{"id":100245817,"date":"2025-12-19T08:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/?post_type=project&#038;p=100245817"},"modified":"2025-12-19T08:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T07:08:40","slug":"shaping-future","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/project\/shaping-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaping Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-sidebar-layout-container margin-bottom-normal\">\n    <div\n        class=\"container-lg\"\n        style=\"--bs-gutter-x: 0;\"\n    >\n        <div\n            class=\"row\"\n            style=\"--bs-gutter-x: 0;\"\n        >\n            \n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-3 order-1 order-md-0 sidebar\">\n            \n<div\n    id=\"\"\n    class=\"wp-block-institute-card margin-bottom-normal\"\n>\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n                                    <div class=\"row justify-content-around\">\n                    <div class=\"col-8 col-sm-6 col-md-12\">\n                        <a\n        class=\"medien-und-design institute-card\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/institut\/design-kommunikation\/\"\n        target=\"_self\"\n    >\n                            <div class=\"major-bg-color\">\n            <div class=\"wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"header\">\n                    <span>Institute<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <h4>Design &amp; Kommunikation<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <span><\/span>\n                    <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-fact-box margin-bottom-normal\">\n  <div class=\"container-lg\">\n        <div class=\"row justify-content-around\">\n            <div class=\"col-8 col-sm-6 col-md-12\">\n                <div class=\"card border border-light p-3\">\n                    <ul class=\"list-unstyled mb-0\">\n                                              <li\n                          class=\"mb-2\"\n                        >\n                          <div class=\"label mb-1\">\n                            Master Thesis\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"value fw-bold\">SHAPING FUTURE. Creation of a Virtual Reality Application to Support Young People in Vocational Orientation  <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                              <li\n                          class=\"mb-2\"\n                        >\n                          <div class=\"label mb-1\">\n                            Autor\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"value fw-bold\">Nadja Pirchheim <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                              <li\n                          class=\"mb-2\"\n                        >\n                          <div class=\"label mb-1\">\n                            Supervisor\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"value fw-bold\">Michael Kernbichler <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                              <li\n                          class=\"\"\n                        >\n                          <div class=\"label mb-1\">\n                            Studies\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div class=\"value fw-bold\">Interaction Design<\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                          <\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n        id=\"\"\n        class=\"wp-block-person-card margin-bottom-normal\"\n    >\n        <div class=\"container-lg\">\n            <div class=\"row justify-content-around\">\n                <div class=\"col-8 col-sm-6 col-md-12\">\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/en\/university\/person\/michael-kernbichler\"\n    class=\"person-card\">\n    <div class=\"border border-light h-100\">\n\n        <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n            <picture>\n        <img decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"img-fluid\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/online.fh-joanneum.at\/JOANNEUMonline\/visitenkarte.showImage?pPersonenGruppe=3&amp;pPersonenId=BEB63F8E44D13C22\"\n        alt=\"\"\n        title=\"\"\n                 onerror=\"this.src = 'https:\/\/www.fh-joanneum.at\/app\/themes\/fh\/public\/images\/avatar_dummy.e5edf9.png'\"     >\n<\/picture>\n\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"p-2 p-xl-3\">\n                        <h6>Michael Kernbichler<\/h6>\n                            <p class=\"mb-1 hyphens\"> BA MA<\/p>\n                        <p class=\"mb-0 hyphens\">\n              Lecturer\n            <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/a>                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"d-none d-md-flex col-md-1 seperator-column\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8 order-0 order-md-1\">\n    \n<div\n    id=\"\"\n    class=\"wp-block-intro-text margin-bottom-normal\"\n>\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                <div class=\"major-text-color fst-italic\"><p>This project explores how virtual reality can support young people in career orientation. A prototype tested in a workshop demonstrates that VR offers innovative and engaging ways to present vocational professions, close knowledge gaps, and counteract unrealistic expectations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-text-content margin-bottom-normal\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                <p>Career orientation is an integral part of young people&rsquo;s development. Due to the large number of occupational fields, it is not easy to maintain an overview. It is also difficult to gain insights into every profession and try them out in practice. Conventional methods of communicating information about professions are reaching young people less and less.<\/p>\n<p>It is, therefore, necessary to develop new approaches incorporating digitalisation and modernizing career orientation. This study examined what measures are required to support young people in their career guidance with the help of a virtual reality application. It also investigated whether virtual reality could increase interest in the profession presented.<\/p>\n<p>The landscape gardener apprenticeship was selected as the use case for developing a virtual reality prototype. The development was based on a qualitative approach in which landscape gardening and virtual reality experts were interviewed. The data obtained was then combined with theoretical principles.<\/p>\n<p>The prototype was designed iteratively using design thinking methods. Seven students tested the prototype in a pretest-posttest workshop at the Strassgang secondary school in Graz to validate the research question. A questionnaire was used to evaluate the perception and impact of the application. The results show that virtual reality offers an innovative method for presenting apprenticeships. Virtual reality technology can increase the attractiveness of professions, close knowledge gaps, and reduce bias. 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