Introductions

Crime Scene Virtual Tour (CSVT)3.00 provides a distinctive virtual reality solution for crime scene reconstruction and crime scene investigation, which is used to document and observe and even measure the complete information for crime scene investigation and forensic analysis. Based on 360 degree panoramic images, Crime Scene Virtual Tour is a multi-media tool which integrates original crime scenes, interactive map with radar effect, detailed images, slideshow movie, texts, audios, links, thumbnails, etc.

Main Features:

• 3D Reconstruction:
  Compared with conventional photograph, the field of view of the images in crime scene virtual tour reaches 360 degree, far wider than the former. Crime scene investigators will have an overall idea on the place and never lose any suspicious clew. However, it is not just an album of photographs with 360 degree field of view, but is kind of crime scene reconstruction integrating many elements, which brings you back to the actual place where crime happens, and offers you the opportunity to find the reality in a virtual environment.

  
  

• 3D Measurement:
  In CSVT 3.00, you can measure the distance of any two points in 360 degrees panorama. The measuring result can be accurate to millimetre.

• Simulation:
  You can build crime scene movie with CSVT Publisher which will run automatically when starting virtual tour. Besides, you can simulate crime scene videos with several possibilities and link those videos in the relevant panorama with hotspots.
  

• Documentation:
  Integrated with map, radar effect, detailed image for evidence, text description, simulation video, Crime Scene Virtual Tour will prove its great significance during crime scene investigation and will be more widely used in forensic science. Its capabilities and advantages will continue to impress its users.

Other features:

• Right-click stitching
  After installing CSVT, you will find stitch/batch stitch function in right-click menu when you select several images which are to be stitched into panorama. You need not start program before stitching. This feature will simplify your work and save your time.

• Batch stitching
  You can stitch multiple panoramas, even more than one hundred, at one time by a right-click batch stitching. Such feature will greatly save your time and it may be operated automatically when you are out of office.

• Print
  The whole documentation can be printed easily at any time when you need.

• Full screen
  Double click on scene viewer, map viewer, detailed image viewer to access full screen mode. Another double click will bring you back to normal.

• Hotspot classification
  No matter how many detailed images there are, you can classify them into different folders like Blood folder, Footprint folder, Bullet folder, etc. It will be very easy for you to find the relative images from detailed image list.

• Generate hotspot easily
  You may generate hotspot by dragging panorama, detailed image or map from their list panel to the current panorama/map which is displayed in scene viewer/map viewer.

• Switch among multiple panoramas/maps/detailed images
  All panoramas/detailed images/maps are displayed in their list panel and you can switch them easily.
  

Applications

Crime scene virtual tour can be applied during the process of crime scene investigation as well as case study. There are some main applications of this solution.

• Crime scene investigation and documentation
  Different from regular images, it captures 360 degree field of view, and enables investigators to view the crime scene with an overall idea, and gives the possibility to see every detail. It can also be used as presentation in courtroom and forensic meetings, which is much better than any other evidence and language description.
• Case study and analysis
  Reconstructing a virtual reality environment, this solution makes it easy for you to control the information that provided by the suspect even you have not been the crime scene, as you will have immersive and real feeling of being the right place, which also makes the presentation and analysis become simple and explicit.
• Train staff
  Due to the unique characters of the solution, it can be used in training staff. Giving the virtual environment to your staff, they are able to see and feel what happened in the exact crime scene and simulate to join in a real case.