Detailed Project Outline
Executive Summary
The WALL project aims to put in place a flexible, modular display system at the M-Lab, the business incubator of the School of Design of The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. The video wall will provide a flexible space to showcase information about the clients, activities and triumphs of the M-Lab, as well as explore the technical frontiers of streaming multimedia.
From Wikipedia:
A video wall consists of multiple computer monitors, video projectors, or television sets tiled together contiguously or overlapped in order to form one large screen. Typical display technologies include LCD panels, LED arrays, DLP tiles, and rear projection screens. Simple video walls can be driven from multi-monitor video cards, however more complex arrangements may require specialized video processors, specifically designed to manage and drive large video walls. There is also new software-centric video wall technology that uses ordinary PCs, displays and networking equipment... (full article)
Applications
- Multimedia
- Computer Graphics
- Computer Music
Science
- Ubuntu Linux
- Processing Video Language
- GStreamer: Open Source Multimedia Framework
- Video Whale: GStreamer Based Video Wall System
The Build:
- 2011-12-17: Phase 1: Initial Hardware Assembly
- 2011-12-26: Phase 2: Mounting Up the Video Wall
- 2011-12-27: Phase 3: Finalizing the Video Wall
- 2012-01-08: Phase 4: Hiding the Wires
The Blog:
2012-01-17: Watcher
Today I installed the power connection for the WATCHER, the IBM T43 laptop that is being used as a webcam to watch the WALL.