MENTAL WELLNESS: Newport Beach’s 2B3D offers services for military vets

2B3D, a Newport Beach veteran-owned mental wellness firm, will introduce a suicide prevention program to the U.S. federal government this fall. The company hopes to get funds from a government initiative that annually provides over $4 billion to federal and state programs such as the Veteran Administration (VA) and America’s Seed Fund.

Over 6,000 military veterans committed suicide in 2019, according to 2B3D officials. To help reduce veteran suicides, the company has participated in the VA’s $20 million Mission Daybreak exercise, formerly known as the Suicide Prevention Grand Challenge.

2B3D, founded in 2019, is developing a virtual reality medical metaverse that provides real-time healthcare and integrates existing telehealth services. The company is also involved in developing cryptocurrency communities using NFT and blockchain technology.

The company’s VR Medical Environment program is currently in beta testing, according to 2B3D CEO Robert Bell.

The program “will allow us to demonstrate our solution to participants fully immersed into a virtual environment that’s tailored for veterans and offers real-time crisis response and other key healthcare and community service capabilities,” Bell said in a statement. “Additionally, we intend to incorporate most of the legacy telehealth infrastructure, and examine options, such as blockchain, to streamline and secure critical functions such as patient records.”