive Data Visualization: Foundations Techniques and Applications Second Edition provides all the theory details and tools necessary to build visualizations and systems involving the visualization of data. In color throughout it explains basic terminology and concepts algorithmic and software engineering issues and commonly used techniques and high-level algorithms. Full source code is provided for completing implementations. New to the Second EditionNew related readings exercises and programming projects Better quality figures and numerous new figuresNew chapter on techniques for time-oriented dataThis popular book continues to explore the fundamental components of the visualization process from the data to the human viewer. For developers the book offers guidance on designing effective visualizations using methods derived from human perception graphical design art and usability analysis. For practitioners it shows how various public and commercial visualization systems are used to solve specific problems in diverse domains. For researchers the text describes emerging technology and hot topics in development at academic and industrial centers today. Each chapter presents several types of exercises including review questions and problems that motivate readers to build on the material covered and design alternate approaches to solving a problem. In addition programming projects encourage readers to perform a range of tasks from the simple implementation of algorithms to the extension of algorithms and programming techniques. Web ResourceA supplementary website includes downloadable software tools and example data sets enabling hands-on experience with the techniques covered in the text. The site also offers links to useful data repositories and data file formats an up-to-date listing of software packages and vendors and instructional tools such as reading lists lecture slides and demonstration programs. | Interactive Data Visualization Foundations Techniques and Applications Second Edition

GBP 44.99
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