Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> Programming - Games

Digital characters are a driving force in the entertainment industry today. Every animated film and video game production spends a large percentage of its resources and time on advancing the quality of the digital characters inhabiting the world being created. This book presents the theory and practice behind the creation of digital characters for film and games using software-agnostic descriptions that apply to any animation application. It provides insight from a real production environment and the requirements that such an environment imposes.

Fluid simulation is a computer graphic used to develop realistic animation of liquids in modern games. The Art of Fluid Animation describes visually rich techniques for creating fluid-like animations that do not require advanced physics or mathematical skills. It explains how to create fluid animations like water, smoke, fire, and explosions through computer code in a fun manner.

The book presents concepts that drive fluid animation and gives a historical background of the computation of fluids. It covers many research areas that include stable fluid simulation, flows on...

"Concepts of game programming are explained well, and no prior knowledge of Swift language programming is required. ... The images and audio provided are professional and clean." William Fahle, Computing Review, May 31, 2016

Swift Game Programming for Absolute Beginners teaches Apple's Swift language in the context of four, fun and colorful games. Learn the Swift 2.0 language, and learn to create game apps for iOS at the same time - a double win

The four games you'll develop while reading this book are:

• Painter
• Tut's Tomb
• Penguin...

Physics forms the basis for many of the motions and behaviors seen in both the real world and in the virtual worlds of animated films, visual effects, and computer games. By describing the underlying physical principles and then creating simulations based on these principles, these computer-generated worlds are brought to life. Physically Based Modeling and Animation goes behind the scenes of computer animation and details the mathematical and algorithmic foundations that are used to determine the behavior underlying the movement of virtual objects and materials. Dr. Donald House...

This practical book on mobile robotics delves into the very latest open source hardware and software technologies. It introduces readers to the best materials available for building their own robots, giving special attention to the Robot Operating System (ROS), which nowhere else has been covered as thoroughly or in-context. The book takes readers beyond basic introductory texts, exposing them to possible applications of cutting-edge research. The book is designed for hobbyists and researchers but also is suitable for the classroom.

In this new era of computing, where the iPhone, iPad, Xbox Kinect, and similar devices have changed the way to interact with computers, many questions have risen about how modern input devices can be used for a more intuitive user interaction. Interaction Design for 3D User Interfaces: The World of Modern Input Devices for Research, Applications, and Game Development addresses this paradigm shift by looking at user interfaces from an input perspective.

The book is divided into four parts:

• Theory of input devices and user interfaces, with an emphasis on...

About collection:

«Make professional's techniques accessible to everybody.

Books of this collection are organized in this way: projects, recipes on which the projects are based, and sheets for beginners and those who want to increase their knowledge.

«A lot of technical books aren't read beyond the first pages because time to acquire knowledge is too important.

By trying directly to create a game, we want to make the techniques learning easier.

Public:

Self-taught persons and videogame fanatics

Parents who want to help...