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The Immersive Metaverse Playbook for Business Leaders

You're reading from   The Immersive Metaverse Playbook for Business Leaders A guide to strategic decision-making and implementation in the metaverse for improved products and services

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837632848
Length 458 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Robert Scoble Robert Scoble
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Irena Cronin Irena Cronin
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Preface 1. Part 1: The Reality of the AR/MR Metaverse
2. Chapter 1: The What and Why of the Metaverse FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Augmented Reality Status Quo 4. Chapter 3: Where Is Virtual Reality Heading? 5. Chapter 4: The Value of Using 3D Visuals to Interact 6. Part 2: Key Technologies That Power the Metaverse
7. Chapter 5: Understanding Perception Technologies 8. Chapter 6: The Different Types of Computing Technologies 9. Chapter 7: Where Are APIs Needed 10. Chapter 8: Making and Using 3D Models and Integrating 2D Content 11. Chapter 9: Understanding User Experience Design and User Interface 12. Part 3: Consumer and Enterprise Use Cases
13. Chapter 10: New Ways of Social Interaction 14. Chapter 11: Virtual and Onsite Work 15. Chapter 12: 3D and 2D Content Forms and Creation 16. Chapter 13: Retail Experiences 17. Part 4: Why Metaverse Redux?
18. Chapter 14: Benefits and Possible Dangers Reframed 19. Chapter 15: Future Vision 20. Index 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Mapping APIs

APIs specializing in mapping offer an invaluable toolkit for developers. These APIs are a meticulously curated assortment of protocols and programming instructions, the purpose of which is to allow developers a simplified yet effective gateway to the features provided by a specific service or software component. The principal function of these APIs lies in facilitating digital map-related tasks such as creating, manipulating, and providing an interactive user experience.

There are numerous features and services that these mapping APIs typically encompass:

  • Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding: This feature stands as a fundamental component of mapping APIs. It acts as a translation service between the language of human-understandable addresses and the numerical language of latitude and longitude coordinates that computers use. The facility to transform an address into geographical coordinates makes it straightforward to position that location accurately on a digital...
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