Distributed multi-display systems often require high-end servers and/or linux operating systems. These requirements are not familiar to intermediate PC users, therefore making it difficult for those users to take advantage of multi-display applications such as multi-user cooperative work. To alleviate this situation we developed Tenmads, a software multi-display implementation that runs on the most prevalent PC operating system - Microsoft Windows. Tenmads focuses on cost effectiveness and simplicity in configuration so that most PC users can set up multi-display environments without any help from computer experts. This paper describes how Tenmads is designed while maintaining a fair performance for low- and middle- range computer/network resources. It also describes Tenmads' support for multiple input devices which enables mixed local/remote real-time multi-user cooperative work.
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机译:分布式多显示系统通常需要高端服务器和/或Linux操作系统。这些要求对中间PC用户不熟悉,因此,这些用户难以利用多用户协作工作的多显示器应用程序。为了缓解这种情况,我们开发了一个在最普遍的PC操作系统 - Microsoft Windows上运行的软件多显示器实现。 Tenmads专注于配置的成本效益和简单性,以便大多数PC用户可以在没有计算机专家的帮助下设置多显示环境。本文介绍了Tenmads的设计,同时维持低频和中档计算机/网络资源的公平性能。它还介绍了对多个输入设备的Tenmads的支持,该设备支持混合本地/远程实时多用户协作工作。
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