[AG-TECH] Introductions and info on AGCUBE
Many Ayromlou
mayromlo at acs.ryerson.ca
Fri May 3 17:55:07 CDT 2002
Hi Everyone,
We have had a AG Node setup at our university for about 8 months (since
September 2001) and been lurking around and working with a couple of
other nodes (University of Calgary and Sheridan College). One of our
team members suggested I post this message to inform you of some of the
things we've been up to.
1) I have made a small website with some information about our
experience with AG. Among the interesting tidbits you might want to have
a look at is what we are calling the AGCUBE. Basically the idea is "How
do you replace the 3 or 4 machines that run a AG Node with a shoebox
sized midget PC that can do the same thing for relatively cheap?". I
have some preliminary Docs there and am in the process of putting the
final touches on a "pseudo (un)official AG software distro" for this box
under win2k and Linux. I will be posting more info on the exact process
of building such beast with photo's from our CUBE by the end of next week.
There is also a document there that describes how to setup a stripped
down AG node on a laptop (2 camera, 1 projector, and a couple of mics).
The site is located here: http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/~mayromlo
Any feedback you might have on any of the content of the site is welcomed.
2) We are actively working on Electronic/Digital Art and are constantly
on the lookout for participants with AG node or even just multicast
access. Some of the things we have been pondering about are for example
remote manipulation using the following chain SoftVNS-->MAX-->midi-->IP
encapsulation-->multicast-->IP stripdown-->midi-->jMAX (or
PD)-->remotecontrolled device (Hope this chain thing is clear enough),
Digital Collaborative Poetry and generally synthesized anything :-). You
can have a look at our website which lists some of the projects we have
worked on in the past: http://www.rcc.ryerson.ca/synthops/
3) Finally, Yes we also do VC's with anyone who needs help testing and
setting things up. Although both of our nodes will be down until tuesday
May 7th due to a Network upgrade.
TTYL
Many Ayromlou
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