Cyan
@cyanjd.bsky.social
📚 phd candidate @ stanford, nsf grf, comm + cs
👩🏾💻 researching ar/mr/vr through hci and media psych
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👩🏾💻 researching ar/mr/vr through hci and media psych
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Had a great time attending the Meta Educator Community Summit this past week! Loved connecting with K-12 and university educators, researchers, and industry professionals exploring immersive learning. I left inspired by conversations about measuring XR’s impact in education and imagining what’s next
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Had a great time attending the Meta Educator Community Summit this past week! Loved connecting with K-12 and university educators, researchers, and industry professionals exploring immersive learning. I left inspired by conversations about measuring XR’s impact in education and imagining what’s next
Grateful for a summer of research, collaboration, and connecting with XR+game studies communities. Some highlights:
✅ Completed my research scientist internship at Meta Reality Labs Research
✅ Co-presented at the #SIGGRAPH Spatial Storytelling demos
✅ Presented at the BIPOC Game Studies conference
✅ Completed my research scientist internship at Meta Reality Labs Research
✅ Co-presented at the #SIGGRAPH Spatial Storytelling demos
✅ Presented at the BIPOC Game Studies conference
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Grateful for a summer of research, collaboration, and connecting with XR+game studies communities. Some highlights:
✅ Completed my research scientist internship at Meta Reality Labs Research
✅ Co-presented at the #SIGGRAPH Spatial Storytelling demos
✅ Presented at the BIPOC Game Studies conference
✅ Completed my research scientist internship at Meta Reality Labs Research
✅ Co-presented at the #SIGGRAPH Spatial Storytelling demos
✅ Presented at the BIPOC Game Studies conference
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Virtual Becomes Reality finally available (for free) on Quest. Take a guided 15-minute tour of the Stanford lab. Fly like a hero, walk the plank, defend coral in Palau, become a QB, dance with Grover, transform identity in the mirror. Now we are bringing the lab to you!
www.meta.com/experiences/...
www.meta.com/experiences/...
Stanford Virtual Becomes Reality on Meta Quest
With Virtual Reality technology widely available, it’s more important than ever to understand its impact on people and society. Explore highlights of over two decades of research from Stanford's Virtu...
www.meta.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Virtual Becomes Reality finally available (for free) on Quest. Take a guided 15-minute tour of the Stanford lab. Fly like a hero, walk the plank, defend coral in Palau, become a QB, dance with Grover, transform identity in the mirror. Now we are bringing the lab to you!
www.meta.com/experiences/...
www.meta.com/experiences/...
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BEASTS: Dual Perspectives on Virtual Puppetry through Theatrical Expression and XR Research
Stanford VHIL & C.U.T.E. blend theater & research via live digital puppetry drawing on Korean folklore. Performer creates & becomes shaped by fantastical representations.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Stanford VHIL & C.U.T.E. blend theater & research via live digital puppetry drawing on Korean folklore. Performer creates & becomes shaped by fantastical representations.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
SIGGRAPH 2025 Experience Hall Ignites the Future of Interaction and Storytelling
/PRNewswire/ -- The SIGGRAPH Experience Hall has always been more than a show floor; it's a portal. At SIGGRAPH 2025, that portal opens again, inviting...
www.prnewswire.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
BEASTS: Dual Perspectives on Virtual Puppetry through Theatrical Expression and XR Research
Stanford VHIL & C.U.T.E. blend theater & research via live digital puppetry drawing on Korean folklore. Performer creates & becomes shaped by fantastical representations.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
Stanford VHIL & C.U.T.E. blend theater & research via live digital puppetry drawing on Korean folklore. Performer creates & becomes shaped by fantastical representations.
www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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Game educators, GDC submissions are due much earlier! (Aug 7). Please submit, I can vouch that the conference is really excited to have educator content and even opened up ideas like workshops and debates. Here's the call: gdconf.com/gdc-call-for... Feel free to reach out to me with any questions 🙂
GDC Call for Submissions | Game Developers Conference
Submit talks for GDC 2026.
gdconf.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Game educators, GDC submissions are due much earlier! (Aug 7). Please submit, I can vouch that the conference is really excited to have educator content and even opened up ideas like workshops and debates. Here's the call: gdconf.com/gdc-call-for... Feel free to reach out to me with any questions 🙂
Career update: Excited to share that I've joined Meta Reality Labs in Redmond, WA as a UX Research Scientist Intern this summer where I will be investigating how humans experience and interact with novel audio technologies in MR/VR 🎧☀️
June 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Career update: Excited to share that I've joined Meta Reality Labs in Redmond, WA as a UX Research Scientist Intern this summer where I will be investigating how humans experience and interact with novel audio technologies in MR/VR 🎧☀️
I've been trying to challenge myself to try something new each year. This year, I explored tech + performance as an Assistant Technologist for Stanford TAP’s Spring Rise Up, collaborating on integrating mocap into Raissa Simpson’s Ode to Intimacy piece. Grateful for the experience and amazing team!
June 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I've been trying to challenge myself to try something new each year. This year, I explored tech + performance as an Assistant Technologist for Stanford TAP’s Spring Rise Up, collaborating on integrating mocap into Raissa Simpson’s Ode to Intimacy piece. Grateful for the experience and amazing team!
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Students working in Olin’s Pl(ai) Lab, run by @apcuad.bsky.social, assistant professor of computer science, are collaborating with The Center at the Heights, a senior citizen center in Needham, MA, on pioneering #AI technological innovations.
📲 Learn more: www.olin.edu/articles/sto... #CS #AR
📲 Learn more: www.olin.edu/articles/sto... #CS #AR
STORY: Oliners Collaborate with Local Senior Center on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) Innovations
www.olin.edu
June 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Students working in Olin’s Pl(ai) Lab, run by @apcuad.bsky.social, assistant professor of computer science, are collaborating with The Center at the Heights, a senior citizen center in Needham, MA, on pioneering #AI technological innovations.
📲 Learn more: www.olin.edu/articles/sto... #CS #AR
📲 Learn more: www.olin.edu/articles/sto... #CS #AR
Had a wonderful time in Denver, CO attending #ICA25 this past weekend! In addition presenting our research recently published in Computers in Human Behavior, it was so great catching up with colleagues, meeting new people, having insightful discussions, and learning from the sessions I attended.
June 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Had a wonderful time in Denver, CO attending #ICA25 this past weekend! In addition presenting our research recently published in Computers in Human Behavior, it was so great catching up with colleagues, meeting new people, having insightful discussions, and learning from the sessions I attended.
Art & is a new podcast from Stanford Arts exploring how art drives innovative, collaborative research across campus.
I had the joy of recording an episode on Arts & Digital Embodiment with immersive tech + live performance artist and creative producer, Scarlett Kim.
It's now live! 🎙️ Link below
I had the joy of recording an episode on Arts & Digital Embodiment with immersive tech + live performance artist and creative producer, Scarlett Kim.
It's now live! 🎙️ Link below
June 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Art & is a new podcast from Stanford Arts exploring how art drives innovative, collaborative research across campus.
I had the joy of recording an episode on Arts & Digital Embodiment with immersive tech + live performance artist and creative producer, Scarlett Kim.
It's now live! 🎙️ Link below
I had the joy of recording an episode on Arts & Digital Embodiment with immersive tech + live performance artist and creative producer, Scarlett Kim.
It's now live! 🎙️ Link below
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Now that the ink is dry, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve officially signed the contract for my first academic book with University of California Press!
I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately
I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately
June 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Now that the ink is dry, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve officially signed the contract for my first academic book with University of California Press!
I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately
I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately
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Five enduring, in-lab VR results (w/ @stanfordvr.bsky.social): (1) presence depends on activity, (2) self-avatars shape behavior, (3) VR better for procedural than abstract learning,(4) body tracking is powerful but privacy-risky, (5) people underestimate VR distance.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Five canonical findings from 30 years of psychological experimentation in virtual reality - Nature Human Behaviour
This Review presents five canonical psychological research findings in virtual reality (VR) over the past three decades. These findings have been consistently replicated and are useful for both resear...
www.nature.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Five enduring, in-lab VR results (w/ @stanfordvr.bsky.social): (1) presence depends on activity, (2) self-avatars shape behavior, (3) VR better for procedural than abstract learning,(4) body tracking is powerful but privacy-risky, (5) people underestimate VR distance.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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5 robust, replicated, & meta-analyzed findings from 30 years of psych research in VR. Timeline of events in experiment history, recommendations for consumers & scholars new to the medium, and the DICE model on when to use (and not use) VR.
@nathumbehav.nature.com
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
@nathumbehav.nature.com
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
May 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
5 robust, replicated, & meta-analyzed findings from 30 years of psych research in VR. Timeline of events in experiment history, recommendations for consumers & scholars new to the medium, and the DICE model on when to use (and not use) VR.
@nathumbehav.nature.com
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
@nathumbehav.nature.com
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
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How do groups behave in VR?
Monique Santoso coded 9,000 speech acts to develop Virtual Reality Interaction Dynamics Scheme, 10 speech acts (e.g., disagreements, context-dependent commentary). Prior speech acts and current nonverbal behavior predict group action.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
Monique Santoso coded 9,000 speech acts to develop Virtual Reality Interaction Dynamics Scheme, 10 speech acts (e.g., disagreements, context-dependent commentary). Prior speech acts and current nonverbal behavior predict group action.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
May 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
How do groups behave in VR?
Monique Santoso coded 9,000 speech acts to develop Virtual Reality Interaction Dynamics Scheme, 10 speech acts (e.g., disagreements, context-dependent commentary). Prior speech acts and current nonverbal behavior predict group action.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
Monique Santoso coded 9,000 speech acts to develop Virtual Reality Interaction Dynamics Scheme, 10 speech acts (e.g., disagreements, context-dependent commentary). Prior speech acts and current nonverbal behavior predict group action.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
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Who speaks next?
@PortiaWang.bsky.social analyzed a VR dataset of 77 sessions, 1660 minutes of group meetings over 4 weeks. Verbal & nonverbal history captured at millisecond level predicted turn-taking at nearly 30% over chance. To appear @acm-cscw.bsky.social.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
@PortiaWang.bsky.social analyzed a VR dataset of 77 sessions, 1660 minutes of group meetings over 4 weeks. Verbal & nonverbal history captured at millisecond level predicted turn-taking at nearly 30% over chance. To appear @acm-cscw.bsky.social.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
April 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Who speaks next?
@PortiaWang.bsky.social analyzed a VR dataset of 77 sessions, 1660 minutes of group meetings over 4 weeks. Verbal & nonverbal history captured at millisecond level predicted turn-taking at nearly 30% over chance. To appear @acm-cscw.bsky.social.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
@PortiaWang.bsky.social analyzed a VR dataset of 77 sessions, 1660 minutes of group meetings over 4 weeks. Verbal & nonverbal history captured at millisecond level predicted turn-taking at nearly 30% over chance. To appear @acm-cscw.bsky.social.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
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New #cscw paper out with my amazing collaborators! In it, we predicted and analyzed what features saliently predicted turn-taking behaviors in VR 🗣️📢
Who speaks next?
@PortiaWang.bsky.social analyzed a VR dataset of 77 sessions, 1660 minutes of group meetings over 4 weeks. Verbal & nonverbal history captured at millisecond level predicted turn-taking at nearly 30% over chance. To appear @acm-cscw.bsky.social.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
@PortiaWang.bsky.social analyzed a VR dataset of 77 sessions, 1660 minutes of group meetings over 4 weeks. Verbal & nonverbal history captured at millisecond level predicted turn-taking at nearly 30% over chance. To appear @acm-cscw.bsky.social.
vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
April 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
New #cscw paper out with my amazing collaborators! In it, we predicted and analyzed what features saliently predicted turn-taking behaviors in VR 🗣️📢
This week, I had the pleasure of presenting at @baychi.org's monthly speaker program. Drawing from lab studies, field studies, and virtual ethnographic work, I shared my research exploring the role of avatar representation in shaping user experiences in social VR. Thank you for having me!
April 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This week, I had the pleasure of presenting at @baychi.org's monthly speaker program. Drawing from lab studies, field studies, and virtual ethnographic work, I shared my research exploring the role of avatar representation in shaping user experiences in social VR. Thank you for having me!
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Tues, Apr 8 @7:30pm PT (Zoom or in person @ Stanford this time): “Immersive Virtual Embodiment: How Avatar Representation Shapes UX in Social VR.“ Cyan DeVeaux, Stanford Communication PhD Candidate, will discuss the effects of avatars in VR & offer design implications. baychi.org/calendar/202...
April 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tues, Apr 8 @7:30pm PT (Zoom or in person @ Stanford this time): “Immersive Virtual Embodiment: How Avatar Representation Shapes UX in Social VR.“ Cyan DeVeaux, Stanford Communication PhD Candidate, will discuss the effects of avatars in VR & offer design implications. baychi.org/calendar/202...
grateful for this community ❤️
Stanford HCI @ Lake Tahoe retreat... 😍
April 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
grateful for this community ❤️
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If no one does the work, we'll never know. That's why we're here now.
New paper out! We explore avatar embodiment experiences of 52 Black users in social VR from ethnographic interviews + lab study. Findings unpack embodied consequences of racial representation in immersive VR and how users navigated challenges to expressing identity. vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
March 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If no one does the work, we'll never know. That's why we're here now.
New paper out! We explore avatar embodiment experiences of 52 Black users in social VR from ethnographic interviews + lab study. Findings unpack embodied consequences of racial representation in immersive VR and how users navigated challenges to expressing identity. vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
March 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
New paper out! We explore avatar embodiment experiences of 52 Black users in social VR from ethnographic interviews + lab study. Findings unpack embodied consequences of racial representation in immersive VR and how users navigated challenges to expressing identity. vhil.stanford.edu/publications...
I’ll be attending my first GDC next week! Excited to attend talks and meet new people in the gaming, XR, and research space. Feel free to say hello if you see me around or reach out if you’d like to meet up! 🎮 #GDC2025
March 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I’ll be attending my first GDC next week! Excited to attend talks and meet new people in the gaming, XR, and research space. Feel free to say hello if you see me around or reach out if you’d like to meet up! 🎮 #GDC2025
Had a great time guest lecturing for Prof. Anna Queiroz’s Meaningful Connections class at UMiami! I shared my research on the embodied and psychological implications of avatar representation in social VR and then we hopped into VRChat together, where students experienced avatar embodiment firsthand.
March 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Had a great time guest lecturing for Prof. Anna Queiroz’s Meaningful Connections class at UMiami! I shared my research on the embodied and psychological implications of avatar representation in social VR and then we hopped into VRChat together, where students experienced avatar embodiment firsthand.
Hi Bluesky! 🦋 I’m Cyan, an HCI PhD Candidate at Stanford researching immersive tech for enriching and inclusive human-centered experiences. I build and study AR/MR/VR systems related to education, creativity, and social interaction. My work also explores Black virtuality and avatars 👾👩🏾💻📚
February 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Hi Bluesky! 🦋 I’m Cyan, an HCI PhD Candidate at Stanford researching immersive tech for enriching and inclusive human-centered experiences. I build and study AR/MR/VR systems related to education, creativity, and social interaction. My work also explores Black virtuality and avatars 👾👩🏾💻📚