Prototype and investigate how the use of high-end mixed reality equipment (Varjo XR-3 and/or Meta Quest Pro) can be used to improve and further develop teaching applications for Welding and Metallurgy in VR/AR/MR. This includes developments of the current application to take full advantage of the features of the Varjo XR-3 and/or Meta Quest Pro, including high-resolution assets in VR and variations of the application for AR/MR.

Prototype and investigate how the addition of animated or pre-recorded virtual agents can be used to improve guidance of students. This includes investigations of how teachers (as creators of teaching material) can create and set up such agents either by recording their actions or otherwise configuring their behavior, as well as how this is best integrated into the current VR application.

Prototype and investigate how the addition of multiuser and a teacher co-present in VR can facilitate better teaching, e.g., by enabling more dynamic and adaptive interactions. In addition to development of the core multiuser functionality a key research question is to investigate which controls the teacher should have access to in VR to be efficient in such a situation, and how such controls should be designed to work well and give the teacher a sense of control and good access to features for guiding students.