Solve crimes in augmented reality by interrogating AI suspects

Time to play some old school good cop bad cop.

Earlier this week, indie game developer Prologue XR released the latest episode of its interactive true crime app CrimeTrip. The app is now available iniOSandandroidAvailable on-device, The Heist of the Century uses Chat-GPT technology, through conversational artificial intelligence (AI) immerse you in realistic interrogation scenarios.

Based on real facts, this latest episode asks you to investigate an armored car heist that took place in the heart of downtown Montreal in 1976. As the lead detective, you'll need to interrogate five unique suspects and convince one of them to become your informant.

Every suspect is powered by Chat-GPT based AI. You can ask almost any question and get realistic and natural responses from each suspect. Azure speech-to-text technology enables you to use your own voice to communicate with AI characters, further putting you in the role of a veteran police officer (and possibly an unruly neurotic).

The CrimeTrip app is built using Unity AR Built with the Foundation game engine. You can scan real-world spaces to generate a virtual interrogation room to explore by moving the environment. According to Prologue XR, this latest episode lasts roughly 45 to 60 minutes. Having said that, conversational AI should provide more than enough opportunities for replayability.

Jonathan Rouxel, Creative Director of Prologue XR, said in the official release: "In our interrogation game, we take advantage of the very powerful characteristics of large language models (LLM), but sometimes produce "made up content", like very smart criminals lie about their own alibi or association." , eliminating the need for scripted animation or dialogue."

CrimeTrip is free to download on iOS and Android devices. For more information, please visithere.