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BTC Studio 1080
A multimedia complex created by the Burns Technology Center
 Imagine a hub where students, faculty, business leaders and campus visitors can gather to interact with the latest educational technologies. Imagine an exciting multimedia room where students can communicate from their laptops to information around them; where images, video and the Web fuse to showcase MSU; where a visitor can interact with 63" plasma touch screens, parabolic speakers, fiber optic lighting, state-of-the-art LED screens and a motion-sensitive GestureTek display.
The heart of this project is the content contributed by MSU students, faculty, staff and alumni to showcase their work and lives at MSU. Remote users will access a sophisticated content management system via the Web to upload videos, images, animations and other multimedia files, then use the system to develop museum-quality, multimedia touch-screen presentations that can be viewed by the public in the atrium.
What content can I submit?
• High-definition (or standard) video in 16:9 or 4:3
• Photos (individual images or slide shows)
• Interactive Flash modules
• Animations
• Simulations
• Google Earth maps
• PowerPoint presentations
• Audio files (interviews, music, SFX...)
What else can you think of? Let's make it happen!
You can submit each of these media types as individual files or build your own touch-screen exhibit like you might see in a museum.
What kind of file formats does the system accept?
Video: mpg - wmv - mov - avi (Recommended: High Quality Quicktime with DV codec (high quality, low compression)
Audio: wav - aif - mp3 - aac/mp4
Images: png - bmp - gif - tif - jpg
Flash: swf
Powerpoint: ppt
If you are interested in developing content, please contact Suzi Taylor at taylor@montana.edu, (406) 994-7957 or Susan Byorth at sbyorth@montana.edu, (406) 493-6037. We are particularly interested in featuring student work.
Equipment
This project features the following multimedia equipment:
• Three 63” plasma touch screens on north wall
• 16 x 9 foot screen with high-definition projection system
• Two collaboration consoles (26” LCD touchscreens) so students can walk up, plug in a laptop or USB key and view content on the plasma screens
• Motion-sensitive GestureTek console [What is this?]
• Motion-sensitive six-directional focused soundscape audio system (you will hear the speakers if you are in front of them, but the sound won’t intrude in other spaces) [What is this?]
• Theatre sound system for large presentations
• Secure exhibit space for student, faculty and traveling museum displays
• Comfortable chairs and work stations, cool lighting and modern interior design
Goals of the project
The Burns Technology Center is housed just off the atrium on the first
floor in the Engineering and Physical Sciences (EPS) Building of Montana
State University.
The BTC's renovation ofthe Hogan Atrium
has allowed us to:
- Create a dynamic public hub that proudly displays technology
and learning applications
- Communicate the excellence of MSU, its colleges and its programs
- Demonstrate the expertise and capacity of the BTC
- Recognize United States Senator Conrad Burns and his dedication
to MSU
- Celebrate donors who have made a commitment to the BTC and MSU
History of the project
The idea for this multimedia center originated nearly four years ago, when Lockheed Martin gave the Burns Technology Center a gift of $500,000 toward developing a project that helped MSU students investigate careers in technology. Members of the Burns Technology Center's advisory board expanded on that idea, and it grew over the years into BTC Studio 1080.
Bill Rea, a faculty member and graduate of MSU's School of Architecture, designed the space. CTA Architects of Billings provided project management, and Spring Construction of Bozeman is the contractor. The integrator is CompView of Portland, Oregon, and Magian Design Studios of Australia has developed the multimedia software and content management system.
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