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This innovation, initially came to life when…
I met my wife Sonya, and we married in 2006. I was and still am the MD of a successful 3D design and visualisation company in the property industry – V2i. (See www.v2i.com.au.) My desire to diversify this business and my wife’s passion for understanding the human body led us down the track of marrying, and then working together. My wife, a former registered nurse, was at the time working for a multinational as a Pharmaceutical Rep. Needless to say, it’s been an exciting and passionate relationship and business learning curve!
WHAT & HOW
The purpose of this innovation is to…
Improve health and education outcomes by creating the stimulus to assist how everyone communicates about their health. We envision connecting children with parents, students with teachers, and patients with health professionals.
It does this by…
The 3Dme team comprehending a large amount of complex anatomical and physiological information then using Luke Brannelly’s creative storytelling capabilities to present this information via beautiful, anatomically accurate, engaging 3D visualisation and multimedia presentations to communicate a health education message. ‘ICE – Your Body Belongs to You’ is designed as ‘stimulus’ material for group discussion on methamphetamines.
PURPOSE & BENEFITS
This innovation improves on what came before because…
It is at the cutting edge of the creation of digital health education. Previously, for the lay person or student to understand complex medical issues they would have to read text books and clinical papers. 3Dme is able to comprehend complex processes and present them in a visually engaging, anatomically accurate manner.
Its various benefits to the customer/end-user include…
Creating a comfortable medium from which to initiate an informed discussion re: a multitude of health issues. Digital format means the output can be a DVD, website download, or app-style download.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
In the past, this problem was solved by…
Reading many text books and clinical papers, a difficult task if the end user such as a patient does not have the time to do this research, or the fundamental scientific knowledge to enable them to understand what they are reading. Additionally, undergraduates’ understanding of health and medicine has traditionally been 2D.
Its predecessors/competitors include…
TARGET MARKET
It is made for…
3Dme creates health and medical education presentations for a variety of end users including the general community, university students, health professionals, and medical specialists. The primary target audience in Australia consists of anyone who has a chronic or acute physical or mental illness as defined in the Australian national health strategy priorities, or anyone in their immediate family who wishes to understand more about the illness. The secondary target audience includes schools and universities with some overlap between senior and undergraduate biology, chemistry and physiology curriculum. There is also a target audience consisting of pharmaceutical and device product promotion.
DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY
It is available for sale through…
Our marketing strategy is to…
Make 3Dme’s beautiful 3D digital health and education presentations available to as many consumers and health professionals in Australia and throughout the world as possible. We will do this by ensuring our products are compatible with the latest delivery platforms within the consumer and health professional market.
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