The AidVerse

Safe Career of Authorities with Metaverse Technology

Project duration

1.4. – 31.5.2026

Source of funding

Central Finland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ESF+)

Total funding

428 253 €

The work of paramedics and rescuers is very demanding and strenuous, the operating environment is uncontrollable and occupational safety challenges have been widely identified. Indeed, changing career fields is common among these occupational groups, and in the health sector, one third of recent graduates are considering changing careers due to the workload. A particularly critical period is the transition phase, i.e. the transition from education to working life, and the early years of one’s career. The aim of the project is to improve professionals’ coping at work and retention in the field by improving the transition from education to working life and careers.

The project will create a virtual learning environment based on innovative metaverse technology, AidVerse, which will enable high-quality orientation, mentoring and, for example, taking occupational safety into account in a new way. AidVerse, which operates with the help of the metaverse, a new megatrend in technology, is ideally suited to the challenging needs of prehospital emergency care and rescue services and as a learning environment for the orientation and mentoring models created in the project. In the AidVerse, interactive and collaborative learning combined with mixed reality (virtual and augmented reality) and real data from real emergency tasks is cost-effective, independent of time and place, and there is no dependency on, for example, a possible pandemic situation.

AidVerse as a new innovation, as well as support during transition phases and early years, will increase employee well-being and retention power in safety-critical sectors. The project also provides key support for the development of continuous learning and digitalization, especially in the health and social services and rescue sectors.