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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784550903321

Autore

Brutzman Don

Titolo

X3D [[electronic resource] ] : extensible 3D graphics for Web authors / / Don Brutzman and Leonard Daly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann, c2007

ISBN

1-281-05321-X

9786611053215

0-08-048988-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (471 p.)

Collana

Series in interactive 3D technology

Altri autori (Persone)

DalyLeonard

Disciplina

006.6/96

Soggetti

Computer animation - Standards

X3D (Standard)

Web sites - Design

Three-dimensional display systems

XML (Document markup language)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; X3D: Extensible 3D Graphics for Web Authors; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Goals; 2. Motivation; 3. Reader background; 4. Software support; 5. Book structure; 5.1. Typographic conventions; 5.2. Chapter organization; 6. Chapter descriptions; 6.1. Chapter topics; 6.2. Appendices; 6.3. How to use this book; Contributor List; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Technical Overview; 1. Introduction; 2. Concepts; 2.1. Historical background: VRML, ISO, and the Web3D Consortium; 2.2. X3D browsers; 2.3. X3D specifications; 2.4. Scene graph; 2.5. File structure

2.5.1. File header 2.5.2. X3D header statement; 2.5.3. Profile statements; 2.5.4. Component statements; 2.5.5. Meta statements; 2.5.6. Scene graph body; 2.6. Field types; 2.7. Abstract node types; 2.8. File encodings: XML, ClassicVRML, and Compressed; 2.8.1. Extensible Markup Language (XML) encoding: .x3d files; 2.8.1.1. XML motivations; 2.8.1.2. XML design for X3D; 2.8.1.3. XML validation; 2.8.2. ClassicVRML encoding: .x3dv files; 2.8.3. Binary encoding: .x3db files; 2.9. Hello World example using X3D-Edit and an X3D browser; 3.



Summary; 3.1. Key ideas; 3.2. Next chapters; Reference

Chapter 2: Geometry Nodes, Part 1: Primitives1. What this chapter covers; 2. Concepts; 2.1. Purpose and common functionality; 2.2. Common fields; 2.2.1. solid; 2.3. Abstract node types; 2.3.1. X3DShapeNode type; 2.3.2. X3DGeometryNode type; 2.3.3. X3DFontStyleNode type; 2.4. Hints and warnings; 3. Node descriptions; 3.1. Shape node; 3.1.1. Hints and warnings; 3.2. Box node; 3.2.1. size; 3.2.2. Hints and warnings; 3.3. Cone node; 3.3.1. bottomRadius and height; 3.3.2. bottom and side; 3.3.3. Hints and warnings; 3.4. Cylinder node; 3.4.1. radius and height; 3.4.2. bottom, side, and top

3.4.3. Hints and warnings 3.5. Sphere node; 3.5.1. radius; 3.5.2. Hints and warnings; 3.6. Text node; 3.6.1. string; 3.6.2. length; 3.6.3. max Extent; 3.6.4. Hints and warnings; 3.7. Font Style node; 3.7.1. family; 3.7.2. justify; 3.7.3. language; 3.7.4. style; 3.7.5. size and spacing; 3.7.6. horizontal, left To Right, and top To Bottom; 3.7.7. Hints and warnings; 3.7.8. Parameter combinations; 4. Summary; 4.1. Key ideas; 4.2. Related nodes and concepts; 4.3. Next chapter; Chapter 3: Grouping Nodes; 1. What this chapter covers; 2. Concepts; 2.1. Purpose and common functionality

2.2. Units of measurement and coordinate systems 2.3. Coordinate system details; 2.3.1. Which way is up?; 2.3.2. "Right-hand rule" rules!; 2.3.3. Orientation; 2.4. DEF and USE; 2.5. Abstract node types; 2.5.1. X3D Child Node type; 2.5.2. X3D Bounded Object type; 2.5.3. X3D Grouping Node type; 2.5.4. X3D Info Node type; 2.5.5. X3D Url Object abstract interface; 3. Node descriptions; 3.1. Group and Static Group nodes; 3.2. Transform node; 3.2.1. translation; 3.2.2. rotation; 3.2.3. center; 3.2.4. scale; 3.2.5. scale Orientation; 3.2.6. Order of translation, rotation, scaling, and center operations

3.2.7. Hints and warnings

Sommario/riassunto

In the early days of the Web a need was recognized for a language to display 3D objects through a browser. An HTML-like language, VRML, was proposed in 1994 and became the standard for describing interactive 3D objects and worlds on the Web. 3D Web courses were started, several best-selling books were published, and VRML continues to be used today. However VRML, because it was based on HTML, is a stodgy language that is not easy to incorporate with other applications and has been difficult to add features to. Meanwhile, applications for interactive 3D graphics have been exploding in areas such



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910229241103321

Autore

Brons Lajos

Titolo

The Hegemony of Psychopathy / Lajos Brons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brooklyn, NY, : punctum books, 2017

Santa Barbara, CA : , : Punctum Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-947447-17-3

Edizione

[1st edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 pages) : illustrations; PDF, digital file(s)

Soggetti

Social, group or collective psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Any social and political arrangement depends on acceptance. If a substantial part of a people does not accept the authority of its rulers, then those can only remain in power by means of force, and even that use of force needs to be accepted to be effective. Gramsci called this acceptance of the socio-political status quo “hegemony.” Every stable state relies primarily on hegemony as a source of control. Hegemony works through the dissemination of values and beliefs that create acceptance and that serve the interests of the state and/or the ruling elite (the “hegemones”). Hegemony is most efficient if it remains invisible. A key hegemonic belief is the idea that there is no alternative to the current socio-political status quo or that the way things are is “natural.” The current hegemony – that is, the set of values and beliefs that bolster the current socio-political status quo – is a hegemony of psychopathy: it promotes “cultural psychopathy” and destroys empathy and compassion, thus threatening everything that makes us human.  The hegemony of psychopathy is responsible for massive human suffering. It must be fought and replaced with a counter-hegemonic set of values and beliefs that promote compassion and care. Fighting hegemony requires fighting the “pillars” that support it. Most important among these are the mass media and culture industry, and mainstream economics. The former is responsible for a continuous stream of



hegemonic propaganda; the latter – among others – for providing a pseudo-scientific justification for the false belief that there is no alternative. The Hegemony of Psychopathy concludes with some considerations on tactics and strategy in the struggle against the hegemony of psychopathy, but does not – and cannot – offer any concrete advice.