Forensic Detective
NeoPangea's detective game moves from mobile to a full VR crime scene.
- VR development
- Interaction design
- Prototyping
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NeoPangea
Forensic Detective
Take an award-winning detective game into VR.
The objective
Forensic Detective started as an award-winning mobile experience by NeoPangea. We took the idea into VR to see how far it could go on Meta Quest.
Research already points to VR as a serious training tool for crime scene investigation, including a 2024 Journal of Criminal Justice Education study.
The experience
You start in a futuristic holographic crime lab. SIDD, an AI drone, briefs you and reveals a life-size crime scene to examine: a victim, bullet casings and a shoe print.
POC validated
NeoPangea's FWA-winning mobile app, rebuilt in VR for Meta Quest
14.8M
Quest 2 headsets sold by 2022
75.7%
of XR shipments are Meta devices
The outcome
The result is a working VR proof of concept that brings the original mobile experience to Meta Quest.
Inside the crime lab.
Enter the holodeck.
The lights come up on a futuristic crime lab.
A glitchy logo sequence opens into a dim holographic lab where the investigation begins.
Meet SIDD.
An AI drone scans you and gives the briefing.
SIDD flies over, identifies you and opens a holographic message from the chief that sets your role and the stakes.
Examine the scene.
A life-size hologram of the crime appears.
Players look over the victim, bullet casings and a shoe print. Overlays reveal the caliber, the shoe size and the time of death.
Read about the original game.
NeoPangea's mobile Forensic Detective won an FWA award.
See the FWA announcement- Format
- VR proof of concept for Meta Quest
- Client
- NeoPangea
- Origin
- NeoPangea's award-winning mobile game
- Our role
- R&D and VR development of the proof of concept
- Delivery
- Playable VR build with voiced briefings and evidence overlays
- Audience
- VR players and investigation trainees