Esports Gaming and Production Facilities

A State-of-the-Art Gaming Facility

The Barnes Center at the Arch features a professional grade gaming facility, which includes computers that are four times faster than most gamer computers. The 36 Lenovo Legion Gaming Desktops (featuring RTX 4080 graphics cards, ultra-fast refresh rate monitors, blazing fast direct network connections) give a competitive edge to Syracuse University students. At the forefront of the facility’s design is accessibility—adaptive equipment is available.

Other features:

• Xbox One X AND Xbox Series X
• Playstation 4 AND Playstation 5
• Nintendo
• Dedicated Streaming Booth that students (with reservation) can utilize for streaming. It is also used for esports team casting.

Production Facilities at Newhouse Include:

• 360-degree cameras, and technology that supports the creation of virtual and augmented reality programming
• Ability to develop content for next-generation screens and distribution platforms
• Network-style host/interview or “talk show” format set
• Contemporary news set
• Control room
• Digital cinema film-style production and other media applications
• Digital workflow that integrates studio and post-production facilities
• Full soundstage suitable for live or digitally recorded productions
• Virtual studio that accommodates green screen production
• High-definition production capability
• Large format interactive screens
• State-of-the-art lighting systems and cameras
• State-of-the-art social media command center focusing on analytics, artificial intelligence and digital and emerging media
• Still photography studio, lighting, etc.
• Virtual studio that accommodates green screen production

Fully produced, broadcast-quality show can be created live from these facilities, including real-time segments originating from other studios or remotes and packages that are played back from the video server.