A tutorial guide to current techniques for 3-dimensional computer animation that explains key concepts at a level requiring little mathematical background. It is ideal for self study by computer graphics professionals and others who need a guide to today's animation techniques.

3-D Computer Animation

Computers & Technology

Vince, John

Programming

Addison-Wesley

Introduces students and professionals to the current state of the art in virtual reality (VR) technology, examining the core technologies underlying VR, such as real-time computer graphics, color displays, and simulation software. Outlines physiological, psychological, hardware, and software principles, discusses mathematical techniques, and investigates current and potential applications in engineering, entertainment, science, and training. Contains b&amp;w and color photos and illustrations, and 3D viewing glasses. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Virtual Reality Systems (Siggraph Series)

Computer Science

Pearson\Prentice Hall

Computer graphics have caught the imagination of computer users. Increasingly powerful and sophisticated graphic techniques are developing with astonishing speed, and the results are seen everywhere - in business systems, in design, in animation, in television and video. The science underlying these developments is often shrouded in a particularly unfriendly language, much of it derived from computer programming and mathematics. Behind the language is, as John Vince shows, "a magical collectin simple ideas". In this book, Professor Vince defines and explains more than 800 terms. All the key concepts, principles and terms of the emerging technology are included. Users of the book will be able at last to understand how graphics computers perform their tasks and what today's developments mean.

The Language of Computer Graphics: A Dictionary of Terms and Concepts

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

A complete guide to envisioning information on your computer. Find out how you can use off-the-shelf graphics software to create sophisticated visualizations! Whether you want to provide your clients with virtual architectural walkthroughs, envision nucleotides bonding to a strand of RNA, or chart daily fluctuations in foreign currency values, this book/CD set shows you how you can create visualizations of a quality and level of complexity you never dreamed possible. You'll do it all using nothing more than your PC or workstation and off-the-shelf graphics software. No matter what field you're in, science, business, finance, or the arts, this book gives you all the information you'll need. An international team of computer visualization experts allows you to explore the incredible scope of this powerful computer graphics medium. And, with the help of over one hundred gorgeous full-color illustrations, they demonstrate some of the ways in which commercially available presentation and graphics tools can be used to envision, probe, interpret, and present information. Writing in a light, accessible style, they train you in a host of basic visualization techniques and strategies that enable you to: * Create virtual environments in which to explore scientific or technical data * Envision abstract concepts and ideas in 2 and 3 dimensions * Combine images, data, video, and animation to produce stunningly persuasive multimedia presentations The enclosed CD includes striking examples ranging from basic charting and graphing to more advanced video, animation, and volume visualization techniques, taken from the worlds of business, finance, banking, law, architecture, engineering, science, mathematics, geographical mapping, medicine, the arts, and more. ". . . a superb new book covering the entire field of visual presentations . . .Techniques covered range from relatively simple 2D to the latest in virtual reality . . .The book is an excellent source for anyone interested in knowing about visualization and making effective use of the technology." -Carl Machover, President, Machover Associates Corporation

Visualization: Using Computer Graphics to Explore Data and Present Information

Brown, Judith R.

Earnshaw, Rae

Jern, Mikael

Depicts the buildings, houses, tools, equipment, agricultural techniques, and daily life of farms in rural England before the days of mechanization

Old Farms: An Illustrated Guide

Book Soc of Canada Ltd

A concise guide to more than 300 saints found in Britain. The brief entries for each saint include details on their life, associated folklore, patronage, emblems, place-names, shrines, festivals and their representation in art and sculpture.

Discovering Saints in Britain (Shire Discovering)

History

Europe

Shire

Horse brasses are flat, generally round, ornaments for decorating the harness of draught horses. First devised as charms to keep the animal safe, brasses later became purely decorative. This book traces the history of horse brasses, from the plain, simple early examples through to the more advanced brasses that were developed as our knowledge of brass casting improved. Packed with over 200 photographs of different horse brasses, this classic title is an ideal collector's introduction, and a section on the care, cleaning and renovation of horse brasses makes this essential reading for new collectors.

Discovering Horse Brasses (Shire Discovering)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Pets & Animal Care

Shire Publications

Depicts the buildings, houses, tools, equipment, agricultural techniques, and daily life of farms in rural England before the days of mechanization

Old Farms

Science & Math

Technology

Schocken

In recent years, computer graphics has evolved into four major disciplines: computer animation, image processing, visualization, and virtual reality. Now these technologies are converging into one seamless digital medium resulting in various tools that will transform the way we work in the next century.  Virtual Worlds on the Internet examines how the latest developments in virtual environments, computer animation, communication networks, and the Internet are being configured to create revolutionary tools and systems. Vince and Earnshaw have selected twenty papers they believe will influence computer systems of the twenty-first century.  The topics discussed in this book include: * A toolkit for the development of virtual environment applications for education and research * Behavior descriptions used in expansive virtual environments. * Different uses of VRML in information system interfaces. * An examination of research in virtual reality environment interfaces. * Five approaches to supporting changes in virtual environments. * How ATM networks can support multi-user 3D virtual environments. * The transmission of vector graphics and animations over narrow-band transmission channels. * An exploration of an implicit modeling system including an interactive editor for building models. * A description of the advantages of 3D environments for shopping applications on the Internet. * The prototype of a software tool that automatically generates 3D models of virtual supermarkets. * A "VR Workbench" that displays strategic information viewable by a user groups. * An overview of a VR display system describing its workbench technology and its applications. * How to separate the functionality of a multi-user 3D modeling system into functional tools with interface specifications.

Virtual Worlds on the Internet (Practitioners)

Games & Strategy Guides

Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr

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Fire-Marks (Shire Albums)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

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