I'm a research scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). My research background is in online games and immersive virtual reality. I am interested in social interaction and self-representation in virtual environments. You can find out more about my work and what I do for fun with the links on the right.

And feel free to email me at
{contact AT nickyee DOT com} if you have questions or comments.

News & Interesting Links

2012.03.22 - Two new CHI papers. One on a revised gaming motivations scale. The other maps demographics to in-game behaviors.

2011.10.08 - Been working on an N scale model railroad in a japanese layout (video, photos).

2011.06.28 - We had two papers (1, 2) at the Foundations of Digital Games conference.

2011.03.02 - My PhD adviser's (Jeremy Bailenson) book on virtual reality came out on 4/5.

2011.02.21 - We have two papers accepted at CHI 2011. One on personality expression in WoW. The other on conflicting virtual and physical cues.

2011.01.03 - Photos from a friend's landscape design business.