Case Study / Healthtech / Founder and Chief Product Officer of SindyXR, inc.
WHO AM I? :: XR Patient Zero, Male, 53, Gamer at Heart
STORYTELLER, PRODUCER & ART DIRECTOR OF LIVE EVENTS, MOVIES, AND BROADWAY TO NOW EXTENDED (AR, VR and FR) REALITY GAMES
FATHERED FRATERNAL TWINS (RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES/NO DEBT) THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION WITH MORBIDLY OBESE EX-WIFE
LIKES THEATRE, SPORTS AND TECHNOLOGY AND DOESN’T MIND BEING TRACKED AS LONG AS THERE ARE MEASURABLE MEDICAL OUTCOMES
LOW SPERM COUNT; ALSO MORBIDLY OBESE; TROUBLE ACHIEVING ERECTION&ORGASM THESE DAYS AS WELL AS INTERMITTENT RAGE DISORDER
Meet my teammates
Some of this team has been with Charles and some are new since his heart arrhythmia (September 8, 2022). After that everything changed. FYI in Xtended Reality (XR) we think of teammates in a meta kind of definition. His team includes psychological, physiological and sociological experts with the top three priorities being nutritional, educational and deep lifestyle change.
Integration
DIET: Intermittent fasting, Meditation and Cardio in VR
1. Apple Watch for steps, heart rate and swim stroke;
2. OURA Ring for REM sleep/Readiness Score;
3. C-PAP Machine for breathing at night;
4. Boston Scientific Latitude to track my defibrillator;
5. InBody scale was paid for by Cigna;
6. Freestyle Libre Continuous Glucose Monitor;
7. UPRIGHT reminding me about my posture;
8. SENSATE to bring my Vegus Nerve to my conscious;
9. MetaQuest2 for cardio, meditation and tele-medicine;
10. Check Yo Self! for EQ, understanding and food choices throughout my day.
11. Large dose XANAX as needed and Buspirone 2x daily
——- ABOUT OUR CLIENT
Charles Kirby, SindyXR Founder made himself XR Patient Zero. His endocrinologist diagnosed him with obesity with a high risk of diabetes along with fatty liver. As a New York City resident he is often isolated in his apartment due to joint pain and His exercise choices are limited to swimming which he is able to do 100 days a year but obviously that is not enough to keep up with his insulin and metabolic issues. He is also under psychiatric care for bi-polar 2, his GP treats him for peripheral neuropathy (numbness on the bottoms of his feet) and gout. He knows the complexity of this kind of a dynamic problem and has integrated tools to promote heart health and prevent cardiac disease.
I went to fat camp in 4th AND 8th grade. Being meta-bolically challenged is a given for me so using the “meta”verse to take the weight off again has to be either funny or tragic.
Charles Kirby, Syracuse BFA , NYU MFA, Wharton School of Business certification in Predictive, Prescriptive and Descriptive Analytics
Founder, Seamless Integrated Dynamics, Inc
——- MEASURABLE OUTCOME
“When I wrote my second book about how Spatial Computing (now known as “Web3”) would change MeetUPs, I had no clue that my struggles to maintain my weight loss would be the first market to adopt my apps but I guess there is a G_d (Read my blog post here). Now I measure everything from my gaze throughout appointments to my satisfaction with my performance at Board presentations and I can organize all that data to how it relates to my heart health.” - Charles Kirby, XR Patient Zero
Charles has been suffering with chronic pain for a long time. Culminating with knee replacement in May 2016, he has been aware of how his health and wellness are negatively decimating his family due to aches and pains. Every conversation is informed by his desire to sit down; every activity choice
“What your recent labs prove is that chronic health can improve for a fraction of the cost. Heart disease, transplant surgury, blindness, mood disorders, cancer and dementia are very costly problems to solve. It’s all in the food & it’s all good.
You have demonstrated resolution of a fatty liver. There is a tremendous cost savings not having to go through that surgury!!!!???
Your diabetes is controlled. Your labs demonstrate that FACT with an A1c of 5.9 (down from more than 7.4 and probably much higher at times). This is the leading cause of blindness and limb amputation……..yours is now controlled. Cost savings??? HUGE!!!
LDL cholesterol less than 60!!!! WTF. Leading cause of death? Heart disease. You just got out of harms way.
I could go on but I hope you see the big pix. You are a walking poster of what life and metabolic health could be. No more kids going to “fat camp”! And all the other BS that comes from not understanding carbohydrate threshold.
Sindy is a game changer for you.”
Concierge medicine is above and beyond & Charles is still 6’-0” and over 380 pounds. It is all of it: by addressing all of the dynamics of his whole body, mind and environment presents him with a brand new, hopefully sustainable solution to live on happier together. Wherever.
Games are the secret sauce
This game is called Check Yo Self! He plays it around every food choice, including when not to eat. Games can be important and fun simultaneously; with no derogatory connotation. The difference between the games and other carb tracking apps is that Check Yo Self! correlates how I FEEL, my STRESS and impression of my body image at the moment played and triangulates the tangible data and intangible data (3 points prescribed by the physician).
——- The IMPACT
At the time of this publication, Charles has lost over 12% of his weight, reduced his distaste for climbing steps and raised his testosterone (or at least his girlfriend thinks he has). My physicians all meet in SindyXR Wellness Circles (Virtual Reality exclusively) where his dedicated space in the metaverse is filled with educational data that supports in-between visits. Recent labs, inspirational videos from psychiatrist & immersive 360 experiences from cardio trainer that are sharable with each of the medical team because they come to him where he owns the medical data and they all see exactly what they need through Charles’ eyes.
Richer Virtual Collaboration
The gamification of health&care is what broke through all the noise for this patient and measures health outcomes as he plays. Keeping score with a fun GEM structure leveling up throughout the process based on their stated goal. EVERYONE Charles works with, from medical teams to corporate and basketball teams, have a clear picture of their performance as Management makes progress and has more granular data to track assessments.
Charles & his psychiatrist from Happier Living (audio not included).