CSI4FSRTM -- A Markerless Augmented Reality Application for Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation Trainin

Crime scene investigation (CSI) is an important part of the forensic science curriculum both at the graduate and undergraduate level. An augmented reality application written for a mobile broadband device, such as a smartphone, can be used by CSI instructors as part of the students' training. By projecting interactive objects over a real-world display and receiving information from those interactive objects, forensic science students can enhance their skills by learning to better examine a crime scene from the clues received from those augmented reality objects. The infrastructure that allows the use of augmented reality applications for both education and entertainment is already built in to smartphones. This capstone reports on the design and development of an application for Android smartphones -- Crime Scene Investigation for Forensic Science (CSI4FSRTM) -- that specifically targets CSI training for forensic science students through a markerless augmented reality application.;CSI4FSRTM takes advantage of the ubiquitous nature of smartphones and the general ease with which current college students are able to manipulate those devices. Two sworn law enforcement officers, who are experienced crime scene investigators and adjunct professors in a graduate forensic science program, served as the subject matter experts for this application. The goal of this mobile application is to enhance CSI training by adapting existing CSI curriculum information and presenting that information in an innovative way to the student.