Technologies for Criminal Investigations

Type Company

Research Group

Date

Februari 2025 – June 2025

Learned

Unreal VR, Superplat, Unreal UI (Unreal Motion Graphics), 3D Gaussian Splatting, Document Layout

Overview

I did an internship for 5 month at the research group of TCI. In this internship I was working in Unreal to improve a proof of concept that they had in which people could reconstruct crime scenes, and look through the scene, and its evidence in VR. I’ve improved a lot of UI aspect, and made reduced the cybersickness to a minimum. I also showcased the application at various events.
Data Tables, and a template scene were also made to make the development easier for future developers.

What Learned

Throughout these months I’ve learned a lot about how UI is created in Unreal, and how you can make a functional VR application in Unreal. I also learned how to use Supersplat to optimize the scenes, which were created with the 3D Gaussian Splatting method. Lastly I’ve also learned how to make template scenes in Unreal for quicker development of the application.

Working in a research group has also taught me a lot, as I’ve got more information on how to make professional looking documents, and how to properly conduct research, and testing.
The research group did give me some opportunities to showcase the application to various stakeholders and future users. This has improved my presentation skills even more.