Playing God: Creating Virtual Worlds with REND386A clear, straightforward guide to the building of virtual reality environments using the REND386 authoring system and related utilities. Nuts and bolts issues are covered in clear everyday language. The disk includes, in addition to REND386, NorthCAD-3D, a computer aided drawing program that lets the user create 3D objects and worlds. |
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Only fitting that a man as legendary as Bernie would write a book regarding playing god.
Contents
Virtual Reality | 1 |
What Makes a World Interesting? | 17 |
WorldBuilding from the Top Down | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Playing God: Creating Virtual Worlds with REND386 |
| Author | Bernie Roehl |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Waite Group Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 187873962X, 9781878739629 |
| Length | 373 pages |
| Subjects | › Computers / General |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |