Maria can’t stop thousands of Empire citizens from being poisoned. Sam’s injury prevents him from sealing the Rifts. Tragedy befalls Eliana, leaving Aramidi and its Saran-Tor reeling. Among the chaos, the Aurum Veil plan on turning humanity into a relentless war machine. Who will stop them? The answer lies on a world behind a cloud of Unreality.

"Everything feels unreal to me, like a dream...I feel detached, like a stranger to myself." These are quotes from actual people, experiencing something they don't understand. What they are saying is being heard by friends, families, and physicians today more than ever before. They do not simply suffer from anxiety, or depression, and they are not schizophrenic. They have found themselves trapped in a very real and singular disorder, yet few even know its name. Their enigmatic state of mind has been studied for more than 100 years, but only recently has it become clear how prevalent and how distinctive it really is. The condition is called Depersonalization Disorder, and Feeling Unreal is the first book to reveal what it's all about. This important volume explores not only Depersonalization, but the philosophical and literary implications of selflessness as well, while providing the latest research, possible treatments, and ways to live and thrive when life seems "unreal." For those who still believe that such experiences are merely part of something else, that depersonalization is just a symptom and not a disorder in its own right, Feeling Unreal presents compelling evidence to the contrary. This book provides long-awaited answers for people suffering from Depersonalization Disorder and their loved ones, for mental health professionals, and for all students of the condition, while serving as a wake up call to the medical community at large.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics, ICCVG 2018, held in Warsaw, Poland, in September 2018. The 45 full papers were selected from 117 submissions. The contributions are thematically arranged as follows: computer graphics, image quality and graphic, user interfaces, object classification and features, 3D and stereo image processing, low-level and middle-level image processing, medical image analysis, motion analysis and tracking, security and protection, pattern recognition and new concepts in classification.

In this psychological thriller, enter the mind of a soldier driven by tragedy with the desire to do good as he enters a world beyond ours only to discover danger exists in places we could not fathom. One fatal day, a mission goes sideways and this soldier begins to live his own nightmares as he gets blown into another world. Coming out of this world, he believes it was nothing more than a dream, but as time goes on, he realizes this realm was much more than a dream. Distinguishing what is real from what is not becomes a challenge as his mind resists fracture. This short novel reveals a mad being who resides inside this other realm as the source for the soldier’s experiences. This being, appearing as a middle-aged gentleman, begins wreaking havoc upon the earth through creating enormous tremors which split the earth connecting our world to his as a method to transport his army of spliced monsters to our world. Being the only man to ever come back from this other world, the soldier is the only one with the ability to put a stop to the madman before it’s too late. This is the soldier who must re-enter, the Unreal Frontier.

Life is not as simple as it looks. If there is happiness there will be joy, if there is hatred there is love. Life is a see-saw that has to be balanced, going down never means one cannot come up again. In Sanias life every fall was a lesson and every lesson pulled her up She was a warrior and had a thirst for love true love and true life which in reality is very complicated. Sania like anyone wanted a normal life. She fell, she rose, she cried she fought, she.....all for true love. Love! Is it real; is it perfect, does it change things around you? So much to absorb....one never knows unless one experiences it. Sania had to find the truth and to do so she had to jump in the well as it says you never know how deep it is unless you jump in it. Now years later, Sania risks her marriage to uncover the truth and this truth will change her life.

Discover the power of storytelling with Unreal Engine 5's real-time technology, exploring storyboarding, character creation, world building, animating using sequencers, and much more with the help of an Unreal Authorized Instructor Key Features Learn in detail about filmmaking techniques and understand how to tie that into your Unreal Engine workflow Generate and animate near-photorealistic actors using the innovative MetaHuman technology Build expansive worlds with Nanite and Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections technology Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionVirtual Filmmaking with Unreal Engine 5 is the first Unreal Engine book to guide you through the complete process of virtual film production. Encompassing the full spectrum of filmmaking, this book demonstrates the use of an industry-standard tool used by studios such as Disney, ILM, DNEG, and Framestore. Walking through the process systematically, you’ll collect references and create a simple storyboard to plan your shots. You'll create virtual environments, import 3D models and add materials and textures to build photorealistic, dynamic worlds. You'll also create actors using highly customizable MetaHumans, understand how to import, re-target, and animate them. You’ll bring it all together with cinematic lighting and camera animation before exporting your film. By the end of this book, you’ll have discovered new tools for your toolkit to work on your virtual film projects in Unreal Engine 5, leveraging Quixel Megascans, Lumen, Nanite, and MetaHuman technology.What you will learn Grasp the principles of photography and the art of storytelling Collect references and create storyboards Discover Unreal Engine's hidden features and useful keyboard shortcuts Explore the capabilities of Quixel Megascans, Lumen, Nanite, and MetaHumans Adopt cinematic techniques to achieve professional-looking shots Creatively apply Lumen Global Illumination and Reflections techniques Use multiple virtual cameras and apply post-production techniques Implement best practices for optimization, post processing, and rendering Who this book is for Whether you’re a beginner or intermediate filmmaker, 3D artist, animator, visual effects artist, or virtual production professional with just basic knowledge of the Unreal Engine, this book is designed to help you enter the world of virtual films and animations. While prior experience with the Unreal Engine would be beneficial, a deep working knowledge is not essential, as the book introduces the relevant tools and features needed throughout the activities.

This is a collection of stories relating to things not commonly talked about—the way we die, the way we live, the way we would like to live. It is about forces that make us do unexpected things, forces that make things happen around us, and forces we are not aware of.

A collection of short stories by the legendary and iconic Ursula K. Le Guin—selected with an introduction by the author, and combined in one volume for the first time. The Unreal and the Real is a collection of some of Ursula K. Le Guin’s best short stories. She has won multiple prizes and accolades from the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to the Newbery Honor, the Nebula, Hugo, World Fantasy, and PEN/Malamud Awards. She has had her work collected over the years, but this is the first short story volume combining a full range of her work. Stories include: -Brothers and Sisters -A Week in the Country -Unlocking the Air -Imaginary Countries -The Diary of the Rose -Direction of the Road -The White Donkey -Gwilan’s Harp -May’s Lion -Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight -Horse Camp -The Water Is Wide -The Lost Children -Texts -Sleepwalkers -Hand, Cup, Shell -Ether, Or -Half Past Four -The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas -Semely’s Necklace -Nine Lives -Mazes -The First Contact with the Gorgonids -The Shobies’ Story -Betrayals -The Matter of Seggri -Solitude -The Wild Girls -The Flyers of Gy -The Silence of the Asonu -The Ascent of the North Face -The Author of the Acacia Seeds -The Wife’s Story -The Rule of Names -Small Change -The Poacher -Sur -She Unnames Them -The Jar of Water