Beyond Manzanar: Implementation

Room and Screen:

• The room should be completely enclosed, dark and acoustically isolated from other sound sources.
• The entrance should be on the side, so that light does not fall directly on the screen.
• The walls should extend to the ceiling, so that no light leaks in.

• Screen (for life-sized image):
  3m high by 4m wide (9' by 12')
• Screen center:
  1.5m (5') from floor.
• Room:
  3.5m high x 5m wide x 9m deep
  (12' high x 17' wide x 30' deep.)

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Projector:

• Data projector capable of taking input from a PC.
  
  
• Capable of projecting an image 3m high by 4m wide (9' by 12'.)
  Specs should indicate it can handle a screen size of 5 m diagonal (15' diagonal,) which is larger than the normal consumer grade.
  
  
• Ceiling mounted with keystone distortion compensation to avoid a distorted image.
  
  
• The large image size requires a projector of over 2500 ANSI lumens, which is brighter than the normal consumer grade.
  
  

Speakers:

• Large, active PC stereo speakers with good sound quality (good dynamic range)
  
  
• Ceiling or wall mounting brackets and cables as needed. Speakers should be mounted near and slightly in front of thethe joystick tripod, so that the sound can be kept as low as possible and still be heard well by the user.

Hardware and software:

• Beyond Manzanar code.
• Modified joystick interface.

We request that the venue provide the following projector, recent model WindowsXP PC, speakers and a simple wooden tripod built to my specifications.

Required MINIMUM hardware (to be provided by the venue):

• Pentium IV 2.4 Gigahertz processor.
  
  
• 256 megabytes of RAM
  
  
• Graphics card should have:
  • Chips:
    • an Nvidia GeForce4 or ATI Radeon 9500 or better
      (See http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20021218/vgacharts-02.html for a comparison of graphic cards.)
    • NOT MX or Ti200, their RAM is too slow.
  • Drivers: recent versions from this year.
  • Graphic RAM:  64 megabytes absolute minimum
    
    
• Sound card that supports Microsoft DirectSound (e.g. Creative Labs Sound Blaster sound card.)
  
  
• USB connector for joystick (we will provide the joystick itself.)
  
• Mouse and keyboard (needed to boot program, but hidden during the exhibit.)
  

Required software (to be provided by the venue):

• WindowsXP with Service Pack 2
  (Note: all programs which may automatically pop up and take focus away from the joystick must be disabled! This includes the Windows Desktop cleaning assistant, screen saver, energy saver, virus scan auto-updates, and any other programs with automatic updates.
  
• latest drivers from your graphic card manufacturers website.
  
• Internet Explorer Version 6 or higher
  
• DirectX 9c graphic drivers (see below to find out which version you have.)
  
• blaxxun Contact Version 5.3
  
• Windows Mediaplayer