Published Monday 15 March 2010 by Mark Brindle in Video Production

Filming forensic scenes and interview for Viewnet geo-tagging VR project

As part of a new project by 3C Research entitled Viewnet, we have been filming the first of three scenarios that will demonstrate the uses of geo-tagging software in real-life, professional situations. The project led by University of Bristol Maths and engineering departments involves Geo-tagging of a live video feed to allow real-time annotations that can be viewed and changed later in a virtual reality (VR) envirnoment.

We were joined on-set by Sarah James (pictured above), a real life forensic investigator, who not only delivered a professional interview about her work and how it might be helped by the proposed VR technology, but also carried out a CSI forensic examination of our mock-up 'murder scene' for the film.

On set we were joined by Matt Biggs from Artaura who took on sound recording duties, and Croyde Sax legend Nick Austin kindly put on a paper suit to play a crime scene investigator for us along with Janet Reynolds.

Forensic film recording for Viewnet video - Sarah James interview with crime scene backdrop