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Life-Like Characters: Tools, Affective Functions, and Applications (Cognitive Technologies) Helmut Prendinger, Mitsuru Ishizuka
 Life-like characters are one of the most exciting technologies for human-computer interface applications today. They convincingly take the roles of virtual presenters, synthetic actors and sales personas, teammates and tutors. A common characteristic underlying their life-likeness or believability as virtual conversational partners are computational models that provide them with affective functions such as synthetic emotions and personalities and implement human interactive behavior. The wide dissemination of life-like characters in multimedia systems, however, will greatly depend on the availability of control languages and tools that facilitate scripting of intelligent conversational behavior. This book presents the first comprehensive collection of the latest developments in scripting and representation languages for life-like characters, rounded off with an in-depth comparison and synopsis of the major approaches. Introducing toolkits for authoring animated characters......
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Personal Computing Demystified (Demystified) Larry Long
 Quickly learn how to get the most out of your personal computing experience, whether you want to network multiple PCs, buy a PC, store photos, or download music. This easy-to-understand, step-by-step guide walks you through each task you need to completewithout using unnecessary technical language. A user-friendly resource, you don’t need to have previous experience to get fast results....
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Internet Travel Planner, 2nd: How to Plan Trips and Save Money Online Michael Shapiro
 The Internet has thrown open the doors to travel resource channels that were once accessible only to professional travel agents. Airlines, hotels, and tour companies are all moving onto the World Wide Web as a way to connect directly with their customers. Through these websites, travelers can get personally involved in making their travel plans. Discover the best insider tips for finding the great deals, learning more, choosing wisely, and saving money. This new edition is chock-full of information on the latest, hottest tips and the newest websites, plus all-new screen shots of the best Internet sites. Readers can learn how to: *Find the best travel bargains *Take advantage of exclusive online deals *Compare ticket prices and make reservations *Check schedules for delays and changes *Join online discussion forums to connect with others who have been there *Plug into restaurant reviews, newspapers, and weather forecasts *Stay connected while on the......
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Customizing AutoCAD 2002 Sham Tickoo
 Updated to the newest release, Customizing AutoCAD 2002 unravels the power of AutoCAD by explaining in detail various customizing techniques available in AutoCAD 2002. The book provides AutoCAD users with information on customizing features like creating template drawings, script files, slide shows, linetypes, hatch patterns, menus (pull-down menus, cascading menus, cursor menus, partial menus, tablet menus, image menus, buttom menus and auxiliary menus), customizing toolbars, and creating shapes and text fonts. The book also contains a detailed explanation on the introductory concepts of AutoLISP, Visual LISP, Dialog Control Language (DCL), Visual Basic, and Sring Expression Language (DIESEL). Every concept is discussed in detail and every chapter contains examples that take the reader step-by-step through the problems. Review questions and exercises reinforce key concepts. Coverage is aimed at showing readers how to become more productive by learning how to automate procedures......
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WebSphere 4.0 AEs Workbook for Enterprise JavaBeans (3rd Edition) Kyle Brown
 Although EJB applications themselves are portable, the manner in which developers install and run EJB products varies widely from one vendor to the next.The goal of this WebSphere AE workbook is to discuss vendor specific requirements and best practices and introduce tools such as the WebSphere Application Assembly Tool, and the WebSphere Administration Console, all in the context of building and running the example programs for O'Reilly's Enterprise JavaBeans , 3rd edition. The Workbook guides developers step-by-step, explaining how to build and deploy working solutions in a particular application server, and provides useful hints, tips and warnings. This WebSphere 4.0 AEs Workbook was originally published by Enterprise JavaBeans author Richard Monson-Haefel's Titan Books publishing company. O'Reilly thought so highly of it, we acquired the rights to publish it ourselves, in order to give more developers access to this critical information....
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