Role
Strategic Design Lead
Focus
5G / VR / Clinical Validation
Client
AT&T + Ericsson
Timeline
2017
5G Immersive Theraputics
Validating 5G ROI through Immersive Therapeutics
I unified a coalition of partners (including Amos Lee, Melodic Caring Project, Quantum Interface, SubVRsive) to architect the “first-ever LIVE VR concert experience for patients battling serious illness.” This was a feat of strategic orchestration: the vision was so compelling that I galvanized a cross-industry alliance to contribute expertise and resources pro-bono, manifesting a high-fidelity pilot entirely through influence.
The project became a primary 5G Policy Use Case, showcased at the FCC Expo by AT&T to advocate for 5G infrastructure. I strategically proved that medical-grade Distraction Therapy required 5G’s performance benchmarks. AT&T featured the project in their Innovator Series, profiling me as “the Spark” driving company-wide 5G innovation.
Clinical testing with bedridden patients led to a supine-calibration breakthrough, allowing patients to reset their VR horizon line while lying flat.
Key Impact:
- Policy Influence: Strategically used by AT&T and Ericsson as the flagship proof-of-concept for the FCC to justify national 5G infrastructure investment
- Vision-Led Orchestration: Galvanized a cross-industry coalition to deliver a landmark pilot pro-bono, proving that strategic influence can drive world-class innovation without dedicated capital
- Technical Precedent: Productized a hands-free, gaze-tracking interaction model that moved medical VR from a passive video experience to an active therapeutic tool
Efficacy Validation & Scalability
I moved the narrative from empathy to evidence by using biometric sensors to establish a ground truth for stress reduction (correlating heart-rate variability with immersion levels). We further architected a cloud-based content repository on AWS, enabling hands-free navigation of an immersive library.
“Watching the concert as a VR show completely swept Maya away. She was feeling badly from recent chemo and having the glasses and the 360 experience took her away from the yuck that she had been feeling.”
– Maya’s father
