XR training simulators for universities.
Digital Ubiquities builds XR training simulators and the data infrastructure behind them — peer-reviewed clinical simulation, institutional-grade backends, and deployments across university programs nationwide.
Capabilities
From headset to database, we design, build, and maintain the entire stack — no handoffs between vendors, no gaps in accountability.
XR Simulation Development
Custom VR/AR training simulators built in Unity for clinical and technical skills education — procedural fidelity, haptic interaction, automated assessment, and AI-driven scenarios that adapt to the learner in real time.
- Unity / Meta Quest development
- Procedural skill assessments
- LLM-integrated dynamic characters
- Instrumented interaction capture
- Iterative faculty-driven design
Backend & Data Infrastructure
The data layer that turns a simulator into a curriculum tool: secure student records, session telemetry, and assessment reporting faculty can act on.
- Firebase / Supabase architecture
- Schema design & migration
- Per-institution data isolation
- Backend conformance specification
Multi-Institution Deployment
Taking a working simulator from one program to many — configured builds, institutional onboarding, and associated documentation.
- Configured APK builds
- Dedicated or self-hosted backends
- Security review support
- Ongoing managed maintenance
Fluent across the XR hardware landscape.
The studio develops for the commercial and research-grade devices institutions can actually deploy at scale.
VR Headsets
Meta Quest 3, 3S & Pro · standalone deployment
Pico 4 Enterprise · institutional fleets
PC-tethered VR · Valve Index, HTC Vive
AR & Mixed Reality
Snap Spectacles · Lens Studio development
Apple Vision Pro · visionOS
Mobile AR · ARKit, ARCore, WebXR
Haptics & Peripherals
Haply Robotics · force-feedback devices
Wearable haptics · bHaptics and similar
Custom peripherals · embedded sensors, fabricated controllers
Engines, Software & AI
Unity · primary simulation platform
Unreal Engine · high-fidelity rendering
AI integration · LLM-driven dialogue, realtime voice, agentic pipelines
Lens Studio, WebXR, Android XR · emerging platforms
Not seeing your hardware? The studio regularly works with pre-release devices, custom peripherals, and emerging pipelines — if your program is building around new or unusual hardware, feel free to get in touch!
Get in touchSimulations that have survived peer review and production.
VR Local Anesthesia Trainer
NYU COLLEGE OF DENTISTRYA virtual reality training system for dental local anesthesia, built as two modules: a syringe assembly trainer covering safe preparation technique, and IANB-30 — an Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block module for one of the most technique-sensitive procedures in dental education. Students practice in headset while the system captures step timing, completion, and critical errors, generating automated assessment reports faculty use for curriculum decisions. Published in peer-reviewed literature, featured as a Meta for Work case study, and adopted by dental programs beyond NYU.
VR Patient Communication Trainer
NYU RORY MEYERS COLLEGE OF NURSINGA virtual reality simulation training nursing students to navigate one of the hardest conversations in maternal care: communicating with a patient experiencing postpartum depression. The system exists in two versions — a structured scenario built with faculty, and an AI-driven version where the patient responds dynamically through a large language model, so no two conversations follow a predetermined script. Rather than drilling a manual procedure, the simulation develops clinical empathy and therapeutic communication — skills that are difficult to teach at scale and risky to practice for the first time on real patients.
CurioCity — AI-Powered Multiplayer AR
SNAP SPECTACLES · 1ST PLACE, REALITY HACK @ AWE 2026A location-aware AR game for Snap Spectacles combining real-time multiplayer, live AI vision, and a cloud backend — engineered end-to-end, including the full multiplayer and battle system. Awarded first place at Reality Hack at AWE 2026.
Built for universities.
Student data infrastructure designed around the institutional systems and guardrails.
FERPA-aligned architecture
Student records handled under FERPA-aligned practices: minimal collection, role-based access, and clear data ownership by the institution.
Per-institution isolation
Each campus runs on a dedicated backend instance. No shared tenancy, no cross-institution data visibility.
Security review support
Documentation prepared for institutional vendor assessment, including HECVAT-style questionnaires and data flow specifications.
Self-hosting supported
Institutions that prefer to run their own backend receive a complete conformance specification and a configured build verified against it.
A studio grounded in research, built for production.
Digital Ubiquities (UBQT) is a specialized engineering studio focused on immersive training systems for higher education — combining simulation design, spatial computing, and backend data infrastructure under one roof.
The studio's practice grew out of academic research culture: our work is published in peer-reviewed literature, deployed in active curricula, and shaped by years of teaching interactive technology at NYU and the Rubin Museum of Art. Studio members have juried and won awards at national venues including SIGGRAPH, AWE, MIT Reality Hack, and Snap hackathons.
Clients and collaborators include NYU College of Dentistry, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, and brand experience programs for Pfizer, Otsuka, Janssen, Exact Sciences, and Cartier.
Why institutions work with us
- Research-grade rigor — our simulators are published and peer-reviewed, not demo-ware
- Production credibility — deployments featured as a Meta for Work case study
- Fluency in academic settings — from IRB-adjacent research culture to curriculum integration
- Full-stack range — simulation, backend, and deployment
- Institutional data stewardship — FERPA-aligned architecture and IT review support
Bringing simulation to your program?
Whether your institution is adopting an existing platform, planning a new simulator, or needs the data infrastructure behind one — our first conversation is free and technical.
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