thanks ryder: what i'm most interested in hearing about is video cameras/recording devices. not so much playback or projection.
best, shelly On Dec 6, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Ryder White <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shelly, > > A few years ago, when I was still in university, our contemporary arts > department moved to a new purpose-built facility complete with a lot of the > kind of integrated infrastructure I think you're talking about. Instead of > having a lot of independent systems, every lecture hall and seminar room had > all the media playback and recording devices (as well as the lights, screens, > blinds, etc) controlled by the same console that was linked back to a central > server. It made for a much nicer space in that there weren't wires and cables > and carts everywhere, but it was still fraught with difficulty. One of the > main problems was that the configuration of each space was only MOSTLY the > same...they all differed somewhat. Besides that, the control interface itself > was not particularly intuitive. > > To my mind, it is a nice thing to do but only if it can be done in a very > particular way. For one thing, ensure consistency throughout your systems, > because learning one new way of using a space is hard enough. Secondly, demo > your interface options extensively and always ask yourself "Is this something > that the least technologically literate person in our organization could > use?" It's pretty awful when class/session/presentation time gets cut down > because you can't figure out how to differentiate the projector controls from > the lighting ones. > > Hope that helps. I only have experience with the one setup, though, so I'd > like to hear if anyone knows of more positive implementations. > > Best, > > RW > > > On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Shelly Silver <[email protected]> wrote: > dear all: > does anyone have experience, good or bad, with rooms pre-built with wiring, > cameras, mics. not for surveillance but for filming lectures, etc. > im involved in the pre-planning of a building and i want to collect > experiences. > > thanks! > shelly > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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