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Goals of the project
The project develops new metaverse-based wellbeing services through experimental development and prototyping. The users of these new services include older adults, people with intellectual disabilities, young people, and individuals with disabilities, whose mental and physical wellbeing will be improved through the services.
One example of a service being innovated in the project is community-based physical exercise and art activities for people with intellectual disabilities in a metaverse environment. The project also develops metaverse-based self-service solutions to increase citizens’ independence in maintaining and improving their own wellbeing.
The service prototypes with the greatest business potential are referred to in the project as innovation concepts, which companies are encouraged to further develop and commercialize alongside or after the project. It should be noted that some of the prototypes created will be open for anyone to test.
The project measures and evaluates the benefits and impact of the innovated wellbeing services. This combines the project implementers’ expertise in research methods and wearable measurement technology.
The project also organizes a series of workshops open to all companies interested in the project theme. In addition, a guide will be produced on innovating AI-powered, metaverse-based wellbeing services. The project results will be reported in webinars as well as in Finnish and international publications.
The project implementation team consists of LUT University and LAB University of Applied Sciences in the South Karelia and Päijät-Häme regions, as well as the University of Eastern Finland and Savonia University of Applied Sciences in North Savo. In addition, the project includes six international university partners from three different continents. One of the outcomes will be the creation of an international RDI network that will continue to address global challenges using metaverse technologies in the future.