Business screen magazine (1946)

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i/Vithout projection When no projection is being ijsed, it is possible to open the cnItire area to accommodate more ijian 40 persons. Or, by closing I he divider, both rooms may be jsed. Front projection With the room divider open and he front projection screen in use, Ik room lights need only be turned itl to keep stray light from the icreen. Rear projection Two Kodak Ektagraphic slide orojectors are positioned on a jookshelf on the rear wall of the library, each properly aligned to ;ach of the rear projection screens ind ready for instant use. A custom remote control system jcrmits control of the projectors rom the main conference room Aith a hand control which can be slugged in at several locations. The Fox company had been makng overhead transparencies for iome time for use in their Beseler Portascribe projector. But they had lot used slides to any degree. Part of the installation was the addition Df a Kodak Visualmaker Kit which nciudes an Instamatic camera with ire-set copy stands. In less than a Acek after completion of the fa;ility. the company had conceived, photographed and presented an enire client presentation. Througii the use of their new facility. Elmer Fox & Company is Tiaking financial statements simpler o imdcrstand and use for its cusomers. Management information is low presented on slides with financial data liberally interspersed on .iiarts and graphs, and their clients ire going away with better under^t;l^ding than ever before. The sys.cm is also being used for staff training sessions and other pro jrams. So successful has been the installation, that other Fox offices are presently planning similar systems n other locations. .'\nd, the total cost of under S3. 000 covered the entire project nciuding all necessary equipment, kviring. construction, engineering uid carpentry. A ceiling mounted front screen provides for normal front projection of visuals (above). With divider in place, the smaller room (left) provides a good meeting place for sma.l groups or individual study II II 1 II ll II ll II c _ll_ll_IUl_i|_ilJl_il-l ^^ D "11 r r r 11 crh. 1" _l„ ._ (Li_ii„^_ii_ii_i a Diagram of Fox conference room(s) shows it in various forms of use: (Top) as two separate conference rooms with divider in place; (Middle) as one large front projection facility; and (Bottom) as rear screen facility with images from smaller room to rear screens in divider panel. JANUARY. 1971 25