The odyssey of a group of "refugees" from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.
Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer online games; they have ranged from bridge clubs to sports leagues, from tabletop role-playing games to Civil War reenactments. With the emergence of digital networks, however, new varieties of adult play communities have appeared, most notably within online games and virtual worlds. Players in these networked worlds sometimes develop a sense of community that transcends the game itself.
In Communities of Play, game researcher and designer Celia Pearce explores emergent fan cultures in networked digital worlds -- actions by players that do not coincide with the intentions of the game's designers. Pearce looks in particular at the Uru Diaspora -- a group of players whose game, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, closed. These players (primarily baby boomers) immigrated into other worlds, self-identifying as "refugees"; relocated in There.com, they created a hybrid culture integrating aspects of their old world. Ostracized at first, they became community leaders. Pearce analyzes the properties of virtual worlds and looks at the ways design affects emergent behavior. She discusses the methodologies for studying online games, including a personal account of the sometimes messy process of ethnography. Pearce considers the "play turn" in culture and the advent of a participatory global playground enabled by networked digital games every bit as communal as the global village Marshall McLuhan saw united by television. Countering the ludological definition of play as unproductive and pointing to the long history of pre-digital play practices, Pearce argues that play can be a prelude to creativity.
Автор: Parker J J Название: Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision ISBN: 0470643854 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780470643853 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 83430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Programmers, scientists, and engineers are always in need of newer techniques and algorithms to manipulate and interpret images. Algorithms for Image Processing and Computer Vision is an accessible collection of algorithms for common image processing applications that simplifies complicated mathematical calculations.
Автор: Berry David M Название: Philosophy of Software ISBN: 1137490276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137490278 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 25150.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is a critical introduction to code and software that develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. Written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background, the book provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new media forms.
Автор: Pettman Dominic Название: Infinite Distraction ISBN: 1509502270 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509502271 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 16890.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: It is often argued that contemporary media homogenize our thoughts and actions, without us being fully aware of the restrictions they impose.
Автор: Hartley, Zisserman Название: Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision ISBN: 0521540518 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521540513 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 91860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The theory and practice of scene reconstruction are described in detail in a unified framework. The new edition features an extended introduction covering the key ideas in the book (which itself has been updated with additional examples and appendices) and significant new results which have appeared since the first edition.
Автор: Dominic Pettman Название: Infinite Distraction ISBN: 1509502262 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509502264 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 47520.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: It is often argued that contemporary media homogenize our thoughts and actions, without us being fully aware of the restrictions they impose.
Автор: Solem Jan Erik Название: Programming Computer Vision with Python: Techniques and Libraries for Imaging and Retrieving Information ISBN: 1449316549 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781449316549 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 50680.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: If you want a basic understanding of computer vision`s underlying theory and algorithms, this hands-on introduction is the ideal place to start. Programming Computer Vision with Python teaches computer vision in broad terms that won`t bog you down in theory. Instead, you`ll find this book to be inspiring and motivating.
Автор: John R. Goodall; Gregory Conti; Kwan-Liu Ma Название: Visualization for Computer Security ISBN: 3540859314 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540859314 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 65210.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Visualization for Cyber Security held on September 15, 2008, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, in conjunction with the 11th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID). This book presents 18 reviewed and selected papers from 27 submissions.
Автор: John A. Vince Название: Geometric Algebra: An Algebraic System for Computer Games and Animation ISBN: 144716878X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447168782 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 51200.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Geometric algebra is still treated as an obscure branch of algebra and most books have been written by competent mathematicians in a very abstract style.
Автор: Thomas M. Powers Название: Philosophy and Computing ISBN: 3319610422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319610429 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 102480.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book features papers from CEPE-IACAP 2015, a joint international conference focused on the philosophy of computing. Inside, readers will discover essays that explore current issues in epistemology, philosophy of mind, logic, and philosophy of science from the lens of computation.
Автор: Antonios Gasteratos; Markus Vincze; John K. Tsotso Название: Computer Vision Systems ISBN: 3540795464 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540795469 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The presented papers cover all aspects of computer vision systems, namely: cognitive vision, monitor and surveillance, computer vision architectures, calibration and reg- tration, object recognition and tracking, learning, human-machine interaction and cross-modal systems.
Автор: Kuijper Arjan Название: Scale Space and Variational Methods in Computer Vision ISBN: 3642382665 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642382666 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 65220.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Scale Space Methods and Variational Methods in Computer Vision, SSVM 2013, held in Schloss Seggau near Graz, Austria, in June 2013.
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