V-SIM is transforming investigations and reconstructions with advanced, physics-based visualisation and simulation technology
Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon and CYBID, have teamed up to bring investigators and reconstructionists a state-of-the-art solution: the Forensic Software Suite. This suite combines the power of Leica Geosystems’ Laser Scanners, RTC360 and BLK360, with the cutting-edge V-SIM Forensic Platform, offering unparalleled documentation, forensic analysis, and event reconstruction capabilities.
Imagine virtually stepping into a crime scene, a traffic accident, or a fire incident and exploring every detail as if you were there. The Forensic Software Suite makes this possible with CYBID’s V-SIM. The system utilises dynamic simulations and advanced animations, enabling investigations into traffic, crime, and fire-related incidents. It features advanced simulation capabilities and high-quality animations that set a new standard in the market.
From importing and integrating various types of measurement data to scene analysis and 2D/3D documentation development, the suite comprehensively covers every stage of the investigation process. Dynamic simulations and advanced animations bring events to life, allowing investigators to reconstruct incidents accurately.
Tailored Solutions for Every Investigator
The Forensic Software Suite’s modular structure ensures scalability and customisation to meet the specific needs of specialists and experts at each stage of the investigation. The suite’s intuitive interface, efficiency-enhancing tools, task automation, and AI-driven algorithms significantly improve productivity and credibility. Advanced mathematical modelling guarantees the reliability of the analysis and reconstruction, all presented in a user-friendly manner.
3D Reality Capture by Leica Geosystems
As an accident reconstructionist or crime scene investigator, you can rely on our high-performance laser scanners to capture every detail of accident and crime scenes, as well as the surroundings, quickly, safely, and in high quality. Whether you need industry-leading accuracy to capture evidence or rugged durability for operations in challenging terrain and under difficult conditions, our laser scanners support you at every investigation step. With the ability to quickly capture a full-dome scan with High-Dynamic Range (HDR) images at high speeds or the convenience of scanning at the touch of a button while simultaneously capturing 360° photos with a compact device, our laser scanners are designed to meet every challenge and fit every budget.
Leica RTC360 Laser Scanner:
Makes 3D reality capture faster than ever before. The Leica RTC360 Laser Scanner provides fast, precise, and comprehensive 3D documentation for indoor and outdoor crime, crash, or fire scenes, as well as evidence. It creates a re-visitable Forensic Digital Twin and can produce a scan with a maximum range of 130 meters in under 2 minutes, setting a new standard for speed and efficiency in 3D reality capture.
Leica BLK360 Laser Scanner:
Smallest and lightest imaging laser scanner. Experience one-button rapid scanning for crash and crime scene documentation in 360° without compromising quality. The BLK360 captures a full scan with spherical images in just twenty seconds! With live feedback on your mobile device, you can be sure you’ve captured everything you need in 3D.
V-SIM Forensic Platform
CYBID’s advanced platform, featuring crash- and crime-focused modules, offers unparalleled software solutions to traffic, crime, and fire investigators. Physics-based simulations and high-quality animations cover every stage of scene documentation, from data integration and analysis to dynamic reconstructions. The platform’s modular design allows user-friendly customisation, while an intuitive interface, AI-driven tools, and task automation boost productivity and credibility. The platform includes photogrammetric processing for creating metric images and detailed visualisations from photos and videos. It also features an immersive VR-based system for exploring, investigating, and training in virtual scenes, with realistic environments and comprehensive documentation capabilities.
The V-SIM Forensic Platform offers investigators and reconstructionists unique working capabilities, providing unmatched performance and reliability. We also offer comprehensive support and training options to ensure that you can maximise the platform’s capabilities from day one.
Key Functionalities of V-SIM’s CRASH and CRIME Modules
Simulation:
Experience realistic motion modelling based on the built-in physics engine for people and vehicles. This includes numerical models for the human body, scooters, and bicycles, enabling biomechanical analyses of accidents involving vulnerable road users and passengers in motor vehicles.
Pre-Made and Custom Animations:
Utilise libraries of pre-made animations for human movements and actions or create custom animations to reconstruct event hypotheses, verify testimonies, and analyse forensic scenarios.
Advanced Forensic Analysis:
Conduct collision analyses, time-distance studies, bullet trajectory analysis, bloodstain pattern analysis, and visibility studies with precision.
Comprehensive Data Integration: Import point clouds, orthophotos, images, terrain models, and other external measurement data to create digital twins of incident scenes for enhanced analysis and simulation.
Intuitive Tools:
Easily create 2D sketches, 3D visualisations, and dimensioning.
Extensive 3D Object Library:
Access a vast library of 3D objects and import models from online resources.
CRASH Module: Elevating Traffic Accident Investigations
The CRASH module provides comprehensive 2D/3D documentation, analysis, and reconstruction of traffic accidents. It simulates vehicle motion and collisions by the laws of dynamics while analysing pedestrian, passenger, and driver behaviour. Advanced modelling includes numerical vehicle models, driver models, multibody human body models (MULTIBODY), and models for bicycles and scooters.
Crash and Collision Analysis: Perform pedestrian collision analysis and simulate incidents involving motorcyclists, cyclists, and scooter users.
Cutting-Edge Tools & Methods: Use the CRASH3 method, CDR data import, kinematic objects, simulation synchronisation with video recordings, and an optimisation tool for simulation parameters. Analyse visibility range and lighting modelling.
Comprehensive Scene Reconstruction: Import and integrate measurement and external data, reproduce accident scenes, and use dedicated modules for drawing roads, intersections, and road infrastructure.
Extensive Libraries & Database: Access libraries of road markings, 2D/3D vehicle profiles, road infrastructure objects, and traces. Utilise a database of vehicle technical specifications, tools for dimensioning, recreating environmental conditions, and data management.
CRASH Lite: Simplifies 2D/3D documentation and recreation of accident scenes. This basic module can be used for further analysis, simulations, and animations in V-SIM CRASH.
CRIME Module: Enhancing Crime Scene Investigations
The CRIME module provides comprehensive 2D/3D documentation, analysis, reconstruction, and animation of crime, fire, and workplace accidents. Animate various event scenarios by combining character behaviour animation sequences with other object movements’ visualisations. Conduct a forensic analysis of events involving multiple individuals and objects.
Customisable Character: Configure human figures with customisable gender, height, skin colour, facial hair, hairstyle, clothing, and unique traits such as tattoos, scars, or bodily injuries. Visualise dismembered bodies for detailed analysis.
Forensic and Biomechanical Analysis: Utilise the MULTIBODY numerical human body model for biomechanical assessments. Perform bullet trajectory analysis, bloodstain pattern analysis, spatiotemporal studies with built-in speed tables, and visibility/field-of-vision analyses.
Investigation Tools: Recreate camera positions, assign tasks and kinematic relationships to objects from a library, and generate detailed analysis reports—Encode trace labels with RFID tag protection options.
Comprehensive Scene Reconstruction: Import and integrate measurement and external data, reproduce incidents in open terrain or indoor environments, and recreate multi-level buildings. Automatically generate cross-sectional projections. Access dedicated libraries of traces, objects, interior equipment and furnishings, vehicles, and a database of vehicle tech data.
CRIME Lite: Enables 2D/3D documentation and recreation of criminal incidents and workplace environments. accidents. This basic module can be used for further analysis, simulations, and animations in V-SIM CRIME.
PHOTORECT – Image and Video Analysis
PHOTORECT software enables photogrammetric processing of photos, sequences, and video recordings, such as CCTV surveillance footage or documentation of traffic, criminal, or fire incidents. It creates metric images to measure the position, orientation, and dimensions of objects. It can also add detailed visualisations of traces or objects to situational plans and support spatiotemporal movement analysis.
PHOTORECT allows for creating orthophotos and measuring cartometric transformation results. It includes distortion removal and built-in image filters, such as brightness and contrast, levels, blur, sharpening, hue, saturation, colour balance, and negative. The software automatically detects and prepares photogrammetric codes, enables video frame extraction, and saves transformation results for single frames or entire video files.
VR SIMULATOR – Virtual Reality for Education and Analysis of Traffic and Criminal Incidents
The CYBID VR SIMULATOR is an advanced virtual reality-based system fully compatible with the V-SIM simulation platform. It enables immersive exploration of virtual scenes, as well as traffic and crime scene investigation, and execution of inspection procedures. Detect and secure traces, collect data for documentation, and observe event simulations in VR, making it ideal for training individuals investigating traffic and criminal incidents.
The VR SIMULATOR allows for virtual inspections of incident scenes with the ability to collect data for further analysis on the V-SIM simulation platform. This includes securing biological and fingerprint traces, taking measurements, conducting photography, and labelling traces. It also facilitates the presentation of reconstructed scenes and simulations in virtual reality, as well as the creation of custom scenes for event analysis, utilising unique software versions designed to generate VR content. Realistic and interactive environments are developed using LGS measurement systems.
The CYBID VR SIMULATOR is a new dimension in documentation and education, providing a realistic presentation of documentation, animations, and simulations.
Summarising: Why CYBID’s V-SIM Platform Stands Out?
1. Advanced Visualisation
V-SIM converts raw data from Leica RTC360/BLK360 laser scans, drones, and CCTV into high-fidelity, interactive 3D environments.
Supports cinematic outputs and timeline-based storyboards for courtroom-ready presentations, which other forensic software do not emphasise at the same level.
2. Scientific Simulation Engine
Built-in physics engine for dynamic event modelling: multi-vehicle collisions, pedestrian impacts, blast scenarios, and more.
Includes biomechanical analysis and human body numerical models (MULTIBODY), enabling realistic pedestrian and passenger simulations—far beyond the static diagrams typical of FARO Zone or Trimble Reveal.
3. Immersive Virtual Reality
V-SIM integrates VR for scene walkthroughs, training, and courtroom storytelling, allowing stakeholders to experience the reconstructed environment interactively.
FARO and Trimble offer 3D visualisation but lack native VR immersion as part of their core forensic workflow.
4. Modular Architecture
Dedicated modules: CRIME, CRASH, plus VR and Photorect for photogrammetry.
Scalable for agencies of different sizes and case complexities, unlike FARO Zone’s more rigid feature set or Trimble’s hardware-centric approach.
5. Integration with Leica Ecosystem
Seamless compatibility with Leica Geosystems hardware ensures data integrity and workflow efficiency, reducing conversion steps common with the setups other forensic software providers.
The Forensic Software Suite by Leica Geosystems and CYBID is a groundbreaking offering for accident, crime, and fire investigators, as well as reconstructionists. With its advanced tools and capabilities, this suite sets a new standard for forensic investigations, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and comprehensive analysis at every stage. As technology evolves, the Forensic Software Suite will undoubtedly expand its applications, offering even more innovative solutions for these critical fields.
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