Tom Keegan - Böcker

A plain-English guide to the market-leading virtualization and cloud computing technology With virtualization, a single server can host dozens or hundreds of virtual machines running a variety of operating systems, and even hook them together in a virtual network or cloud infrastructure. This practical guide shows you how to create a virtual system using the VMware VSphere environment.  You'll find all the information you need to understand, design, and deploy one—without getting overwhelmed with technical detail. And once you’re up and running, this book is the perfect reference for maintenance and troubleshooting issues. Introduces you to virtualization and VMware’s virtualization/cloud computing technology, the most recent version is VMware vSphere Shows you how to design a vSphere environmentCovers installation, deployment, management, maintenance, and troubleshootingProvides what IT managers and system administrators need to roll out their first virtualized or cloud infrastructure, or to get up to speed on VMware’s technologyGet up and running on the cloud with VMware vSphere For Dummies!

This book teaches the complex, sometimes confounding, and often beautiful art of directing live performance for videogames. Starting from a clear and comprehensive introduction to the nuts and bolts of directing on the motion capture floor and in the voiceover booth, this book dives deeper with concrete examples from the author’s 25‑year career directing seminal games from the early years to today’s blockbusters.Identifying the Place (What is the physical environment?), Time (What just happened?), and Action (What do the characters want?) of every scene empowers directors with essential tools to dive straight into the subtext, the life below the words. Through step‑by‑step instructions, this book shows how to make scenes and lines come alive. It offers real‑world advice on everything from casting to table reads, rehearsal, and production days. In addition, readers can find valuable advice about self‑care and sustaining a long‑term career as a performance director.This book is sure to be an essential resource for directors, actors, voiceover artists, and game developers who want to master videogame performance.