M&T Books publishes top-quality references and guides for information technology professionals. Written for intermediate to advanced programmers, developers, Web designers, and network administrators, the series under the M&T Books imprint include: DirectX, a Microsoft API used to create games and other 3D multimedia applications for Windows PCs (and the XBox game console), is finally available to Visual Basic programmers in the new .NET release. Brimming with easy-to-follow tutorials and examples, this first-to-market guide explains how to harness the VB.NET library of DirectX components -- and build sophisticated 3D animations, complete with sound. The CD-ROM has examples and tools.