main lab
Each workstation in the main lab
is configured with specialty hardware and software for text processing,
analysis and visualization, including data mining, QDA and scripting
tools, e-book applications, robust XML editors and multimedia development
tools. The lab also houses a high-performance liquid-cooled gaming
tower, affectionately known as "Big Daddy". Video and audio
output from this lab can be streamed into the game lab
for large-scale visualization.
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game lab
The game lab is our primary visualization
and collaboration facility, as well as a comfortable space for game
playing and testing within a group environment. The room is equipped
with dual 94" Smart Boards and projectors, a variety of gaming
consoles, experimental haptic controllers, VR gloves and goggles,
and legacy gaming machines. The game library is stocked with hundreds
of game titles, artistic hypertexts and interactive narratives.
Infrared cameras placed around the room and linked to a multi-channel
DVR record gameplay for detailed activity analysis. An audio-video
matrix allows input from anywhere in the Hypertext and Hypermedia
Lab to be captured and streamed to observers elsewhere for remote
study and analysis.
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reading room
Designed as a library for the study of text in various forms (manuscript,
printed and digital), the reading room houses various
writing and reading technologies, including tablet computers, wireless
slates, a microfilm scanner and document camera, numerous handheld
and pen computing devices, and various ebook readers. It also contains
a library of books and recent publications in the fields of digital
texts, game studies and new media theory.
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