Various user interfaces to video information could receive attention in an experimental system. A hardware grant from the Asaca/Shibosoku Corporation promised an interesting user interface: 32 simultaneously displayed frames of video organized into four columns each holding eight frames; one to four columns gets input from one (of four total) video sources. This "multiview" mode contains a graphic audio signal display alongside the columns of frames. This multiview/audio graphic capability invites comparison to film image manipulation, a comparison that the experimental workstation will explore further.

having outlined research goals and acquired initial hardware for an "experimental video workstation," the focus became demonstration of its capabilities at the National Association of Broadcasters (N.A.B.) Convention in Dallas this past April. At the NAB convention exhibit, the experimental workstation would receive evaluation from the commercial broadcast community in the presence of the latest post production video systems.