XR at the Dutch Police

XR core group EuCB

9 december 2022
Gerard ten Buuren
Technology advisor at the Netherlands Police
The Netherlands Police
• 65,000 employees
• 51,000 police officers
• Main task
• Crime fighting
• Enforce the law
• Helping in emergency situations
• Our core values
• Courageous, reliable, unifying and honest

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XR possibility's for the Police
1. Forensics (freeze a crime scene)
2. Criminal investigation dept.
3. Training and support Police officers
4. Specialist Police teams
5. Coordinating Police tasks

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EuCB XR core group
• 40 Police officers in the field of XR
• 10 EU countries
• Belgium and the Netherlands in the lead

• Field of interest
• Crime scene; visualisation and annotation
• Operational Decision-making; planning and live
• Training; shooting range and decision making
• Metaverse; policing and internal use

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Possibilities XR

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VR training Unit Den Haag and the Police Academy

December 2021
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Training crime scene Unit Amsterdam

Januari 2020
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3D scanning

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Police and AR
1. Navigation
2. POI
3. Vuzix Blade
realworld VR

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VTOD app
1. 10 weeks student project
2. PoC house search app
3. iPhone /iPad 12 pro

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From 2D cam to 3D

Project Watchfull eye Q1,2 2022

Project Talos in progress

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Robotics and XR
• High resolution Lidar scan
• Direct 3D scan of the Spot
• Spot feedback in VR

Source: Aaron Knoop GLU Source: Max van Schendel TUDelft

December 2021
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iPhone
1. Basic “low res” solution
2. Cheap, simple and fast
3. Upload to a Oculus Quest (beta)

3D scanner app Source: Aaron Knoop (Beta)

Scaniverse app December 2021
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Other Proof of Concept

December
Januari 2021
2020
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Operational use

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XR technology GAP

GAP

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The future is nearby
• Common Operational Picture in 3D
 Centralized information and collaboration platform
 Immersive single source of truth
• Location independent
• Time independent
• Device independent
 VR/MR/Laptop/monitor

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Questions?
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