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81) The Ruby code
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bullied at school and home, Ash finds respite from his unhappy life in virtual reality games. One night, he spends his meager savings to help a stranger, who thanks him with a copy of an old fantasy game called The Glass Realm. While exploring the game, Ash meets a seemingly humble shopkeeper named Ruby. But from the start, Ruby seems different than the other townsfolk-especially when she and Ash stumble across an in-game quest designed not for the...
82) The glare
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
After ten years of living on an isolated, tech-free ranch with her mother, sixteen-year-old Hedda is going back to the world of the Glare -- her word for cell phones, computers, and tablets. Hedda was taught to be afraid of technology, afraid that it would get inside her mind and hurt her. But now she's going to stay with her dad in California, where she was born, and she's finally ready to be normal. She's not going to go "off-kilter," like her mom...
83) Bubble world
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After sixteen-year-old Fresia learns--and tells her friends--that their perfect life on a luxurious tropical island is not real, she is banished from her virtual world to the "mainland," where people are ugly, school is hard, and families are dysfunctional.
84) Otherearth
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Simon would have done anything to save his best friend after a mysterious accident almost killed her--including follow her into a virtual world. And what he and Kat discovered there was more terrifying than they could have ever imagined. Unwitting hospital patients are being forced to test a device that lets VR be experienced with all five senses. The technology is so advanced that it's deadly. Now the world's biggest tech corporation is hunting...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This book describes the revolutionary efforts underway to build virtual humans - from cells and organs to whole bodies and populations. Virtual human technology has extraordinary potential, but also poses enormous computational challenges. Digital doppelg�angers of patients will be able to usher in an era of truly personalized medicine, in which virtual drug trials can be conducted on thousands of digital twins, and "health-casts" can give you...
86) Otherworld
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"After the newest set of virtual reality gear hits the market, Simon can't wait to test it out. But, when his friend Katherine suddenly disappears after being seen with men from the same gaming company, Simon must decide how far in the game he's willing to go to save her"--
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
Dewey Jenkins wants to have the top science project in class to avoid summer school and win a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, but after his friend Ferg accidentally breaks the console, they accidentally trigger the device, finding themselves transported inside a video game.
88) Catalyst
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Tom Raines and his friends return to the Spire for their third year as superhuman government weapons, but the rules have been changed and Tom's training is put to the test"--
89) The city inside
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom/A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The City Inside, a near-future epic by the internationally celebrated Samit Basu, pulls no punches as it comes for your anxieties about society, government, the environment, and our world at large-yet never loses sight of the hopeful potential of the future. "They'd known the end times were coming but hadn't known they'd be multiple choice." Joey is a Reality Controller in near future Delhi. Her job is to supervise the multimedia multi-reality livestreams...
Author
Series
Accel World manga volume 8
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rust Jigsaw is a strange entrant to the Hermes Cord Race, but when he openly attempts to sabotage the event using the Incarnate System, how will Silver Crow and the rest of Nega Nebulous respond?! --from Amazon.
91) Girl gone viral
Author
Publisher
Viking Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering lakes, any virtual experience her heart desires. But she can't code her dad back into her life. When he disappeared after her tenth birthday, leaving only a cryptic note, Opal tried desperately to find him. And when he never turned up, she enrolled at a boarding school for technical prodigies and tried to forget. Until now. Because WAVE,...
92) Black water
Author
Series
Pendragon series volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Bobby Pendragon must choose whether to endanger himself and the other residents of Halla in order to save the residents of Eelong who are infected with a mysterious plague.
Author
Series
Phoebe and her unicorn volume 12
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
Readers won't need special goggles to see the magic of Phoebe and Her Unicorn in this collection of comics from the bestselling series for kids.
Marigold Heavenly Nostrils is one magical unicorn—and she knows it! But sometimes it's harder for humans like Phoebe to understand that they can be magical, too. In the latest Phoebe and Her Unicorn adventure, the pair visits the science museum, tests out an extra-special virtual...
Marigold Heavenly Nostrils is one magical unicorn—and she knows it! But sometimes it's harder for humans like Phoebe to understand that they can be magical, too. In the latest Phoebe and Her Unicorn adventure, the pair visits the science museum, tests out an extra-special virtual...
Author
Publisher
Packt Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Build exciting 2D/3D games and virtual reality applications with the help of hands-on examples Key Features Create five different types of games from scratch with Unity 2018 Import custom content into Unity from third-party tools such as Maya and Blender Learn to build NPCs with artificial intelligent behavior. Book Description Unity is the most exciting and popular engine used for developing games. With its 2018 release, Unity has become the primary...
Author
Publisher
Packt Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Explore the latest features of Unity and build VR experiences including first-person interactions, audio fireball games, 360-degree media, art gallery tours, and VR storytelling Key Features Discover step-by-step instructions and best practices to begin your VR development journey Explore Unity features such as URP rendering, XR Interaction Toolkit, and ProBuilder Build impressive VR-based apps and games that can be experienced using modern devices...
Author
Series
Team Chu volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Competitive siblings Sadie and Clip Chu must set aside their differences and work together when they get stuck in a virtual reality laser tag game"--
97) Eve
Author
Series
Eve (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
WHAT WORLD HAVE WE LEFT OUR CHILDREN? When the ice caps melted, most of humanity was lost to the hidden disease that was released. Now, a mysterious girl named Eve has awoken in secret and must deal with a world that's nothing like the virtual reality she was raised in. In order to save her father and accompanied only by Wexler, her robotic caretaker and protector sheathed in her favorite teddy bear, Eve must embark on a deadly quest across the country....
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In The Metaverse Handbook: Innovating for the Internet's Next Tectonic Shift, a duo of experienced tech and culture experts delivers a can't-miss guide to participating in the most promising new technology since the advent of the web. Through dozens of metaverse creator case studies and concise, actionable insights, you'll walk away from this book understanding how to explore and implement the latest metaverse tech emerging from blockchain, XR, and...
100) The god game
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
They call themselves the Vindicators. Targeted by bullies and pressured by parents, these geeks and gamers rule the computer lab at Turner High School. Wealthy bad boy Peter makes and breaks rules. Vanhi is a punk bassist at odds with her heritage. Kenny's creativity is stifled by a religious home life. Insecure and temperamental, Alex is an outcast among the outcasts. And Charlie, the leader they all depend on, is reeling from the death of his mother,...
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