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Virtual Reality Technology in Crime Scene Investigations

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Virtual Reality (VR) is used in various different fields, such as education, medicine, and entertainment. For each, it provides individual benefits and exciting new opportunities. One interesting use case of VR are criminal investigations, where it can be applied to aid investigators in the process of solving a criminal case. Against this backdrop, the objective of this project is to create a VR application showcasing how VR is used in crime scene investigations (CSI). CSI: VR CSI: VR is a mobile VR experience in which the user takes part in a guided tour explaining the use of VR in criminal investigations. CSI: VR mobile app Process  Research Foto by kat wilcox at Pexels   VR is already used in solving criminal cases around the world. In addition to photography and video recording, many forensic laboratories worldwide are using laser scanners to document crime scene information in a three-dimensional (3D) space. These 3D coordinates are then combi...

Udacity Virtual Reality Project

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One part of the Udacity VR Developer Nanodegree Program is to run through a full development cycle creating a small and simple puzzle app for mobile VR: Starting with basic design questions that facilitate the creation of an easy to use, immersive VR app to, subsequently, verifying the design decisions with user tests and, finally, making adaptions according to the collected feedback. Puzzler The Puzzler app is a simple "Simon says"-like game in which the user has to activate floating orbs in a specific sequence in order to escape a closed setting. Puzzler VR mobile App Process  Persona Photo by mentatdgt at Pexels   Since it is a simple app, we assume that our users do not have significant experience with VR and are excited to try apps that enable them to dip in the new VR world. We thus want to keep their excitement up by delivering an immersive VR experience that is easy to make their first steps in. Sketches The closed setting is a dungeon, in w...