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Advanced Computing Center for the Arts & Design
(ACCAD)
Unit: ACCAD
Location: 1224 Kinnear Road
Phone: 292-3416
Hours: 24/7 (check in at front desk)
Lab Restrictions: ACCAD is open to currently
enrolled OSU grad students interested in graphics and visualization
ACCAD’s computing facility is the heart of its
operations; supports graphics and motion capture technology
ACCAD Labs
Forty-five Microsoft Windows XP workstations
Four Apple Macintosh G5 workstations
Infrastructure
Custom distributed system (supercomputer) for graphics generation
Gigabit network to the desktop.
Six terabytes of disk available to users.
E-mail and web hosting on site.
Wireless network available.
Linux and Windows based servers.
Software
Alias Maya
Alias Studio
Pixar Renderman
Pixar Renderman Artist Tools
Vicon Workstation
Alias Motionbuilder
Adobe products
Macromedia products
Autodesk/Discreet products
Microsoft software development environment
Specialized tools
Vicon 8 optical motion capture system with 14 cameras
SensAble force feedback device
Artists' tools available
Wacom Intuos tablets
two page scanners
three portable video projectors
still digital camera
DV camera
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