NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
College of Dentistry
New York NY

To keep New York University’s College
of Dentistry on the forefront of education,
the renowned Kriser Dental Center
sought the ability to deliver virtual lab
experience to remote students around
the world.

As part of a multi-year, facilities-wide renovation, the College is strategically moving toward a digital curriculum. The newly renovated physical space needed to provide the systems and functional capabilities essential to the creation, dissemination, and consumption of digital courseware in the virtual world. Providing consultation, concept development and cost estimates toward the development of a media streaming solution, The Sextant Group studied the feasibility of integrating media streaming capability into two new Kriser laboratories. This included the existing architecture in the context of the College’s intent to implement a broad, digital media based curriculum, focusing on the ability of the current network to carry real–time audio, video, and streaming data.

The design, engineering, and specification of a prototype of a college-wide Streaming Media System would enable the delivery of select instructional sessions on the building network and enable the capture, storage, and streaming of educational media content to students and faculty of the College via the Campus Intranet and the NYU Extranet, as well as to students in otherwise inaccessible settings in China, Africa and other remote locations.