A trial to summon the witness to the murder scene by reproducing the homicide at VR will be held in China

bythinkingdigital

With VR you canWalking around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,Participating in the live of DelemasAlthough it can be done, it is reported in China how "a court trial using VR was done".

Appeal "Appearance Indicator Visualization System" Proposal Beijing One House of Representatives Open Garden - Beijing City First Intermediate People's Court Network
http://bj1zy.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2018/03/id/3216367.shtml

Chinese Courtroom Uses VR to Revisit Crime Scene - VRScout
https://vrscout.com/news/chinese-courtroom-vr-crime-scene/

In criminal cases such as injuries and murders, the police conducting the investigation of the case accompanies the suspects to conduct on-site verification and commentary judgment, reproduce the site to gather evidence that the lawyer is advantageous to the accused I will do experiments. However, it was difficult to reproduce the circumstances of the incident in the court where the trial was actually held, and it was all it was to reproduce the contents verified in another place by testimony.

On March 1, 2018, the ChineseBeijing Municipal First Intermediate People's CourtAt the court of the murder case carried out at, it was preparedHTC ViveThe headset was worn by the witness of the murder case and returned to the site of the murder case reproduced in the VR space and said that action at the time was reproduced. Mr. Zhang who became the defendant in this case was charged with murdering girlfriend Liu on Beijing office building on September 13, 2017.


On the projector screen of the court, the VR space of the murder scene was displayed, and everyone in court such as a judge, a lawyer, a prosecutor etc. was able to see the situation seen by Mr. Dong colleague of the victim who is a witness . Mr. Zhang visited Mr. Liu who works for the office building which became the scene of the incident, and said that it had quarreled. As a result of the quarrel's heat up, Mr. Zhang hurt his body with a knife and then stabbed Liu to kill him.

Mr. Dong of the witness is said to have testified Mr. Zhang and Liu's behavior in the VR space where the office building which became the site was reproduced. Mr. Dong said, "I was standing behind Liu back then, when Mr. Zhang realized that Liu's answer can not be drawn, I started to pierce myself with a knife."

byArs Electronica

This case was the first case in which VR was used in China, but the method of reproducing the site in VR at court is considered effective in a court where jurors and judges selected from the general public participate. Prosecutors and lawyers who are experienced in trials and criminal cases can understand the incident scene only by documents, photographs, movies, but for ordinary people who are not accustomed to the trial they imagine the incident scene only with those evidences It is a difficult task. By making effective use of VR as a trial, it may become more deliberate and a clear trial will be carried out.