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An investigation into the UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Impact Media Wall

University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning

The Impact Media Wall (IMW) is a rear-projection based exhibit designed to be a prestigious part of the recently built state-of-the-art Pharmaceutical Sciences building. The six-projector design, accompanied with incapable graphics hardware reduces user experience, consumes high energy and is expensive to maintain. This report proposes two solutions to the currently flawed implementation by considering social, economic and environmental indicators to investigate alternative Media Wall configurations. The first solution reduces the number of required projectors by utilizing short-throw projectors. Having only two projectors instead of six increases the performance while reducing the cost of maintenance. The second solution replaces the projectors with an array of eighteen 55” LED displays. With the implementation of LED displays the visual quality improves greatly. In addition, LED displays are more energy efficient than the current setup. With the presence of two options, the stakeholders are able to decide between paying the premium for high quality LED displays and decreasing the number of projectors for economic benefit. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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University of British Columbia. APSC 261; UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0108758

Applied Science, Faculty of

Unreviewed

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