FOI 22058-25 Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) within police education and training
Request to Northamptonshire Police:
I am conducting PhD research into the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) within police education and training across the UK. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:
1. Does your force currently use Virtual Reality (VR) or Mixed Reality (MR) technologies?
- If yes, please provide a brief description of how they are being used (e.g. training, assessment, guidance, public engagement, etc.).
2. Please specify:
- The project name or topic area where VR/MR is being used.
- The intended outcomes of using VR/MR (e.g. competency testing, assessment, certification, skills training, or awareness exercises).
- The hardware being used (e.g. Pico, Oculus Quest 2, HTC Vive, etc.).
- The software or platform being used (if known).
- Whether the force is using Mixed Reality (e.g. VR integrated with presentations, 360deg imagery, or other media).
- How long the force has been using this technology.
- Any measured or observed outcomes or feedback regarding its effectiveness.
3. If your force is not currently using VR or MR, is there any plan, pilot, or project under development to explore these technologies in the future?
Response:
Freedom Of Information legislation concerns recorded information within an organisation and the authority does not have to answer your question if this would mean creating new information or giving an opinion or judgement that is not already recorded.
1. Searches were conducted within Northamptonshire Police to locate the information and I can now confirm that Northamptonshire Police does not hold any information relative to your request.
2. n/a
3. Searches were conducted within Northamptonshire Police to locate the information and I can now confirm that Northamptonshire Police does not hold any information relative to your request.