David C. Jeong

A small interactive example of a photorealistic Gaussian splatting capture of a lily in studio lighting, rendered in real-time. Use your mouse or touch to explore the object from different viewpoints.

Original capture hosted on SuperSplat. For best results, view on a modern desktop browser.

• 2025 For the most recent updates on ongoing projects, talks, and research activities, see my recent posts on LinkedIn.

• Stress and coping in VRChat: A mixed-method case study of the use of VRChat as a coping tool during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Leith, A. P., Lim, C., Foxman, M., Beyea, D., & Jeong, D. C. (2025). Computers in Human Behavior Reports, advance online publication.
  XR · Health · Social Media
• The Alt-Self: Investigating the inclusivity of self-avatar representations in social VR.
  Javier, M., Wheeler, S., Ni, Q., Drivas, M., Fitzsimmons, S., et al., & Jeong, D. C. (2024). In CHI PLAY ’24 Companion: Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 131–138.
  XR · Social VR · Identity
• Protean kinematics: A blended model of VR physics.
  Jeong, D. C., Kim, S. S. Y., Xu, J. J., & Miller, L. C. (2021). Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 705170.
  XR · Motion · Modeling

• User–agent bond in generalizable environments: Long-term risk reduction via nudged virtual choices.
  Wang, L., Christensen, J. L., Smith, B. J., Gillig, T. K., Jeong, D. C., et al. (2021). Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 695389.
  AI · Virtual Agents · Behavior Change

• Fish2Mesh Transformer: 3D Human Mesh Recovery from Egocentric Vision.
  Jeong, D. C., Puranik, A., Vong, J., Deogirikar, V. A., Fell, R., Dietrich, J., Kyrarini, M., & Kitts, C. A. (2025). Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV).
  Computer Vision · Mesh Recovery · Egocentric XR
• SoloPose: One-Shot Kinematic 3D Human Pose Estimation with Video Data Augmentation.
  Jeong, D. C., Liu, H., Salazar, S., Jiang, J., & Kitts, C. A. (2023). CoRR, abs/2312.10195.
  Computer Vision · 3D Pose · Data Augmentation
• Inverse kinematics and temporal convolutional networks for sequential pose analysis in VR.
  Jeong, D. C., Xu, J. J., & Miller, L. C. (2020). In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR), 274–281.
  Computer Vision · Pose Estimation · XR

• Real-Time Acoustic Holography With Physics-Based Deep Learning for Robotic Manipulation.
  Zhong, C., Li, J., Sun, Z., Li, T., Guo, Y., Jeong, D. C., Su, H., & Liu, S. (2024). IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 21(3), 4155–4164.
  Robotics · Acoustic Holography · Automation
• Noncontact Particle Manipulation on Water Surface with Ultrasonic Phased Array System and Microscopic Vision.
  Zhang, Y., Li, J., Jia, Y., Li, T., Wang, Y., Jeong, D. C., Su, H., & Liu, S. (2023). In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 5459–5465.
  Robotics · Ultrasonics · ICRA 2023
• MoEmo Vision Transformer: Integrating Cross-Attention and Movement Vectors in 3D Pose Estimation for HRI Emotion Detection.
  Jeong, D. C., Shen, T., Liu, H., Kapoor, R., Nguyen, C., Liu, S., & Kitts, C. A. (2023). In 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 9846–9852.
  HRI · Vision Transformer · IROS 2023
• AcousNet: A Deep Learning Based Approach to Dynamic 3D Holographic Acoustic Field Generation From Phased Transducer Array.
  Zhong, C., Jia, Y., Jeong, D. C., Guo, Y., & Liu, S. (2022). IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 7(2), 666–673.
  Robotics · RA-L · Acoustic Control

• Friends over doctors? The influences of source and perceived customization on college drinking.
  Niu, Z., Jeong, D. C., & Willoughby, J. F. (2021). Health Communication, 36(6), 671–681.
  Health · Alcohol Use · Message Design
• An experimental investigation into promoting mental health service use on social media: Effects of source and comments.
  Niu, Z., Hu, L., Jeong, D. C., Brickman, J., & Stapleton, J. L. (2020). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), 7898.
  Health · Social Media · Mental Health
• A picture worth a thousand texts? Investigating the influences of visual appeals in a text message-based health intervention.
  Niu, Z., Jeong, D. C., Brickman, J., Nam, Y., Liu, S., & Stapleton, J. L. (2020). Journal of Health Communication, 25(3), 204–213.
  Health · Visual Design · Mobile Messaging

• Shifting the Meta: Bridging the gap between scholar and developer perspectives of the post-pandemic game industry.
  Redinbo, J., Patwardhan, G., Foxman, M., & Jeong, D. C. (2025). In Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads.
  Games · Industry · Platforms
• Snap back to reality: Examining the cognitive mechanisms underlying Snapchat.
  Jeong, D. C., & Lee, J. (2017). Computers in Human Behavior, 77, 274–281.
  Social Media · Attention · Ephemerality

• Parental rejection after coming out: Detachment, shame, and the reparative power of romantic love.
  Kim, H. M., Jeong, D. C., Appleby, P. R., Christensen, J. L., & Miller, L. C. (2021). International Journal of Communication, 15.
  Cognitive · Emotion · Relationships
• “Is it just me?”: Evaluating attribution of negative feedback as a function of virtual instructor’s gender and proxemics.
  Feng, D., Jeong, D. C., Krämer, N. C., Miller, L. C., & Marsella, S. (2017). In Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems, 810–818.
  Cognitive · Attribution · Virtual Agents

For a complete and up-to-date list of publications, please see Google Scholar, DBLP, and ORCID.

The easiest way to reach me is by email. I welcome inquiries from prospective students, collaborators, and community partners interested in immersive media, technology, VR/XR, social media, and media psychology.

Email: david.jeong@gmail.com
Affiliation: Department of Communication, Santa Clara University
Campus office: Vari Hall, Santa Clara, CA

Profiles: Scholar · DBLP · ORCID · LinkedIn · GitHub · ICA Information Systems Division · Imaginarium Lab