Staten Island School Installs Proto Hologram Display for Remote Therapy Sessions
2026-11-11 · via invidis
Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School on Staten Island, New York, has opened a facility that uses Proto Hologram's 3D effect display to let remote therapists appear as three-dimensional representations in consultations with students. According to SIC Film School, which developed the project, this is the first K-12 deployment of Proto's technology.
The approximately 1,000-square-foot space, called SIC Space, was built inside a redesigned classroom and combines the hologram consultation room with other sensory equipment, including a seat that uses vibroacoustic technology and binaural audio. The stated purpose is student mental health support rather than conventional instruction.
For an industry audience, the detail that matters is the application rather than the hardware itself. Proto's displays have mostly been sold into corporate, retail and higher-education settings, with the company telling SIC Film School that its systems are already running at more than 50 universities, including medical and law programs. Moving into a public high school, and specifically into a telehealth use case, extends the product's reach into an institutional category that signage integrators rarely touch: school counseling and student services budgets rather than marketing or wayfinding budgets.
The announcement does not disclose the display model, pricing, installation cost or who funded the project. It also does not say how the consultation room is scheduled, what training the remote therapists receive to use the system, or whether the facility is a pilot that SIC Film School plans to replicate at other schools. Those are the practical questions an operator or integrator considering a similar build would want answered before quoting a comparable project.
SIC Film School, short for Social Impact Content, builds media and technology programs for schools and also runs a film education partnership with Lionsgate. This is described as its first SIC Space project inside a New York City public school. Principal Greg Bowen said the facility is meant to give students a dedicated resource for anxiety, family instability and social media pressure, framing it as a mental health counterpart to a school nurse's office.
Proto founder David Nussbaum said the company built its hologram system with education and healthcare access in mind. That framing lines up with how Proto has positioned itself commercially, as a way to put a specialist in front of someone without the cost or delay of travel. The Staten Island installation gives the company a reference case outside its usual corporate and university client base, and a story it can use when pitching the technology to other public sector buyers.
The announcement in full
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A Staten Island public school has introduced an immersive learning and wellness facility featuring Proto's 3D effect technology, connecting students with remote therapists.
Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School on Staten Island, New York, has opened an immersive technology facility designed to support student mental health and emotional well-being.
Developed by SIC Film School, the approximately 93-square-meter (1,000-square-foot) facility, called SIC Space, combines 3D effect technology, immersive environments and sensory-based systems in a redesigned classroom.
One of its central features is a private consultation room equipped with technology from Proto Hologram. The system enables therapists working remotely to appear as three-dimensional representations, allowing students to participate in consultations without the therapist being physically present.
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According to SIC Film School, the installation marks the first use of Proto’s 3D effect technology in a K-12 school. The company says its systems are already deployed at more than 50 universities worldwide, including medical and law programs.
Another feature is the SIC Seat, which combines vibroacoustic technology and binaural audio intended to help students manage stress and regulate their emotional state.
“Every school has a nurse’s office for physical injuries,” said Hezues R, founder and CEO of SIC Film School. “Sic Space is the mental health equivalent, focusing on healing the mind, providing desperately needed resources to young adults at one of the most critical points in their development.”
SIC Film School, which stands for Social Impact Content, develops educational programs that combine media, arts, and technology. The organization also operates a film education platform in partnership with Lionsgate.
The Staten Island installation is its first Sic Space project for New York City public schools. The facility was inaugurated in May by school principal Greg Bowen.
Bowen said the space is intended to help students cope with challenges ranging from anxiety and family instability to the pressures of social media.
David Nussbaum, founder of Proto Hologram, said the project demonstrates how hologram technology can extend access to educational and healthcare resources.
“Proto was invented with education and healthcare in mind – places where the need to extend human knowledge and connection is so urgent,” Nussbaum said.
The project brings immersive AV technology into a school environment where its primary purpose extends beyond conventional classroom instruction to student support and well-being.