Download or read book Virtual Reality Nightmare written by Tom Germann and published by Tom Germann. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ron and his friends made it out of the Virtual Reality competition and did well. Now though they have to deal with the fall out. Everything seems changed and different. Washed out and boring. But they don’t have time to worry about that. The second alien invasion is now inbound. The robots and their masters learned from the last time and are carrying out a larger invasion with better planning. Ron and crew will have to survive the impact of the meteors that are the precursor to invasion. Then the hordes of people that have been driven insane by the attack. Finally, they are going to have to join the resistance and be ready to fight. The robots have new models and learn fast. Super weapons are in production as soon as the robots secure their landing zones and the military is reeling as it tries to deal with displaced populations and an enemy that has planned this attack out after decades spent watching the planet. Ron will have to use every ounce of his ability he has developed in the virtual reality games he’s played. His tactics, knowledge and resourcefulness will be tested to the very limits of his breaking point. If he succeeds, then he and his friends will survive to continue the fight. But a mistake could cost the entire team their lives. Sometimes the choice is not in your hands. What is really going on though? And is the AI in league with the robotic invaders or does it have some other worse plan for Ron and his friends?
Download or read book Virtual Reality Nightmare written by Tom Germann and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ron and his friends made it out of the Virtual Reality competition and did well. Now though they have to deal with the fall out. Everything seems changed and different. Washed out and boring. But they don't have time to worry about that. The second alien invasion is now inbound. The robots and their masters learned from the last time and are carrying out a larger invasion with better planning. Ron and crew will have to survive the impact of the meteors that are the precursor to invasion. Then the hordes of people that have been driven insane by the attack. Finally, they are going to have to join the resistance and be ready to fight. The robots have new models and learn fast. Super weapons are in production as soon as the robots secure their landing zones and the military is reeling as it tries to deal with displaced populations and an enemy that has planned this attack out after decades spent watching the planet. Ron will have to use every ounce of his ability he has developed in the virtual reality games he's played. His tactics, knowledge and resourcefulness will be tested to the very limits of his breaking point. If he succeeds, then he and his friends will survive to continue the fight. But a mistake could cost the entire team their lives. Sometimes the choice is not in your hands. What is really going on though? And is the AI in league with the robotic invaders or does it have some other worse plan for Ron and his friends? This is the second book in the Virtual Reality story arc. The next book will be a separate stand alone. Let me know if you like the story!
Download or read book Virtual Nightmare written by S. F. Black and published by Troll Communications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy, the new kid in town, meets a strange kid in a chat room, and they talk on-line about Andy's old town. That night while he's sleeping, Andy dreams he meets his chat room pal, only the kid turns out to be a little old man. When Andy wakes up for real nothing is the same -- especially Andy. In fact, he's turned into an old man. Andy decides he'd better learn about the past quickly -- so he can escape from the future.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Aestheticization of Violence Horror and Power written by Erdem, M. Nur and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individuals seek ways to repress the sense of violence within themselves and often resort to medial channels. The hunger of the individual for violence is a trigger for the generation of violent content by media, owners of political power, owners of religious power, etc. However, this content is produced considering the individual’s sensitivities. Thus, violence is aestheticized. Aesthetics of violence appear in different fields and in different forms. In order to analyze it, an interdisciplinary perspective is required. The Handbook of Research on Aestheticization of Violence, Horror, and Power brings together two different concepts that seem incompatible—aesthetics and violence—and focuses on the basic motives of aestheticizing and presenting violence in different fields and genres, as well as the role of audience reception. Seeking to reveal this togetherness with different methods, research, analyses, and findings in different fields that include media, urban design, art, and mythology, the book covers the aestheticization of fear, power, and violence in such mediums as public relations, digital games, and performance art. This comprehensive reference is an ideal source for researchers, academicians, and students working in the fields of media, culture, art, politics, architecture, aesthetics, history, cultural anthropology, and more.
Download or read book VR Nightmare written by L a Drake and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theo and Eddie Jensen think they've found the perfect game to play after school, but things change when they are tricked by a teacher and become stuck in the VR world. Now, they must hurry to find a way back to real life before the switch is made permanent and they're trapped in virtual reality forever.VR NIGHTMARE is a riot of extreme fun and awesome adventure packed from start to finish with screams, laughs and gasps.
Download or read book Dawn of the New Everything written by Jaron Lanier and published by Henry Holt & Company. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guru of virtual reality looks back at the unique experiences that formed his vision for the future of technology With a singular voice and perspective, Lanier who The New York Times calls "daringly original . . . a major wizard in the futurist circus. He is the father of virtual reality in the gaudy, reputation-burnishing way that Michael Jackson was the king of pop" considers the future of virtual technology in a book that blends memoir with ideas. He tells the wild story of his own relationship with technology by starting from the beginning. The son of Jewish immigrants and concentration camp survivors, raised in the UFO territory of New Mexico, he lost his mother at a young age and built a geodesic dome with his father in the desert. He worked as a goatherd and midwife, attended college before graduating high school, transferred to and failed out of a tony northeast liberal arts college, played music for money on the streets of New York, and eventually landed in Silicon Valley at the dawn of the first tech boom where he suddenly became rich. This crazy course to becoming a world renowned technology guru informs Lanier's optimism about virtual reality--the technology he has been immersed in from its very start. While he has been very critical of social media and other manifestations of technology, he believes that virtual reality can actually make our lives richer and fuller.Dawn of the New Everything is ultimately a look at what it means to be human in the dawn of unprecedented technological possibility.
Download or read book Virtual Nightmare written by Frederik Pohl and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual Nightmare, first published as "The Tunnel Under The World" in 1955, is a science fiction short novel that explores the theme of simulated reality and the simulation hypothesis. The Simulation Hypothesis proposes that reality is in fact a simulation (most likely a computer simulation). Some versions rely on the development of a simulated reality, a proposed technology that would seem realistic enough to convince its inhabitants. The hypothesis has been a central plot device of many science fiction stories and films. The novel follows the life of Guy Burckhardt who wake up from a terrible nightmares in his house in Tylerton on June 15. Guy dismisses the dream and goes to work as usual, the downtown offices of Contro Chemicals, which operates a highly automated and robot-staffed petrochemicals plant. But something is not right; he is surrounded everywhere by loud and all-pervasive advertising jingles for everything from cigarettes to freezers. Guy Burckhardt begins to question the nature of his reality when strange events occur to him and it becomes apparent that there are many things about his world, and indeed his life, that do not hold up to close scrutiny. The novel has been adapted for several media including "Virtual Nightmare", a made-for-TV horror film produced in 2000, and appeared in a 1956 radio broadcast episode of X Minus One. It was also produced by the BBC as a 1966 series 2 episode of the anthology series Out of the Unknown. The novel inspired the screen script of the "Special Service" episode of The Twilight Zone and the development of the spec script of the 1998 American satirical comedy-drama film The Truman Show. It also offered inspiration for the 1999 virtual reality movie The Thirteenth Floor and the classic cyberpunk movie The Matrix. This print edition contains other Fredrik Pohl's short stories from that era, including Simulacra (The Day Of The Boomer Dukes), Pythias, Survival Kit, The Hated and The Knights of Arthur.
Download or read book Virtual Nightmare written by Aaron Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped in a virtual world where death is real, but you must fight just to survive. Shane, a casual gamer accidentally stumbles upon a hidden gaming club that is trying out futuristic, virtual gaming suits. He is welcomed to test the amazing and super secret technology. Little does he know, the test will be far more dangerous then he ever could have imagined. If he stays in the game his life is forfeit, but to escape is certain death.
Download or read book Reality Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy written by David J. Chalmers and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading philosopher takes a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds, illuminating the nature of reality and our place within it. Virtual reality is genuine reality; that’s the central thesis of Reality+. In a highly original work of “technophilosophy,” David J. Chalmers gives a compelling analysis of our technological future. He argues that virtual worlds are not second-class worlds, and that we can live a meaningful life in virtual reality. We may even be in a virtual world already. Along the way, Chalmers conducts a grand tour of big ideas in philosophy and science. He uses virtual reality technology to offer a new perspective on long-established philosophical questions. How do we know that there’s an external world? Is there a god? What is the nature of reality? What’s the relation between mind and body? How can we lead a good life? All of these questions are illuminated or transformed by Chalmers’ mind-bending analysis. Studded with illustrations that bring philosophical issues to life, Reality+ is a major statement that will shape discussion of philosophy, science, and technology for years to come.
Download or read book Unrelenting Nightmare written by Stan Yocum and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuart Garrison, a brilliant virtual reality software developer, has his company poised on the threshold of industry dominance with the release of his newest virtual reality systemNext World. Among his competitors is Preston McBraid, the cutthroat CEO of a rival company. McBraid realizes that if he does not own Next World, his company is bound to lose its premier position atop the computer industry. Driven by desperation and greed, McBraid hires the notorious Nomed, a highly sought-after assassin who commands millions to kill a target. The FBI learns of the assassination plot and intervenes to protect Stuart. He in turn quickly augments the FBI team, hiring two security specialists as additional defense: a monster of a man, nicknamed Supermanand Alex Nichols, an expert in the field of security. Stuart clings desperately to the hope that he can make it though the onslaught of Nomeds assassination attempts. If he does, his next ingenious virtual reality productMind Gameswill blow the world away with its originality and staggering mass appeal, and catapult Stuart to the top of the computer industry as its reigning czar, and make him a billionaire many times over. In this gripping suspense thriller, the wannabe czar of the computer industry is unwittingly catapulted into a deadly cat-and-mouse game against the infamous Nomed, and only time will tell who is clever enough to survive.
Download or read book Virtual and Augmented Reality Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Management Association, Information Resources and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 1845 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual and augmented reality is the next frontier of technological innovation. As technology exponentially evolves, so do the ways in which humans interact and depend upon it. Virtual and Augmented Reality: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive reference source for the latest scholarly material on the trends, techniques, and uses of virtual and augmented reality in various fields, and examines the benefits and challenges of these developments. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics, such as human-computer interaction, digital self-identity, and virtual reconstruction, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for researchers, academics, professionals, theorists, students, and practitioners interested in emerging technology applications across the digital plane.
Download or read book The Tunnel Under the World written by Frederik Pohl and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Tunnel Under the World" by Frederik Pohl. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Art of Transforming Nightmares written by Clare R Johnson, PhD and published by Llewellyn Publications. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to transform your nightmares into healing, creative, and spiritual gifts The Art of Transforming Nightmares is a friendly, hands-on guide to help you tap into the immensely rich gifts that bad dreams offer up when we work with them in healing ways. Dr. Clare Johnson, world-leading expert on lucid dreaming, shares her best practical tips for overcoming nightmares and a unique Nightmare Solution Quiz that identifies your personal sleeper-dreamer type so you can fast-track to the transformative techniques that work best for you. With over forty practices and fifteen tailor-made nightmare solution programs, this guidebook helps you set up your own unique program for transforming your dreamlife. It shares practical tools to reduce nightmare frequency, manage sleep paralysis, resolve distressing dreams, and release fear. You'll tap into the deep wisdom of your unconscious mind and discover how to transform your night of sleep into a beautiful, healing refuge so that you wake up energized and ready to lead a life of happiness and wonder.
Download or read book A Guide to the World of Dreams written by Ole Vedfelt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Guide to the World of Dreams, Ole Vedfelt presents an in-depth look at dreams in psychotherapy, counselling and self-help, and offers an overview of current clinical knowledge and scientific research, including contemporary neuroscience. This book describes essential aspects of Jungian, psychoanalytic, existential, experiential and cognitive approaches to dreams and dreaming, and explores dreams in sleep laboratories, neuroscience and contemporary theories of dream cognition. Vedfelt clearly and effectively describes ten core qualities of dreams, and delineates a resource-oriented step-by-step manual for dreamwork at varying levels of expertise. For each core quality, key learning outcomes are clarified and resource-oriented, creative and motivating exercises for practical dreamwork are spelled out, providing clear and manageable methods. A Guide to the World of Dreams also introduces a new cybernetic theory of dreams as intelligent, unconscious information processing, and integrates contemporary clinical research into this theory. The book even includes a wealth of engaging examples from the author’s lifelong practical experience with all levels and facets of dreamwork. Vedfelt’s seminal work is essential reading for psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, and even psychiatrists, and could well be a fundamental textbook for courses at high schools, colleges, universities and even in adult-education classes. The book’s transparent method and real-life examples will inspire individuals all over the world who seek self-help or self-development – any reader will be captivated to discover how knowledge of dreams stimulates creativity in everyday life and even in professional life.
Download or read book This Is Just A Nightmare written by John A. Deering and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-10-13 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a 60-page play, action / adventure / horror.Here's the description, taken from the back cover:Picture this. One night, as you lay in bed, three men break into your house and drag you out of your own bed, kicking and screaming, to an unknown location!You're strapped to a table. Wires are plugged into your head. A machine powers on, and you immediately go unconscious . . . and enter an artificial dream-state. You're asleep, and having a dream, but the dream can be influenced by a computer. The three men who dragged you out of bed have put you in this test because you are the first test subject of human testing - whether you like it or not.This is the situation William Cumberland has found himself in. Now that he's in the nightmare, he has no other choice. If he wants to make it out alive, he's just going to have to go through the ten tests and make it all the way to the end.After all . . . it's only a nightmare.
Download or read book Nightmare s Edge written by Bryan Davis and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nathan Shepherd, in the company of his restored mother and two mysterious beings called supplicants, searches for his father in the land of dreams. With the collapse of the entire cosmos at hand, only God can help him.
Download or read book Dreams 2 volumes written by Robert J. Hoss and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set examines dreams and dreaming from a variety of angles—biological, psychological, and sociocultural—in order to provide readers with a holistic introduction to this fascinating subject. Whether good or bad and whether we remember them or not, each night every one of us dreams. But what biological or psychological function do dreams serve? What do these vivid images and strange storylines mean? How have psychologists, religions, and society at large interpreted dreams, and how can a closer examination of our dreams provide useful insights? Dreams: Understanding Biology, Psychology, and Culture presents a holistic view of dreams and the dreaming experience that answers these and many other questions. Divided thematically, this two-volume book examines the complex and often misunderstood subject of dreaming through a variety of lenses. This collection is written by a large and diverse team of experts and edited by leading members of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD) but remains an approachable and accessible introduction to this captivating topic for all readers.
