by Raghav Sood
Augmented reality (AR) offers a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment, where the elements and surroundings are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as graphics and GPS data. It makes a game more real. Your social media app puts you where want to be or go. Pro Android Augmented Reality walks you through the foundations of building an augmented reality application. F...
Price: $39.70 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
by Brian Danchilla
Beginning WebGL for HTML5 gets you rapidly up to speed with WebGL, a powerful new graphics language within the browser. You'll render realistic scenes with advanced lighting models, shadows, blending and textures. You'll also use mathematics to model fractals and particle systems. Going beyond that, Beginning WebGL for HTML5 presents advanced vertex and fragment shader usage for creating stunning,...
Price: $33.31 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
by Mike Smithwick, Mayank Verma
In Pro OpenGL ES for Android, you'll find out how to harness the full power of OpenGL ES, and design your own 3D applications by building a fully-functional 3D solar system model using Open GL ES!OpenGL has set the standard for 3D computer graphics, and is an essential aspect of Android development. This book offers everything you need to know, from basic mathematical concepts to advanced coding techni...
Price: $49.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
Learn HTML5 and JavaScript for iOS 
by Scott Preston
You have a great idea for a simple mobile web app. Or, you have a great idea for a complicated mobile web app. Either way, Learn HTML5 and JavaScript for iOS will help you build, fine-tune, and publish your app for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Scott Preston will walk you through building a mobile web app from scratch using real-world examples. You'll learn about design considerations, mobile web framew...
Price: $27.76 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
Beginning iOS 6 Games Development
by Lucas Jordan
Game apps on iPhone and now The New iPad remain one of the most popular type of apps in the Apple iTunes App Store. Does Angry Birds ring a bell? Now, you can learn to build game apps for the iPhone 5 and The New iPad using the new iOS 6 SDK.Beginning iOS 6 Games Development provides a clear path for you to learn and create iPhone and iPad game apps using the iOS 6 SDK platform. You'll learn how to us...
Price: $31.84 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
by Vandad Nahavandipoor
Now you can overcome the vexing, real-life issues you confront when creating apps for the iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. By making use of more than 100 new recipes in this updated cookbook, you'll quickly learn the steps necessary for writing complete iOS apps, whether they're as simple as a music player or feature a complex mix of animations, graphics, multimedia, a database, and iCloud storage.If ...
Price: $5.81 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Programming Interactivity, 2nd Edition
by Joshua Noble
Ready to create rich interactive experiences with your artwork, designs, or prototypes? This is the ideal place to start. With this hands-on guide, you'll explore several themes in interactive art and design - including 3D graphics, sound, physical interaction, computer vision, and geolocation - and learn the basic programming and electronics concepts you need to implement them. No previous experience ...
Price: $13.60 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Getting Started with OAuth 2.0
by Ryan Boyd
Whether you develop web applications or mobile apps, the OAuth 2.0 protocol will save a lot of headaches. This concise introduction shows you how OAuth provides a single authorization technology across numerous APIs on the Web, so you can securely access users data - such as user profiles, photos, videos, and contact lists - to improve their experience of your application.Through code examples, step-by-step...
Price: $8.58 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
Programming Entity Framework: DbContext
by Julia Lerman, Rowan Miller
The DbContext API captures Entity Framework's (EF) most commonly used features and tasks, simplifying development with EF. This concise book shows you how to use the API to perform set operations with the DbSet class, handle change tracking and resolve concurrency conflicts with the Change Tracker API, and validate changes to your data with the Validation API.With DbContext, you'll be able to quer...
Price: $14.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Allen B. Downey
Expand your Python skills by working with data structures and algorithms in a refreshing context - through an eye-opening exploration of complexity science. Whether you're an intermediate-level Python programmer or a student of computational modeling, you'll delve into examples of complex systems through a series of exercises, case studies, and easy-to-understand explanations.You'll work with...
Price: $17.56 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012