In Beijing, VR glasses were used for the first time as evidence in court - and in a murder case at that. The only witness had to re-enact the crime with HTC Vive on his head.
The state news agency Xinhua reportsOn 1 March, a virtual reality simulation was used for the first time as evidence in a Beijing court. The case involved the murder of a young woman who was stabbed to death with a knife during a relationship dispute in September 2017.
The only witness to the murder put on VR goggles in the courtroom and reenacted the crime step by step and three-dimensionally in a VR simulation. While he virtually went through the murder again, he explained the sequence of events.
The simulation was simultaneously displayed on a screen to the participants of the trial. The aim of the action was to give the judges and lawyers in the courtroom a true-to-life impression of the course of events.
Evidence in VR: "More Direct and Transparent"
Evidence visualisation using VR glasses is to be used in more of China's courtrooms in the future. It is part of a new "evidence visualisation system" that is to replace outdated presentation methods. Normally, evidence is shown orally or as a PowerPoint presentation, a court spokesperson explains. VR visualisation is "more direct and transparent" in comparison.
VR goggles are also approved for use as evidence in Germany, as we have already reports have. In another Report, we showed how the police reconstructed crime scenes on the computer in 3D to solve criminal cases.
Source: VRODO
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