Unity to catch criminals

[scarpelius]

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5AQ07P20091127

NC State recently received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) program to help lay a foundation that promotes greater collaboration in the field of forensic science - a platform they call IC-CRIME (interdisciplinary, cyber-enabled crime reconstruction through innovative methodology and engagement).
The IC-CRIME platform will employ the latest in 3-D laser scanning technologies and run on the Unity game engine technology, which powers over 50 commercial games like “Fall Fusion” and “VooDude.”

[absolutebreeze]

Wow - thats a cool use of Unity!

[SimonAlkemade]

This proves that Unity can be so much more than just a game engine

[anon_2074824]

Very cool indeed, im glad they chose Unity and would really like to see the result.

Next up, Unity cures cancer and bakes cake.

[n0mad]

LoL, that’s simply outstandingly awesome !

[saymoo]

:!:
but with one catch: they use the source code license, so they can tweak/alter the engine severly.
making it a custom engine, based on some components of unity base.
Nevertheless, a good boost for the creators of unity.

[AndrewGrayGames]

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Unity cures cancer and bakes cake.

Screw cancer, gimme the cake. :twisted:

But seriously, this is a great use for Unity! I hope it works out well.

[Jessy]

“Fall Fusion”

I can’t wait until Winter Fusion is out for Christmas!

[cannon]

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:!: http://forum.unity3d.com/posting.php?mode=quote&p=235753
but with one catch: they use the source code license, so they can tweak/alter the engine severly.
making it a custom engine, based on some components of unity base.

I’m curious, why would they use the source license?
I don’t see it mentioned in the article, and from what I’ve read of what they’re doing I don’t really see anything that should require source. Maybe that expensive web caching feature, but why source?

[AmazingRuss]

Somebody is a good salesman, and somebody had some stimulus funds to burn.

[anon_94270095]

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Unity cures cancer and bakes cake.

Screw cancer, gimme the cake. :twisted:.

The cake better not be a lie…

[KHopcraft]

This is really awesome. Go unity.