Many banks and FinTechs have been exploring the metaverse for years.
While working with in collaboration with the European Innovation Team of U.S. Bank
payments subsidiary Elavon, we decided to investigate payments in virtual reality.
We found existing methods for entering payment information while wearing a
VR headset to be clunky at best. For our exploration, we set out to improve the
payments experience for a hotel booking scenario while exploring the capabilities
and idiosyncrasies of virtual reality.
As project lead, I managed project direction, deadlines and overall project
design. The final interactive prototype was presented to executive leadership and
was available as a hands-on demo for a payments industry conference in London.
