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About the Dark Lab

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The Dark Lab is located on the Ground floor of Greencoat Building, in GB_G05.

This space can be made completely blacked out,dark and features various projectors, a multi-channel sound system, VR headsets, motion tracking, programmable lights, fast computers and much more.more!
It is a great space for working on interactive installations, performances, games, etc.!

We aim to keep the Dark Lab open to all studentsstudents, as a space to freely walk in and use.
However,However - we can only do this if everyone respects the equipment, the house rules below, and each other.other!

House Rules

See the House Rules that apply to using the lab, and never forget them ;p

How to plug in to the equipment

See here on how to plug into the projectors, sound system, TV's, lights, etc.

Booking the Lab

The Dark Lab is open to every student, every day within term time throughout the building opening hours.
Mind the Lone Working Policy, as usual.

It can be booked through ORB - but please only do this in case you really need (part of) the lab to available at a specific time moment.

The different areas of the lab

There are six computing stations, each with slightly different equipment hooked up.

Area 1:
 ‒ projector
 ‒ kinect
 ‒ 4-channel sound
 ‒ DMX lights
 ‒ PC (RTX 4090)
 ‒ 27" 3D display with head-tracking

Area 2:
 ‒ projector
 ‒ kinect
 ‒ 4-channel sound
 ‒ DMX lights
 ‒ PC (RTX 4090)
 ‒ 32" OLED display

VR 1:
 ‒ Meta Quest 3 VR/MR headset
 ‒ 65" TV
 ‒ PC (RTX 4090)

VR 2:
 ‒ Vive Pro 2 VR headset
 ‒ 65" TV
 ‒ PC (RTX 5090)
 ‒ 32" OLED display

Multi-Touch
 ‒ 86" touch screen / electronic whiteboard
 ‒ PC (RTX 4090)

PC Trolley
 ‒ height adjustable trolley
 ‒ PC (RTX 4090)
 ‒ 27" 4K display

Opening Hours

Open Staffed
Weekdays 09:00–21:00 11:00–19:00
Saturday 10:00–18:00 Unstaffed
Sunday Closed Closed

Staff

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Lieven van Velthoven
Creative Code Specialist Technician
he/him

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