Access Grid Video Conferencing Service

In collaboration with the CTS Media Studio, Research Services supports the Access Grid Video conferencing service. Access Grid is unique in that you can have multiple cameras displaying video and you can receive multiple video feeds. This means that you can have a video conference with 10, 20, 50 or more different sites at the same time. The technology was invented at Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago. As of 2005 there are well over 500 nodes around the world that allow for various forms of creative and academic collaborations.

How to download/use access Grid:

Anyone can download and use Access Grid by going to the following website:

http://www-new.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/download.html

Choose the version you want to use. Next choose which OS you are using. Access Grid works on Windows XP, Mac OSX, and Linux. After choosing your OS. Simply download each package and INSTALL THEM IN ORDER. If you do everything correctly, Access Grid will start up when you click the Access Grid 3 Venue Client icon.

You can find more information about Access Grid at their main website:

www.accessgrid.org

or you can use their Toolkit Site:

http://www-new.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/index.html

Tour of the Access Grid Interface