Media X conference draws industry giants

The second annual Media X Partners Conference drew industry leaders from around the world to an all-day immersion in innovative Stanford research projects. More than 200 participants listened to back-to-back five-minute presentations from Stanford researchers before moving into break-out sessions to pursue individual interests.

This academic year’s conference, which took place Nov. 8, included new Media X partners Cisco, Intuit, Macromedia, Charles Schwab, Steelcase, KDDI, GlaxoSmithKline and Boeing.
Media X is an interdisciplinary network that brings together researchers, faculty and students to study and design interactive technology for commerce, education and entertainment.

Presentations ranged from Professor Jeremy Bailenson’s “Better than being there: Augmented social interaction in virtual reality,” to “Interactive workspaces” by Professor Terry Winograd to Professor James Fishkin’s “Deliberative polling online: a new way to consult the public.”
SCIL’s director Roy Pea and designer Mike Mills led “Accelerating the Usefulness of Video Libraries through HyperDiving,” based on their project, DIVER.
For more information on Media X visit; www.mediax.stanford.edu

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