BARCO and Advanced Media Design Team For Videoconferencing Demonstration.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 1998-- 67" screen image is projected onto media wall using BARCO projector BARCO, a leading manufacturer of video and graphics display technology, along with Advanced Media Design, will be demonstrating live videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems with the Media Presentation System (MPS) during INFOCOMM at BARCO booth 1311. The demonstration will feature a live link from the show floor to the Calabasas, Calif. headquarters of Advanced Media Design. The system, designed by Advanced Media Design, was developed specifically for multimedia business applications such as videoconferencing, presentations, command/control and training. The MPS integrates with all forms of business media - printed documents, computer input, 35mm slides and video. Sources can be viewed, annotated, teleconferenced, recorded and printed individually or simultaneously in multiple windows. The MPS on display at INFOCOMM utilizes BARCO's RetroBlock 808s in its configuration. The RetroBlock 808s is a compact, high performance large screen CRT projector A CRT projector is a video projector that uses a small, high-brightness CRT (or picture tube) as the image generating element. The image is then focused and enlarged onto a screen using a lens kept in front of the CRT face. designed for rear screen projection of video, data or graphics sources. The unit's versatility and rugged design make this unit ideally suited for custom-designed installations. "By teaming with BARCO, we are able to create a unique solution for our customers," said Stephen Villoria, principal of Advanced Media Design. "The compact, vertically-oriented chassis Pronounced "chah-see," it is a physical structure that holds everything or that everything is attached to. A computer's cabinet is often called the chassis. of the RetroBlock 808s provides the flexibility that we need for a limited space." The MPS has a plug and play architecture with easy-to-use pull down menus. Features can be easily added to meet future requirements, changing needs and progressing technology. BARCO Background The BARCO Group, headquartered in Kuurne, Belgium, operates three major lines of business: BARCO Visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all , BARCO Automation and BARCO Graphics Barco Graphics was the graphics division of the Belgian Barco Group. It was the result of the 1989 merger of Digitised Information Systems Corporation (D.I.S.C.), Aesthedes and Barco's own "Creative Group". . Its U.S. subsidiary, BARCO, Inc., is based in Kennesaw, Ga., and consists of four divisions: BARCO Display Products Division, BARCO Graphics Division, BARCO Chromatics chro·mat·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The scientific study of color. chro  ma·tist n. Division and BARCO Automation Division. BARCO Display Products Division supplies a full line of video, data and graphic projection systems and specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. direct view monitors. Advanced Media Design Background Advanced Media Design, Inc., founded in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. in 1979, is a privately held "design and build" firm specializing in providing solutions for business communication challenges. The company has built a reputation as one of the leaders in Audio/Video Integration for Boardrooms, Sales Presentation Facilities, Education/Training Rooms, Distance Learning Centers, Briefing Centers, Command Control Rooms and Church Worship Centers. NOTE TO EDITORS: Photographs available upon request. CONTACT: BARCO Earlene Bentley, 770/218-3200 770/218-3250 (fax) or Crescent crescent, emblematic representation of the quarter moon. The crescent and star, ancient Byzantine symbols that became the emblems of Constantinople, were also assumed as the standard of the Ottoman Turks. Communications Ann Lane, 404/287-2000, ext. 103 404/287-2001 (fax) alane@crescomm.com |
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