Eric Cheng

Eric Cheng is an accomplished director and photographer, currently serving as the Director of Immersive Media at Meta and the Head of Immersive Media at Meta Reality Labs since 2016. A member of the Emerging Media Programming Peer Group for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Eric has over two decades of experience in photography, particularly underwater imaging. As the CEO and Publisher of Wetpixel LLC from 2002 to 2018, Eric contributed significantly to the underwater photography community. Previous roles include Director of Aerial Imaging at DJI, Director of Photography at Lytro Inc., and senior positions at E.piphany, Inc. and Apple. Eric holds both a BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.