Subject: Re: APP: Architecture
Date: 5 Feb 92 20:05:54 GMT
Organization: Autodesk Inc., Sausalito CA, USA



In article <1992Feb4.072610.18263@milton.u.washington.edu> HEETER@msu.edu 
(Carrie.Heeter) writes:

>I received a call from an architect today whose company has been commissioned
>to built a data center.  They break ground in approximately 4 months.  One
>criteria for the design is that he is supposed to create a "VR-Ready" building
>which will be able to accomodate virtual reality in the future.  Anyone have
>any advice?

I don't know what a "data center" is, but any building which is going to
be home to programmers and computer users needs to ensure:

    Adequate power for at least two computers and a laser printer per office

    A robust (probably fiber-optic) network with LOTS of bandwidth

    Good air-conditioned, carpetless rooms for the server machines.

Other than that, I don't know what you'd need for VR specifically, except
more and bigger computers and networks!

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