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Virtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, pushing the limits of our imagination and granting us access to any experience imaginable. With well-crafted simulations, these experiences, which are so immersive that the brain believes they're real, are already widely available with a VR headset and will only become more accessible and commonplace. But how does this new medium affect its users, and does it have a...
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Ready player novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
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Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), and for protagonist Wade Watts it certainly beats passing the time in his grim, poverty-stricken real life. Along with millions of other...
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[2021].
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[1 videodisc (approximately N/A minutes)] : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
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"Welcome to Tech Talk Time! I'm Tim and I'm here to make technology simple and understandable for everyone! No more hiding in the shadows because you don't know simple computer skills, no more being scared of new social media platforms. It's Tech Talk Time with Tim and we are going to break down walls of misunderstanding and make our way into the future together! In this episode we will be examining the incredible world of augmented reality, an interactive...
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2023.
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"For the first time, discover the unedited truth about the Duggars, the traditional Christian family that captivated the nation on TLC's hit show 19 Kids and Counting. Jill Duggar and her husband Derick are finally ready to share their story, revealing the secrets, manipulation, and intimidation behind the show that remained hidden from their fans. Jill and Derick knew a normal life wasn't possible for them. As a star on the popular TLC reality show...
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2023.
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"When production for the tenth season of the hit cooking competition Bake Week begins at the gothic estate of the show's host and founder, celebrity chef Betsy Martin, everything seems normal. The six contestants are eager to prove their culinary talents over the course of five days, while Betsy struggles for control of the show with her new co-host, the brash and unpredictable Archie Morris. But as the baking competition gets under way, things begin...
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A Wired senior editor and virtual reality expert presents a captivating, candid glimpse into the future "realities" of this emerging technology: how we will use it to form previously impossible relationships, explore new frontiers of intimacy, and how it will forever change human connection.
Heralded as the most significant technological innovation since the smartphone, virtual reality is poised to transform our very notions of life and humanity....
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[2019]
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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Hannah McElroy is the star of a home makeover reality show and living her dream in the city. In need of a shakeup on her show, the network proposes an idea: Hannah will return to her small New England hometown of Lewisburg to renovate the historical Lewisburg manor, turning it into a community center. Everyone in Lewisburg is excited, but her old high school sweetheart Jeff Davis is not, who happens to be the city architect for working for the preservation...
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Jules Hudson is house hunting in Somerset with a couple who have a £675k budget to find a rural home that must have annex potential for their parents. During his time in the county, Jules visits the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm Museum where he gets up close and personal with an ambitious project to rebuild a Second World War aircraft using reclaimed parts.
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Sonali Shah scours Hampshire’s property market to find somewhere for a couple who is temporarily relying on the goodwill of family. They have a £600k budget and want a country home close to the coast. Sticking with a maritime theme, Sonali also gets behind the scenes at the Mary Rose Museum with the treasures uncovered when King Henry VIII’s warship was raised after four centuries on the seabed.
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Margherita Taylor is helping a retired couple escape to the tranquility of Norfolk after thirty years in a busy Essex town. Now that their children have flown the nest, the pair are hoping to find a country home that’s full of character for their £350,000 budget. Elsewhere, Margherita discovers Norfolk’s answer to the Great Barrier Reef.
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A house hunting duo are a couple from Worcestershire who have Alistair Appleton on hand to help them find the perfect home in Cornwall for their £650k budget. Away from property, Alistair also discovers a pioneering project that prescribes the therapeutic benefits of nature to improve well-being.
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Escape to the Country volume 17
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Ginny Buckley meets a couple who are looking to lay down roots in Devon after decades serving in the army. They have a £400,000 budget to find their ideal home near the English Riviera. Away from the property hunt, Ginny capitalizes on being in Devon at the same time as the County Show to find out what it takes to win Pig of the Year.
15) Black water
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Pendragon series volume 5
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 17
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427 p. ; 20 cm.
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Just when 15-year-old Bobby Pendragon thinks he understands his purpose as a Traveler he is faced with an impossible choice.
16) The Matrix
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c1999, p2007
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1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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The day-in, day-out world is a perception. In reality it is a hoax perpetrated by an all-powerful artificial intelligence that controls us. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct, and is now fighting for the future of the human race.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 15
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A certain pen, a certain book, and a certain person can craft entirely new worlds through a branch of science called scriptology. Elsa comes from one such world that was written into creation by her mother, a noted scriptologist.
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2017
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3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Follow the trials and tribulations of passionate amateur bakers whose goal is to be named the U.K.'s best. Each week, the bakers tackle a different skill, the difficulty of which increases as the competition unfolds, judged by Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
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[2015]
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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Ben had bigger dreams than serving chai lattes to hipsters. He had wanted to be a singer and a songwriter. But life doesn't always follow the script we try to write. Ben has a family and bills to pay. So when he's offered a manager position at the coffee shop, his financial problems seemed to be solved. Then a new reality television show "The Song" comes to town. Without him knowing it, Ben's precocious ten-year-old daughter has entered Ben in thecompetition....
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[2016]
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294 pages ; 25 cm
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"For readers of Station Eleven and The Passage comes a dazzling and unsettling novel of psychological suspense. In Alexandra Oliva's thrilling fiction debut, survival is the name of the game, as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself--and one woman's mind and body are pushed to the limit. She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far. It begins with a reality TV show.Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face...
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