His ThinkAir paper on a mobile cloud offloading system [10] (a result from a Deutsche Telekom innovation development project), with over 1400 citations by Jan 2023, is the most cited paper in IEEE Infocom 2012 conference and the system is widely adopted by the mobile cloud/edge computing community.

He proposed and defined the concept of "Metaformation" (or "Meta-shaping") as the process of transforming physical space into a hybrid physical-digital Metaverse, which facilitates the cohabitation of both human and digital natives, wherein the virtual world interacts and coexists with the physical world and results in a highly engaging and seamless experience.

The MetaHKUST project is receiving international press coverage and highlights the use of the metaverse in the education and learning industry.

[17][18][19] They develop 10 AI lecturers with different combinations of gender, age, and race using a self-developed variational 3D full-body generator combined with multiple AI tools including Midjourney, ChatGPT, Sadtalker, and the team's enhanced version of the open-source 3D facial animation tool EmoTalk.

In his 'Social Media for Creatives' course, these AI lecturers are used to teach 30 postgraduate students about immersive technologies and the impact of digital platforms.