The Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a graduate research laboratory that combines art and computer science, specializing in advanced visualization and networking technologies. Its “Cyber-Commons” includes a nearly-cinematic classroom blackboard – comprised of the new Clarity™ Matrix 3D LCD Video Wall by Planar Systems – on which faculty conduct research and demonstrate the benefits of 3D-based collaboration to other universities and commercial companies in a variety of markets.