Crystal Ball reveals future careers at Dubai Expo 2020

The Cystal Ball has turned out to be a real attraction. The only positive problem is that our stand is very crowded.
–Pasi Tuominen, Project Director at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences

Earlier this year, we reported about the upcoming showcase of Crystal Ball at the Dubai World Expo 2020. The solution is made by Haaga-Helia Unversity of Applied Sciences and enabled by Headai, Stereoscape, and Realfiction. It is one of the real attractions at Finland Pavilion offering a very spectacular view of future careers. The Dubai World Expo was supposed to be arranged last year but the whole event was postponed from the original schedule to this autumn, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The skills of an educame developer are visualized in a hologram.

The solution takes individuals, companies, education, and labor markets, and connects their skills by utilizing Headai’s Cognitive artificial intelligence. Along Headai and Haaga-Helia, the solution is enabled by Stereoscape and Realfiction. With AI, it is possible to anticipate the future skill needs of different industries and develop curricula to teach the right subjects and skills.

The globe hologram is presented connecting jobs and skills across the continents.

We at Headai took a virtual tool around the Finnish pavilion. You can take yours at 360 tour.

What does the Crystal Ball Reveal?

It is based on labor market data that covers five cities around the world: Helsinki, Austin, Dubai, Singapore, and Nairobi, and consists of tens of thousands of job ads from 12 months period. The Crystal Ball enables digging into 5 profiles/professions and simulating them with the skills that can be learned from five education programs of Haaga-Helia UAS. Finally, the whole globe hologram can be discovered to find jobs and the skill sets related to them. All in all, the Crystal Ball connects education, skills, jobs, and archetype roles in an interesting way.

The Solution

HeadAI created an AI-empowered simulation of skills, competencies, personalities needed in different positions/jobs. This simulation was cross-referenced with Haaga-Helia UAS educational offering, hence the variety of diplomas and degrees preparing students for hundreds of different jobs and fields. HeadAI discovered open vacancies in 10 major cities in the world. The visualizations were build using The Dreamoc, which gives an illusion of the science fiction hologram. A globe (crystal ball) with recognizable details of chosen major cities. Selected “skills set” and “employer profile” pops out in different areas according to the demand (open vacancies).