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Knoy 346 - Advanced Graphics and Visualization Laboratory

This is a live camera view from the Computer Graphics Advanced Visualization Laboratory in Knoy Hall of Technology.

The Advanced Graphics and Visualization Laboratory is an area located in Knoy 346 dedicated to teaching, research, and service.  The laboratory is equipped with high-end specialized computer graphics hardware and software.  The room is open for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students to use for special projects and development.  There are 6 Silicon Graphics workstations used for animation, 3D modeling, CAD, and rendering, and 8 high-end Windows NT workstations used for animation, digital video, multimedia production, web development, and video editing.  In addition there are a number of output devices for small and large high-resolution color prints.  Some of the software used in the lab includes:

Software utilized in this laboratory:

Hardware used in this laboratory:

4 - Compaq DeskPro EP 
Pentium II 350Mhz
Matrox G400MAX with 32MB RAM and Dual-Head Support
6 GB EIDE Drive
128MB RAM
CD-ROM, Internal 100MB Zip
16 Bit sound, 10/100 NIC

10 - HP Kayak XU
Pentium II 266Mhz, 300Mhz
Evan and Sutherland ES3000 Tornado with 80MB RAM and Multi-monitor support
4.5 GB 10K SCSI Drive
128MB RAM
CD-ROM, internal 100MB Zip, 1 GB Jazz
16 bit sound, 10/100 NIC

6 - SGI O2
MIPS R5000 180Mhz
128MB RAM
10/100 NIC
external 1GB Jazz