FX Palo Alto Laboratory

FX Palo Alto Laboratory is the combined research lab of Fuji and Xerox in Palo Alto, California, USA. I worked in the Smart Media Spaces group, researching new ways of how to interact with video, rooms, and remote spaces.

I was solely responsible for the "mediacaptain" project. I initiated this project and managed it from the developed to the evaluation through its entire lifecycle. The "mediacaptain" is a web-based application that allows easy indexing, browsing, retrieving and summarizing of streaming video content on Internet pages. The resulting research findings were presented at ACM Multimedia. I conducted user surveys and carried out prototype studies to find a compelling novel way to approach the problem of simple access to video content beyond the traditional metaphor of a fast-forward button. I also developed a customer service website which registering functionality, user accounts, private storage vault to facilitate this video editing service.

The "mediacaptain" was seen from the management as "Start-up potential" and I was awarded a significant achievement award.