Fixed Lab Retrofit
If you already have a usability lab, you can benefit
from Ovo Studios' technologies via a fixed lab retrofit. Our most
common retrofits include:
- VCR Replacements: replace your existing tape-based recording
technologies with an Ovo Studios Logging Core and take advantage of
our video
recording and screen
recording technologies.
- Labs for Morae Users: you may find that your organization's
acceptance of user-centered design activities has grown to the point
where local observers would benefit from fixed lab facilities.
Regardless of whose recording technologies your use, Ovo Studios can
help you design and build a fixed lab infrastructure for a generous
viewing and listening experience. Contact us
to discuss strategies that are tailored to your facility and budget.
- Camera Upgrades: replace your existing cameras and their
hardware-based control with Ovo Studios Lab Control software and
compatible cameras. Not only will you be happy with the cameras' zoom
and picture quality, but you will also like getting rid of the boxes
and cables that are cluttering your control room: hardware
control is software-based in an Ovo Studios lab.
- Audio System Consolidation and Enhancement: typical legacy
labs have very complex audio systems with little functionality or
spare bandwidth. Customers who would like to add phone taps for
telephony or remote testing usually take advantage of our expertise in
tidying and extending their existing audio system.
We give our retrofitted systems as much
attention as new construction and include deliverables and services
like:
- Drawings for all systems we provide.
- Cables with clearly marked connections and cable
IDs on each end of the cable.
- Installation, commissioning, and training.
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Can Ovo reuse all of our existing
equipment in a retrofit?
Retrofitting an existing usability lab is challenging
because we try to leverage your existing investment while maximizing functionality
and stability. Our labs are designed for extensibility, ease of use,
and ease of maintenance. Many other labs are designed like video studios.
As a result, sometimes opportunities for equipment reuse is minimal.
Will Ovo buy our used equipment?
Sorry, no. Ovo Studios encourages customers to work with their local
school systems to identify reuse opportunities for their old equipment.
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