Veyond Metaverse Won Tech Award for Remote Surgery Tool
San Francisco-based Veyond Metaverse offers a new remote telepresence platform designed to help medical teams on ships.
Updated on Oct. 6, 2026 in Healthcare
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Fast Company recognized Veyond Metaverse on its 2026 Next Big Things in Tech list for the OceanMD remote telepresence platform. The technology facilitates real-time medical guidance for personnel on merchant ships and remote sites where expert care is often days away.
Why it matters
The platform addresses the logistical challenge of providing surgical expertise to a global workforce of 2.57 million seafarers across 85,000 merchant ships. By enabling remote oversight, the technology aims to reduce the medical dependency of isolated sites.
Veyond Metaverse supports its OceanMD platform with U.S. Patent No. 12,400,408 while serving a market of 85,000 merchant ships. The system, which previously earned Gold at the 2025 Digital Health Awards, is now moving toward pilot deployments with global medical assistance firms.
The players
Veyond Metaverse
A San Francisco-based developer of extended reality telepresence systems for remote medical and surgical applications.
Fast Company
A New York-based business publication focused on technology, innovation, and design trends.
Prof. Dr. Thierry Flam
A medical professional who demonstrated the viability of the remote surgery platform by guiding procedures from Paris and New York.
The details
The OceanMD platform functions via low Earth orbit satellite, 4G, and 5G networks to connect remote medics with off-site surgeons. The onsite medic uses an extended reality headset, allowing the remote physician to appear as an avatar and provide visual guidance through interactive 3D models. This setup allows surgeons to project technical instructions onto the remote view in real time to assist with surgical procedures.
Timeline
2023: Prof. Flam guided a surgery from Paris to a remote site.
2024: Prof. Flam guided a surgery from New York to a remote site.
2025: Veyond Connect won Gold at the Digital Health Awards.
October 06, 2026: Fast Company announced the award winner.
Market Landscape
This recognition by Fast Company places Veyond Metaverse alongside other emerging enterprise XR solutions recognized for shifting traditional operational boundaries. The firm’s trajectory reflects a broader trend of leveraging high-bandwidth satellite connectivity to export specialized services to isolated environments.
Operators in logistics and maritime industries should monitor the results of upcoming pilot programs to assess the feasibility of integrating remote surgical capabilities. Review the system's compatibility with existing satellite communication infrastructure to determine if this technology fits your remote site safety requirements.
The takeaway
Technological advancements now allow for the remote guidance of complex procedures across thousands of miles, effectively decentralizing specialized medical expertise. Business leaders overseeing remote operations should track the scalability of these XR tools as they move into commercial pilot phases.
Further reading
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More information
To learn more about the platform's capabilities or request a technology demonstration, visit the company website.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.
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