[AG-TECH] Strange question

[Tom Coffin]

Supreeya,

I recommend not to use a camera to point at the white board.
The resolution will never be satisfactory and the professors
will go insane. Ofcouse if the class happens to be a psychology 
class then it may be desirable...

good luck

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At 02:25 PM 12/5/2001 -0600, Supreeya Miller wrote:
   >
   >Thank you, Tom.
   >
   >USM wants to use 1 camera to point to the professor, another camera to
point
   >on the white board that he writes on, another camera for pictures or
slides
   >that he may have, and another camera to point to the students at USM.  So
   >there will be no desktop sharing on the computer at USM.
   >
   >Supreeya Miller
   >System Administrator/Visualization Researcher/Access Grid Coordinator
   >High Performance Visualization Center
   >Center of Higher Learning
   >Building 1103
   >Stennis Space Center, MS  39539
   >Phone: 228-688-2190
   >Fax:   228-688-7454
   >E-mail:Supreeya.Miller at usm.edu
   >
   >-----Original Message-----
   >From: Tom Coffin [mailto:tcoffin at ncsa.uiuc.edu]
   >Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:10 PM
   >To: Supreeya Miller; ACCESS community
   >Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Strange question
   >
   >
   >hi Supreeya
   >You can use VNC to shared a 1024x768 desktop
   >which can include a white board...
   >http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/
   >
   >
   >At 02:05 PM 12/5/2001 -0600, Supreeya Miller wrote:
   >   >All,
   >   >
   >   >We have a lot of people come to our center and some of them are
   >professors.
   >   >I'm also in the process of building the second Access Grid Node for
USM
   >   >(university of Southern Mississippi).  When the node is done, there
   >will be
   >   >a lot of class activities between CHL (at Stennis) and USM.  The
   >professors
   >   >that came and visited our center have some concerns that the
resolution
   >of
   >   >the images on the Access Grid is not high enough for them, and
there are
   >   >some jaggy problems due to many hops and points in the network that we
   >have
   >   >to go through (details are below).  When I did the full size image,
they
   >   >were not satisfied even more (they could see pixels change clearly).
   >One of
   >   >the professors has asked me a question, which I don't know how to
   >answer.
   >   >He wants to do a distance learning by point-to-point (between CHL and
   >USM)
   >   >using the Access Grid equipment.  He wants (to start with) 2 windows,
   >each
   >   >with 1024x768 resolution.  So that they can write on the white board,
   >and
   >   >the distance students (at CHL) can see everything perfectly clear
(they
   >   >refuse to use Power Point Presentation files).
   >   >
   >   >Our network details
   >   >	CHL -> uses DS3 to -> JACKSON -> uses OC3 to -> USM -> uses OC3 to ->
   >   >JACKSON -> uses OC3 to -> Internet2
   >   >	CHL -> JACKSON -> USM -> Internet
   >   >	Our router is at USM that is why we have to go to USM first for both
   >   >Internet2 and commodity Internet.
   >   >
   >   >I've looked at the Microsoft NetMeeting.  But that is one computer
that
   >does
   >   >video and audio.  We have 4 computers, and 2 computers are running
   >Linux as
   >   >we know.
   >   >I've also looked at VRVS.  But that does not even need Internet 2 (if
   >I'm
   >   >wrong, please correct me).  He wants to fully utilize the bandwidth of
   >   >Internet 2, in this case we mean DS3 bandwidth (50 Mb)
   >   >
   >   >How possible can this "point-to-point distance learning using Access
   >Grid
   >   >equipment" be done and how can I go about doing it?
   >   >
   >   >I thank you in advance for any help.
   >   >
   >   >Supreeya Miller
   >   >System Administrator/Visualization Researcher/Access Grid Coordinator
   >   >High Performance Visualization Center
   >   >Center of Higher Learning
   >   >Building 1103
   >   >Stennis Space Center, MS  39539
   >   >Phone: 228-688-2190
   >   >Fax:   228-688-7454
   >   >E-mail:Supreeya.Miller at usm.edu
   >   >
   >   >
   >
   >
   >___________________________________________________________
   >Tom Coffin .......................... tcoffin at ncsa.uiuc.edu
   >
   >


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Tom Coffin .......................... tcoffin at ncsa.uiuc.edu