Tag: Reality

Augmented and Virtual Reality in Mathematics Education


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3658452706 | 169 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 35 MB
Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are technologies of increasing importance in our society. In the field of mathematics education, these innovative technologies may offer a wide range of opportunities to support immersive, individual, and active learning processes. At the same time, many new challenges arise that need to be mastered by teachers and students in the classroom. With this book we want to contribute to the discourse by presenting innovative insights by bringing parties from research and practice together. The papers cover a wide range of relevant topics including cooperation and communication, STEM and modelling, development and application of design criteria, spatial geometry and imagination or teacher-trainings. The contributions include in-depth theoretical considerations, concrete developed applications and learning environments, and findings from empirical studies.

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THEORY AND REALITY IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS ESSAYS TOWARD A NEW POLITICAL FINANCE


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English | ISBN: 9812707913 | 2007 | 240 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The current literature on financial economics is dominated by neoclassical dogma and, supposedly, the notion of value-neutrality. However, the failure of neoclassical economics to deal with real financial phenomena suggests that this might be too simplistic of an approach.This book consists of a collection of essays dealing with financial markets’ imperfections, and the inability of neoclassical economics to deal with such imperfections. Its central argument is that financial economics, as based on the tenets of neoclassical economics, cannot answer or solve the real-life problems that people face. It also shows the direct relationship between economics and politics – something that is usually denied in academic models, given that science is supposed to be value-neutral. In this thought-provoking and avant-garde book, the author not only exposes what has gone wrong, but also suggests reforms to both the academic and the political-economic systems that might help make markets fair rather than efficient. Drawing on interdisciplinary fields, this book will appeal to readers who are interested in finance, economics, business, the political economy and philosophy.

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Augmented Reality Growth in businesses in the early days of spatial computing


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English | August 25, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0D6NN9QM3 | 55 pages | PDF | 0.55 Mb
We are in an exciting new world of technology, with augmented reality becoming a part of our daily lives. AR’s success stems from its early adoption by tech titans like Google, Apple, and Microsoft. While Apple announced ARKit in 2017, Google released its web API in the same year. Apple AR glasses are another significant advancement in the AR field.

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Media Matrix Sexing the New Reality


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English | 2004 | pages: 224 | ISBN: 1865089265 | PDF | 0,7 mb
This critique explores the effect of today’s global media on contemporary ideas and experiences of sex, screen, identity, and representation from Sex and the City to discussions of sexuality and the self, from Breillat’s film Romance to Harlequin romances, from reality TV to cyber porn, and from celebrity to censorship. The changes brought about by new forms of representation and reality are explored, and the media’s ambiguous relationship to radical change in the way sexuality appears on screen is questioned. Such questions as Has reality TV affected the way viewers think about sex and relationships? Now that pornography has entered the mainstream, can we still say porn offers an alternative view of sex? Does Sex and the City really challenge every taboo known to society? and Why do women enjoy writing slash fiction? are addressed. Also examined are the breakdown between public and private and the question of what constitutes the true representation of sexuality and the self in the new global public domain.

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Virtual Reality Technology (IEEE Press)


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English | September 11, 2024 | ISBN: 1118014804 | 736 pages | MOBI | 32 Mb
Thorough overview of virtual reality technology fundamentals and latest advances, with coverage of hardware, software, human factors and applications, plus companion Laboratory Manual in Unity 3D.

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The Reality of the Social World Medieval, Early Modern, and Contemporary Perspectives on Social Ontology


Free Download The Reality of the Social World: Medieval, Early Modern, and Contemporary Perspectives on Social Ontology (Historical-Analytical Studies on Nature, Mind and Action, 12) by Jenny Pelletier, Christian Rode
English | April 5, 2023 | ISBN: 3031239830 | 234 pages | MOBI | 0.76 Mb
This book offers a collection of contributions on medieval, early modern, and contemporary perspectives on social ontology.

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