FEEL - Feeling, Recognising, Assessing, Learning

The FEEL project aims to sustainably improve digital parenting and educational counselling through innovative technologies. We are utilising the diverse potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and extended reality (XR) to develop new, interactive formats that support parents in better understanding and constructively shaping children's feelings, needs and family dynamics.

The focus is on three central areas of application:

1. The development of an AR-supported conversation simulation that allows parents to practise reflecting on and improving their interaction skills in a safe virtual space.
2. An AI-based chatbot that supports parents in analysing their resources and strengths in order to develop individual support paths and action strategies.
3. An immersive VR sequence that enables parents to take the perspective of their child and thus deepen empathy and understanding of the child's experience.

The innovative concept is based on close collaboration between various disciplines, including psychology, social work, media science and design. The aim is to create user-oriented applications that can be integrated intuitively, flexibly and without barriers into different counselling contexts. The project elements are developed, tested and evaluated in several phases to ensure their effectiveness, usability and acceptance in practice. We rely on the continuous involvement of the target groups - parents, professionals and scientists - in order to further develop the applications in line with requirements.

Our approach is based on the belief that using digital media such as XR and AI can make counselling more efficient and strengthen family participation, understanding, and resource competence. Through open publications, workshops and networking activities, we aim to integrate the developed formats into existing counselling systems and promote scientific discussion in the field of digital parent-child interaction.

With FEEL, we are contributing to the digital transformation of parenting counselling, providing family-friendly, resource-oriented, innovative support for everyday life. The project's outcomes are expected to enhance the quality of parenting support in the long term and establish new benchmarks for digital counselling services.