Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, teletherapy has become a more common way for therapists to meet with their clients. A pair of Philly tech founders felt they could take the premise one step further.
Christian Ulstrup and Beko Jang met working for a venture-backed company in San Francisco that focused on medical device technology. The pair told Technical.ly they both thought that using a 3D environment could be useful for connecting people, and began work 18 months ago on a project for virtual spaces that could help people to open up in therapy. They brought in a third founder, Monet Goldman, a licensed family and marriage therapist, to round out the telehealth concept.
The trio are now cofounders of Virgils, a virtual reality landscape for therapists to meet with their clients. They launched a pilot program in October 2021, developing the platform using the WebXR standard and AWS for the backend.
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