The Ultimate Utility: 2B3D is Using NFTs to Save Military Veteran Lives

By Robert Bell, CEO of 2B3D.com

"Compassion" is not a word you see in a lot of business plans among top technology and financial firms. It may even be considered something of a liability for most businesses, but I don't see it that way. As the 2B3D team prepares for our upcoming Veterans Day NFT drop, we believe the compassionate aspect of our mission bears repeating: Compassion is our greatest strength, and underpins everything we do.

2B3D was founded by me as well as my close friend, Andrew Bjarnsen, an Afghan War veteran and combat medic who himself struggles with PTSD. Andrew set out on this mission to help his fellow veterans through the use of virtual reality technology.

What we are creating at 2B3D (along with our partners at BiocoRx, Mason Labs, and Metabillionaire) is centered around a deep concern for the pain and plight of others. In fact, when we talk about the massive utility and gamification of our NFTs, it is purposely designed in response to the growing need for mental health treatment in a world that needs more empathy all-around- whether in daily 1-on-1 with our neighbors, business partners and fellow citizens, or when we’re thinking about others far removed from our own location and daily experiences.

2B3D is deep in the creation of a first-of-its-kind virtual reality medical environment (VRME) in the metaverse, architected specifically to to deliver free mental health services to military veterans in real-time- and largely to address just about everything that is inadequate about the current status quo for vets seeking these services. We’ll launch this in the first quarter of the new year. Our firm is owned and operated by military veterans, and we intend to head off the growing mental health crisis in America, starting with our at-risk military veterans. We are  deploying new treatments through virtual reality (VRx) that will radically improve the physical and mental health of veterans throughout the nation regardless of their location or distance from big cities.

In the last several years, suicide rates have increased, and this burden of self-harm is disproportionately carried by veterans. Veteran suicides rates are vastly outpacing those of the general US population and we feel something must be done.

Director Christopher Jones of Public Health Service at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention testified in June that between 2001 to 2019, the rate of suicide In the general population rose nearly 30%, while among veterans the rate increased nearly 36%. It stands to reason, since resources are strained, the response is too slow. 2B3D’s mission is to build new technologies that can offer solutions. It is our passion.

What 2B3D is building is a realistic VR medical environment available online 24 hours a day through VR headsets, and in 2D through phones and desktop PCs.

Veterans experiencing suicidal ideation (often exacerbated by PTSD symptoms and substance use disorder) will be able to access the 2B3D metaverse for immediate access to suicide prevention counselors, group therapy, meditation spaces, and EMDR/DBT treatment.

Our realistic environments will not be just a ‘second-best’ option for suffering veterans, but a cutting-edge solution in an increasingly online society.

Veterans who have seen combat or feel isolated are the most vulnerable to thoughts of suicide. 20-30% of veterans who commit suicide also screen positive for service-related injuries like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which affects divergent thinking, making it nearly impossible to break out of a mental spiral. At those times, seconds literally count.

Imagine it's 3 a.m. somewhere in the world where a veteran is suffering a mental health crisis forty-five minutes from the nearest emergency room. They may be considering suicide as an option to ending their pain, and they begin to spiral. Help through 2B3D will be available, always on standby.

Rather than leave their home at 3 a.m. to get in a car or find public transportation in search of help, veterans will simply use their VR headset, phone, or computer to access our virtual medical environment equipped with mental health resources. In a safe, virtual space, they also have the option to talk with a live person. Even in the form of avatars, research has shown that this human connection can be enough to prevent a tragedy from occurring.

Our funding will be as unique as our service. To that end, we've announced the launch of our Supporter Badge, an NFT collection of 3D PTSD support ribbons that will fund our virtual reality mental health solutions for military veterans. This collection will be available for purchase at https://mint.2b3d.com this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2022.

By raising funds through the sale of our Supporter Badge NFT collection, we'll be able to provide military veterans with access to proven cognitive therapy modalities in safe and effective VR environments. The public sale price of each 3D ribbon will be $10 dollars. All proceeds go to helping us in our mission to help veterans, and 40% percent of the proceeds will be donated directly to veteran nonprofits and charities also fighting to save veteran lives.

Those who are interested in helping veterans do not need experience with NFTs or cryptocurrency to purchase one of our Supporter Badges. They are available for purchase with a credit card on our website. There is no limit to the number of NFTs we can sell to help veterans.

For those who love NFTs and helping veterans, the public release of an additional 2,880 unique Collector’s Pass NFTs will also be live on Nov. 11, 2022, with a floor price of .7 ETH each, or approximately $100 until sold out. Every Collector’s Pass is represented as a yet-to-be-revealed 3D object with unique properties like special graphics and rare traits, and future in-game applications. The number of available Collector’s Passes is set at exactly 2,880 - a number representing the 2,880 minutes in the span of two days in which, statistically, 44 veterans will take their own lives.

Every minute counts. Join us.

Launching Veteran’s Day at https://mint.2b3d.com.

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About Robert Bell

Robert Bell is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist who founded 2B3D Inc in 2020 as an all-in-one gaming studio, nonfungible token mint, auction house, and storage system. Bell’s mission was to push the bounds of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies as a way to help military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. His mission to bring peace and healing to veterans is fueled by play-to-earn games, utility NFTs, and access to exclusive in-game cryptocurrency within a wider decentralized metaverse. Bell is also the founder and CEO of Bell Medical solutions.

About 2B3D

2B3D is a military veteran-operated tech company specializing in web3 gaming, virtual reality, NFTs, and mental health solutions in the metaverse. 2B3D is currently developing a metaverse ecosystem using blockchain technology with play-to-earn games, an NFT marketplace and VR showrooms, and VR medical environments for therapy and meeting with healthcare professionals in real-time. The 2880 Genesis Collection NFT will drop on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, in honor of military veterans on Veterans Day.

The 2B3D metaverse includes several core projects:

• VRx | Virtual healthcare with NFT prescriptions and real life professionals.
• NFTy150 | NFT marketplace, minting option and showroom.
• Topher's Inferno | Connecting enthusiastic gamers with ambitious developers.
• RestXP | B2B meeting rooms with a resting crypto reward.
• So Many Gods | A Play-to Earn, space-themed sci fi looter shooter. Sci-fi

To learn more about 2B3D, visit www.2B3D.com or follow us on Twitter at @2B3Dinc.