Virtual Reality: the Rise‚ Decline‚ and Return Xavier Woodard INF 103 Dr. Kris Jamsa December 10‚ 2012 Virtual Reality: The Rise‚ Decline‚ and Return Virtual Reality once the most talked about technological advancement‚ then a near nonexistent application‚ and now a returning enterprise. Virtual reality or VR‚ as it is often times referred to‚ is computer simulated reality that gives the user a feel of the physical world in an imaginary world setting. The history of VR is an interesting history
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Case Study 1: STA Travel Island Table of Contents Background: STA Travel 3 Alternative 1: Second Life 3 Advantages 3 Disadvantages 3 Alternative 2: Pinterest 3 Advantages 3 Disadvantages 3 Alternative 3: Marketing to the Alumni 3 Advantages 3 Disadvantages 3 Background: STA Travel STA Travel was founded in 1979. They have marketed themselves as the world’s largest student travel organization. Since the time they were founded‚ they have grown to include several countries
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also across the broad cinematic spectrum. Motion capture technology is flourishing in the film industry with its prolific use in Hollywood. Its awareness has been brought to mainstream audiences through blockbusters successes such as James Cameron ’s Avatar. With the continued growth of the entertainment industry‚ there is a strong desire for faster and more fluid animation. Current techniques for 3D animation particularly frame by frame animation are time consuming and complex. Frame by frame animation
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discusses how mickey mouse went from being a slap stick cartoon character like all other animated personalities and grew into a much more complicated being. He was the sign of hope and escape during the depression and evolved even more into the dominating avatar of Disney itself. Brockway begins his article by describing Walt Disney himself trying to explain the dramatic success of his simply drawn cartoon character. It starts the article by showing the reader that even Disney himself is shocked by the
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The cultural values of race and class are prevalent in the gameplay of World of Warcraft. To avoid gamer oppression‚ the online game has created unrealistic races and classes for each of the characters. Players can enjoy gameplay without having to choose between human races‚ such as White Caucasian or African American. Furthermore‚ the game has two factions that the gamer must choose between‚ known as the Alliance and the Horde. Both of these factions have different mythical characters that users
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Module 1- Lecture 1- What is sex? This lecture is really an intro to the course. It defines the act of sex as the “exchanging of genetic data by two organisms for procreation.” This lecture also challenges our ways of thinking about sex as more than just an act of procreation‚ but also as an act with social‚ political‚ mental‚ and personal complications. From strictly an evolutionary perspective‚ the goal of our genes is to have as many babies as possible‚ through the act of sex. This lecture
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the time we have in life. B.)examples 1.)The first colored room is blue that symbols infancy. 2.)The clock symbols the time when have in life. 3.)Tuberculosis is a disease in which blood fills your lungs up‚ and Poe said “blood is its avatar.” Which the Red Death looks like a symbol of this disease. II.)Body paragraph A.)The colored rooms represents stages of life. B.)As the prince ran through the rooms until he hit the last‚ where he died. C.)This is one of the symbols
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When an illness is threatening or starting to spread‚ it is the natural response to quarantine it until it either dies out or a cure is found. The United States policy of containment brought about during the cold war was an effort to stop the expansion of communism to other regions. Though communism was thought of as both something that could be lived with and without‚ America was right to think of it as a threat to the American way of life. The Soviet Union was looking to expand their way of life
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Temples have become a key aspect in Hindu religion. The temple is the focus for all aspects of everyday life in the Hindu community - religious‚ cultural‚ educational and social. Hindus believe that their lives are merely stages in the progression to ultimate enlightenment. The temple is a place where God may be approached and where divine knowledge can be discovered. All aspects of the Hindu temple focus on the goal of enlightenment and liberation - the principles of design and construction‚ the
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Case #3 Bitter Girls 1. What is the image you first think of when you hear the brand name Bitter Girls? What are both the strengths and weaknesses of selecting this brand name as to the goal of empowering young girls? When I first hear the brand name Bitter Girls I image a product that focuses around females who are unhappy‚ upset‚ need a place to vent‚ a way to express anger or resentment‚ or a product made by bitter women. I would not have assumed that the brand was supposed to be uplifting
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