Dataton WATCHOUT User's Guide

Controlling the Environment
Display Considerations
The environment plays an important role in the design and experience of a
WATCHOUT presentation. Integrating WATCHOUT with a presentation
control system, such as Dataton TRAX, may allow you to control some aspects
of the presentation environment as well as the audience flow. This cuts the
number of possibilities you need to consider in the production process. It also
gives the audience a better general experience.
Many factors determine the choice and arrangement of display technology:
• Budget. How many and what kind of display technology can you afford
What impact will the number and size of display areas have on the production
cost
• Environment. As you can see under “Presentation Environment” on
page 50, this is an important factor in choosing the right display technology.
• Audience flow and placement. Some WATCHOUT applications call
for multiple displays by their very design, eg, an amusement park ride. See
“Audience Placement” on page 51.
There are two primary kinds of display technology:
• Projectors (CRT, LCD and DLP technologies).
• Monitors, panels, plasma screens and video wall cubes.
Projectors stand apart since they allow display areas to overlap, making it
possible to build larger, seamless display areas using the automatic edgeblending
built into WATCHOUT. Please refer to “Displays” on page 16 for
more details on the various display technologies.
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