The OpenCrimeScene project is a research
project on developing a 3D learning environment for virtual crime scene
investigations. The project was brought into being by the University of
the Police of Saxony-Anhalt and the Computer Graphics and Interactive
Systems Group of the University of Magdeburg in September 2005. The
virtual crime scene is developed by members of the graphics group at
the Department of Simulation and Graphics in close collaboration with
the University of the Police.
Goals
Allow
the teacher to set up a virtual crime scene, to arrange traces, and to
prepare the virtual examination (e.g. place questions).
Allow
the student to recapitulate what he/she has learned in practical
experience within a virtual learning environment (e.g. secure traces).
Examine the student's virtual crime scene investigations and analyze his or her behaviour (manually and automatically).
Roadmap
The
virtual crime scene features an interesting set of research topics for
computer graphics. Currently six to seven teams (master and pre-degree
students) are working on realizing a virtual learning environment
focused on crime scene investigations. These topics range from general
(e.g. how to animate a character) to specific (e.g. how to model
fingerprints). The following list gives an overview of what is going to be done: