Hey there!

I'm Jenny and I'm currently working as Software Engineer at Genies, crafting immersive worlds for virtual avatars. I am a passionate XR enthusiast who enjoys developing spatial and interactive gameplay features!

I graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor's degree in Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation with minor in Immersive Media in 2023, where I achieved cross-disciplinary proficiency with specialization on software engineering, design, and making games!

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Genies

Software Engineer, 2023 - Present

Building an avatar social platform where users can authentically create, capture, and socialize their inner selves!

Neon City VR

Lead VR Interaction Developer @ USC Games, ~2023

VR City Building Sandbox Experience for Quest headsets
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As the interaction lead, I oversaw the design, prototyping, and implementation of all hand-based interactions and unique spatial gameplay features. My work on Neon City demonstrates my multidisciplinary background in art, engineering, and user-centric design thinking. I utilized a wide range of tools to effectively communicate ideas and iterate quickly, including Unity C#, Figma for interactive prototypes, and Maya for modeling.

Neon City was recognized as the top game project at USC in 2023 and was presented to major game industry leaders and university boards across Southern California.

Catch Me If You Can

1st Place @ Meta XR Presence Platform NY Hackathon, 2024

A co-located multiplayer mixed reality app that reimagines hide and seek by immersing your world in complete darkness, altering the way in which you navigate your physical space.

Developed in just 72 hours, I designed and developed the core game loop, including a networked hider-seeker tagging system, game timer, player position tracking, and user interfaces. The game features Meta's advanced mixed reality features including shared spatial anchor, depth sensor data, spatial audio, and shared point cloud data.

Catch Me If You Can won 1st place in Meta's invite-only hackathon in NYC.

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight

Software Engineering Intern @ Blizzard Entertainment, 2022

I worked on developing gameplay UI features for Dragonflight expansion launched in November 2022. I contributed to the major UI revamp, including character class specialization selection, multiplayer HUD interface displaying players' live health and spell status, and enhanced feature support in game settings. I developed these features using Lua, C++, and XML.
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Through my strong communication skills and day-to-day close collaboration with art and design teams, I went well beyond my assigned tasks, making significant contributions to the HUD during my internship

Chinatown AR

AR Developer & Project Lead @ USC Mobile & Environmental Media Lab, ~2022

A geolocated AR experience embedding historic traces of LA's first Chinatown in LA Union Station.

I led a team of over six undergraduate and graduate students in developing an AR experience for iOS devices. I spearheaded the prototyping and implementation of the app.

This project received the NEH Prototyping Grant and was prominently featured in the keynote at Niantic's Developer Summit in 2022

Playbook

VR Developer @ Playbook, ~2022

A code-free interaction design and prototyping Tool for XR.

As one of the pioneering developers at Playbook, I developed core features for Playbook's VR app, including UI presets, gesture-based interactions, custom image selection tools, tutorials, and a sound and haptics system.

The VR app's success led to a partnership with Meta to launch the product as a first-year app on the Quest Pro

Other Projects
Spatial Music Player (DreamXR Finalist, 2024)

A spatial music app that takes traditional experience of passive music listening and turns it spatial, interactive, and visual. Made with Unity C#.

C++ Game Programming

ITP 380: Video Game Programming
Skills
C++, SDL Library
Role
Software Engineer
Timeline
Jan 2022 - May 2022
Overview
It is A collection of 2D and 3D games I developed for the course ITP380 at USC over the 2022 Spring semester. Features include character movement, collisions, camera, sound, AI path-finding, sprite animation, UI, etc.

Games in order (in video):
Parkour's Edge
Mario Kart
Star Fox Tunnel
Zelda
Pac-Man
MarioFrogger
My Contribution
Developed all game features given art assets, using a custom C++ engine.
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Github repo is private for school, but I can provide the link on request!

C++ Game Programming

A series of games developed in C++ given art assets

UserNotFound

3D multiplayer puzzle game developed in Unity
Skills
Unity, C#, Maya, Figma
Role
Game Design & Dev
Timeline
Feb 2022 - May 2022
Overview
UserNotFound is a 3D multiplayer puzzle game where two players are trapped inside an unstable network glitch and solve puzzles to connect with each other.

Genre: Multiplayer Physics Puzzle (single player supported)
Platform: PC, Windows
Core Mechanics: Movement, Object Interaction
Objective: Re-establish connection with another player
Target Audience: Fans of puzzle games
Differentiator: Unique gravity physics system
My Contribution
I worked with one other student to develop the game over three months. I contributed throughout all process including concept, level design, gameplay engineering, UI, user testing, and iteration.
Team
Jenny Choi – Developer, USC BS Arts, Technology, and the Business of Innovation
Timothy Durbin – Developer, USC MS Computer Science
Siddharth Sharma – Sound Designer, Berklee Film Scoring and Video Game Scoring
PLAY GAME
User Not Found - Game Project

A 3D multiplayer puzzle game where two players are trapped inside an unstable network glitch and solve puzzles to connect with each other.

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