Why
Entering working life involves more than the job itself: introducing yourself in an interview, chatting with colleagues during a break, finding the right tone with a manager. For young people on the autism spectrum, these social moments can be a real hurdle. XR4Inclusion lets them rehearse such situations in a safe setting, as often as they need, before facing them for real.
Co-designed with the field
The simulations are built together with Orif, which supports young people in vocational training and integration, and with the Haute École de Travail Social (HETS) of HES-SO Valais-Wallis. Their professionals bring the situations that matter in practice and how the young people experience them; AppiTech turns them into immersive simulations.
The situations
Coffee break
An informal moment with colleagues: joining the conversation, small talk, knowing when to speak.
Job interview
Introducing yourself, answering questions and talking about your experience with a recruiter.
How it works
Wearing a headset, the young person speaks naturally with a 3D character, pressing a button to talk. The character answers by voice, with lip movements and facial expressions that match what it says, and the scenario unfolds in stages. At the end, the young person receives feedback on the conversation.
Technology
- Unity on Meta Quest and PICO headsets, with an expressive 3D character (lip sync and facial emotions).
- Speech recognition and speech synthesis with Mistral's Voxtral models; the conversation with a DeepSeek language model, and feedback with Mistral Small (cloud services).