Vincenzo Rinaldi
Senior Research Engineer
Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, School of Science and Engineering
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Biography
Vincenzo Rinaldi is a VR/AR Application Specialist at the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS), University of Dundee (UoD), UK. Before his appointment at the UoD, he worked as a Research and Development Engineer, looking into implementing Extended Reality (XR) as an enhancement tool for museums, medical education and security.
He graduated cum laude with a master’s degree in Software Engineering at the University of Catania, IT. At LRCFS, he led a research project that received recognition in 2023 with The Herald Higher Education Awards: Innovative Use of Technology Award in Glasgow (UK). Additionally, he received the Engaged Early Career Researcher of the Year - Stephen Fry Award 2024 at the UoD.
His current research interests deal with innovative ways of 3D digitalisation and visualisation of crime scenes by creating acquisition standards and estimating how XR could aid with training, competence testing and investigations.
Research projects
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Research project
This project will explore the use of 5G technology to speed up the image capture and reconstruction of indoor and outdoor crime scenes for Virtual Reality.
Research project
We are developing new avenues of research, collaboration, education and training using Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) tools.
Stories
Feature
The Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science is a winner of the Tay5G Challenge Fund for Promising Innovations for their work on creating accurate virtual reality (VR) representations of crime scenes.
Press release
Virtual reality (VR) technology to assist in the investigation of crime scenes and fires could soon be used across Europe
Feature
LRCFS hosted the European Network of Forensic Science Institute 2024 Seminar: “Visualising the Future” with 67 attendees from 19 countries. The event focused on the recording of crime scenes using photography and 3D imaging methods.
