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Create a professional architectural visualization in minutes using Lumion 3D Overview A beginner's guide to architectural visualization Tips and tricks for modelling, texturing, and rendering using Lumion 3D Add a special touch to your images with Photoshop In Detail Lumion is software specially designed to be friendly and intuitive to help you bring life to your model. Import your model into Lumion and start changing the landscape, weather, and materials of your 3D model. With only a few clicks, you will have a beautiful image or video. "Getting Started with Lumion 3D" will help you give life to your 3D model. After the first chapter, you will have what you need to start creating architectural visualizations in Lumion. The next chapters ...

Perform interactive, real-time in-memory analytics on large amounts of data using the massive parallel processing engine Cloudera Impala Overview Step-by-step guidance to get you started with Impala on your Hadoop cluster Manipulate your data rapidly by writing proper SQL statements Explore the concepts of Impala security, administration, and troubleshooting in detail to maintain your Impala cluster In Detail If you have always wanted to crunch billions of rows of raw data on Hadoop in a couple of seconds, then Cloudera Impala is the number one choice for you. Cloudera Impala provides fast, interactive SQL queries directly on your Apache Hadoop data stored in HDFS or HBase. In addition to using the same unified storage platform, Impala also uses th...

A fast-paced and practical guide on game development using SlimDX Overview Harness the power of DirectInput and XInput to detect and respond to user input from keyboard, mouse, and joysticks/gamepads while adding the allimportant interactivity to your games Make the most of Direct2D, DirectSound, XAudio2, and Direct3D to make your game worlds come to life on the screen A practical guide packed with example code and quick instructions on game development with SlimDX In Detail Video games have been around for quite some time, but SlimDX has become a big thing in game development in recent years. It is a free open source framework that lets you bring your own virtual world to life using the power of DirectX. This tutorial gives you a good head start i...

Harness the power of multi-core mobile processors to build responsive Android applications Overview Learn how to use Android's high-level concurrency constructs to keep your applications smooth and responsive Leverage the full power of multi-core mobile CPUs to get more work done in less time From quick calculations to scheduled downloads, each chapter explains the available mechanisms of asynchronous programming in detail In Detail With more than a million apps available from Google Play, it is more important than ever to build apps that stand out from the crowd. To be successful, apps must react quickly to user input, deliver results in a flash, and sync data in the background. The key to this is understanding the right way to implement asynchron...

Create complex and exciting robotic projects with the BeagleBone Black Overview Get to grips with robotic systems Communicate with your robot and teach it to detect and respond to its environment Develop walking, rolling, swimming, and flying robots In Detail Thanks to new, inexpensive microcontrollers, robotics has become far more accessible than it was in the past. These microcontrollers provide a whole new set of capabilities to allow even the most inexperienced users to make amazingly complicated projects. Beaglebone is effectively a small, light, cheap computer in a similar vein to Raspberry Pi and Arduino. It has all of the extensibility of today's desktop machines, but without the bulk, expense, or noise. This project guide provides step-by-...