What is the Access Grid?
The Access Grid is an integrated environment that supports group-to-group communication using high-speed networks over the Internet. It provides high-quality audio and real-time video that allow groups at multiple sites to interact simultaneously and share data and scientific instruments. Meeting participants appear in windows projected onto a large screen. Additionally, data windows from participants' personal or laptop computers can be integrated into the meeting (e.g. to display images, movies, presentations, spreadsheets).
The Access Grid links people in virtual space for activities such as teamwork sessions, remote training, and distance education classes. Entry points to this collaborative workspace could be as simple as a desktop computer or as sophisticated as a large format multimedia display system used in an interactive meeting room. The Access Grid allows groups at different locations to collaborate without ever boarding a plane.
