170 likes | 291 Views
Introducing the Access Grid. Sara Hawkins Collaborative Working Developments Manchester Computing 12 December 2005. ETF Management Meeting. SC Global. Seminar. SC Global Workshop. e-Social Science. Weddings. Typical Views of Access Grid. Typical Views of Access Grid.
E N D
Introducing the Access Grid Sara Hawkins Collaborative Working Developments Manchester Computing 12 December 2005
ETF Management Meeting SC Global Seminar SC Global Workshop e-Social Science Weddings
Main Features of Access Grid • Large-scale display • Multiple video streams • Natural, full-duplex audio with echo cancellation • “Advanced Collaboration Environment” • Virtual Venues • IP multicast Usually, but…
Locations of QA Tested AG Conference Rooms Many more personal nodes
Access Grid in Manchester • Smith Building (full-size lecture theatre with AG functionality) • Room G95 (first node in the UK, integrated with videoconference suite) • Room 1.10 (integrated with passive stereo system) • Jodrell Bank (situated at site of major radio telescope, 20 miles from Manchester) • Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning (from Oct 2005, teaching & learning suite) • http://www.mc.manchester.ac.uk/services/accessgrid
Access Grid Support Centre • General support • QA Tests • Training • Documentation • Virtual Venue Servers • Multicast-Unicast Bridges • IG Pix • IG Recorder
Maths Teaching over the AG • DTAGMATHS – teaching Maths to school children in deprived areas using the AG • http://www.sve.man.ac.uk/Research/AtoZ/DTAGMATHS
Arctic Region Supercomputer Centre • Music workshop • Collaborative Neuroscience class • German Language Lab with Montana • Japanese Language/Cultural Exchange • Unified Parallel C Workshop
Better Video • H.264 (inSORS) • MPEG4 • HDV & DV • UltraGrid (HDTV)
Meeting Memory and the AG • Memetic – improving the ways we conduct meetings to enable asynchronous collaboration • http://www.memetic-vre.net
Access Grid on the Beach • Chromakey-like technology • Provides sense of location
Visual Cues & Audio Localisation • WIP, but may solve the problem of “who’s speaking?!” • Highlight the vic window • Adjust audio to location of displayed window • Determined by position on screen • Changes when the window moves • http://scv.bu.edu/~putnam/ag-audio/misc/poster.pdf
Research Support ServicesManchester Computing http://www.agsc.ja.net http://www.mc.manchester.ac.uk/services/accessgrid accessgrid@manchester.ac.uk