This book includes the most encompassing research of the concepts and realities involved in the field of virtual communities and technologies. A ground-breaking, multi-volume compendium of 167 chapters from a global pool of more than 350 experts, it presents an in-depth analysis of the...

Digital library and its requirements in the global world / Surbhi Saini -- Digital information management: preserving tomorrow's memory / Pawan R. Agrawal -- Digital preservation: its framework and strategies in cloud computing environment / Vijay Parashar, Mohan Lal Vishwakarma, Nisha Patle --...

1. Innovation through virtual technologies / N. Raghavendra Rao -- 2. Soft-touch Haptics modeling of dynamic surfaces / Hanqiu Sun, Hui Chen -- 3. Collision detection / Gabriel Zachmann -- 4. Virtual environment visualisation of executable business process models / Ross Brown, Rune Rasmussen --...

Learning molecular structures in a tangible augmented reality environment / Kikuo Asai, Norio Takase -- Organisational blogging: the problem of engagement / Gavin J. Baxter, Thomas Connolly, Mark Stansfield -- Game-like technology innovation education / Rikke Magnussen -- "World of Uncertainty"...

"This book brings together a variety of artistic practices in virtual spaces and the interest in variable media and online platforms for creative interplay, presenting frameworks and examples of current practices"--Provided by publisher.

"This book provides a good grounding of the main concepts and terminology for Augmented Reality (AR), with an emphasis on practical AR techniques (from tracking-algorithms to design principles for AR interfaces). The targeted audience is computer-literate readers who wish to gain an initial...

"This encyclopedia of virtual communities and technologies provides a much needed integrated overview of all the critical concepts, technologies and issues in the area of virtual communities"--Provided by publisher.

This book examines the effect of technological rationalism on communication and learning outcomes in a global, multi-cultural world. Drawing on the experiences and research expertise of key researchers and educators from multiple disciplines, this book presents real-world examples of virtual...

This book addresses the emergent research and development issues for the most-advanced enterprise organizational paradigm of today's world: the virtual enterprise paradigm. Virtual enterprise is characterized as a dynamic agile network of independent enterprises sharing all resources, including...