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Access Grid
From Advanced Video Conferencing & Collaboration NZ
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The Access Grid is an advanced videoconference system where people in different places meet in a 'virtual venue' using audio and video tools, and other shared applications, such as presentations.
The Access Grid is particularly suited to group-to-group collaboration between potentially large numbers of sites. At its simplest, the Access Grid is a collection of familiar resources (projectors, cameras, microphones) linked by networked computers to enable audiovisual collaboration between remote participants: videoconferencing. However, in contrast to familiar point-to-point services or ISDN-based teleconferencing between a small number of sites, the Access Grid scales to handle large numbers of participating groups.
Just as importantly, the Access Grid provides interfaces to Grid middleware enabling the creation of new tools for collaborative visualization, data-sharing, remote control of instruments and interaction with other grid resources.
Currently Access Grid is being established in New Zealand. By early 2007 most Universities across New Zealand will be connected to the new KAREN Network. This will bring national and international connectivity to the Access Grid communities
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