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3D Video Game Collaboration Used To Solve Crimes

Posted by Soulskill on from the world-of-csi-craft dept.

eldavojohn writes "Reuters explains how the National Science Foundation's Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) program is funding research used to implement real life crimes in a CSI-like game. They will use IC-CRIME's laser scanner technology and the Unity platform (which recently enjoyed the release of a freeware version) to recreate the crime scene as closely as possible. The crime scene will then be hosted for multiple remote crime scene investigators to explore concurrently while discussing what they see, sharing their data and experience as well as learning and asking questions."

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  1. RE: by sifRAWR · · Score: 2, Funny

    "...while discussing what they see, sharing their data and experience as well as learning and asking questions." Murder, what could possibly bring people closer together?

  2. Re: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Incest?

  3. Awful idea by l00sr · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reuters explains how the National Science Foundation's Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) program is funding research used to implement real life crimes in a CSI-like game.

    So, by shooting someone in the game, they'll end up actually shooting someone in real life? That sounds like an awful idea.

  4. Re:Similar Experience by MrRTFM · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeh, it makes it nice and easy for the jury to see the glittering murder weapon with a question mark over it.

    Best of all they get XP and rep when they complete the quest!

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