BEYOND THE SEMINAR:
VIDEOCONFERENCING
AND THE ACCESS GRID
IN THE ARTS AND
HUMANITIES
Image:
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interplay/Hallucinations
Andrew Prescott
University of Wales
Lampeter
Welsh Video Network: www.wvn.ac.uk
SOME WELSH VIDEO NETWORK STUDIOS
Use of Welsh Video
Network by primary
schoolchildren
Videoconferenced presentation from Cardiff Museum over the WVN
Some Reasons for the Success of
the WVN
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Core funding
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Clear business case
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Participants can use the
equipment themselves
Critical mass – which is
expanding
Issues in use of Access Grid in Arts
and Humanities
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The physical
environment
Research questions
General technological
outlook of arts and
humanities
practitioners
Funding and
infrastructure
A characteristic Access Grid studio setup
The similar physical layout of Access Grid and
videoconference
The similar physical layout of Access Grid and
videoconference studios
Use of the PIG
(Personal Interface
Grid)
Use of Jabber for instant messaging during Access Grid
sessions
Projection of a medical illustration on a tiled wall
display
InterPlay:
Loose Minds
in a Box (2005)
www.anotherlanguage.org/interpl
ay
InterPlay:
Loose Minds
in a Box (2005)
www.anotherlanguage.org/interpl
ay
A TILED VIEW OF MANUSCRIPTS?