[AG-TECH] Does a two section screen work?

[David Pennycuick]

Hi Jon

Take a look at the Motorola pictures at http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/fl/accessgrid/ag-spaces.htm

Is that what you mean?  I can see some advantages for certain types of applications.

Basically, as far as I can see, you build 'em where you can, using the resources available to you, and be happy with what results.  

Regards

David
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Johansson [mailto:jon.johansson at ualberta.ca]
Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2002 7:23
To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: [AG-TECH] Does a two section screen work?


Hi,

We are interested in building an AccessGrid Room. The space we
have available is used as a classroom and meeting room and
we can't dedicate the space to exclusive AccessGrid use.
As a compromise we are looking to add the AccessGrid
fuctionality to everything that is already there:
as a result the design we currently have involves splitting
the screen so that we would have an
8 foot section on the north wall of the room and a 16 foot
section parallel to the east wall. I've attached a copy of
our tentative design. I know that the docs say
that we should try to have an unbroken wall for the screen;
does this configuration make the AccessGrid meeting unworkable?
What are the problems with this? We were thinking to project
the group on the 8' screen with the actual content on
the 16' screen. I realize that this won't allow comfortable
active participation from the 25 possible people sitting
in our space, but if this is workable for the first 2 or 3
rows I think this would be fine.

Also, do people have any idea what is a reasonable time
commitment for support for this room? As I see it we
need a technical person to operate the facility while in
AG mode, but how much additional maintenance does it need?
Is keeping it tuned up a full-time job?

Any comments are welcome.

Thank you,
Jon Johansson.

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