Case study
Mobile Medic: Network-Aware XR Telementoring
Led solution architecture and partner REST API integration for a network-aware XR prototype demonstrated to government stakeholders as part of the team's existing JBSA contract.
Solution Architecture & Mobile AR Development · Booz Allen Hamilton
Mobile Medic was a government demonstration prototype exploring how augmented reality, volumetric video, and network-aware 5G applications could support remote medical mentoring. I led the solution architecture for integrating a partner's network APIs into the application and worked on mobile AR development in Unity and iOS.
- Ownership: Application-side solution architecture, partner REST API integration, and mobile AR development.
- Technical scope: A Unity/iOS responder experience connected to a network-enablement platform through quality-of-service requests.
- Delivery: A government technical demonstration supporting the team's existing JBSA contract.
Watch the Mobile Medic demonstration.
Prototype Integration Overview
The application used partner REST APIs to request quality-of-service changes for a live session. The logical architecture has two paths: the mentor/responder experience, and the application's network-control requests.
Simplified prototype integration separating the mentoring experience from the network-control path.
| Part of the prototype | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Mentor spatial view | Explore how volumetric video could communicate the scene's spatial context. |
| Unity/iOS responder application | Present AR guidance to the on-site participant and connect the application to network capabilities. |
| Partner REST API integration | Let the application request quality-of-service changes through the network-enablement platform. |
The Challenge
The concept addressed a difficult remote-support scenario: a specialist needs to understand a scene and communicate guidance to someone working on site. A conventional video call offers a limited view of the environment, while a richer spatial experience introduces bandwidth and latency requirements.
Mobile Medic explored both parts of that problem. The XR experience connected a remote mentor and an on-site responder; the network integration let the application request service quality from the underlying 5G infrastructure.
Integration principle: The spatial experience and the network controls serve different purposes. One carries the mentoring interaction; the other lets the application request the connectivity that interaction needs.
What I Owned
I translated the partner platform's network-aware capabilities into application behavior, designing and implementing REST API request flows between the mobile application and the network-enablement platform.
I also worked on the Unity and iOS application, connecting the AR experience to those capabilities. Within Booz Allen's 5G/XR team, I collaborated across application development, network integration, and medical-domain input to turn the concept into something stakeholders could see and evaluate.
This work required connecting the demonstration's use case to the technical integration: what the mobile experience needed, what the partner APIs exposed, and how those parts fit within the prototype.
Two Connected Perspectives
The remote mentor. The concept used a live volumetric view to give the remote participant spatial context around the scene. This explored a different way to communicate the environment than a flat video feed.
The remote participant's perspective in the Mobile Medic concept.
The on-site responder. The AR experience presented remote guidance in the responder's view. Its role was to bring the mentoring interaction into the local participant's experience.
The responder experience connected to the remote-mentoring workflow.
What the Work Delivered
Mobile Medic gave government stakeholders a concrete demonstration of Booz Allen's approach to combining XR applications with partner network capabilities. My contribution brought together solution architecture, hands-on mobile development, REST API integration, and support for a technical demonstration under the team's existing JBSA contract.
Read Booz Allen's 5G technology overview.
Early Concept
