Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency
Seoul’s Holographic Police appears every night between 7 pm and 10 pm at Jodong 3 Park
The South Korean police found a form to watch the streets-without tendering agents to the ground. Every night at Judong Park No. 3, in Seoul, a royal holographic police are alive, repeating warnings about CCTV surveillance and ensures that real agents will respond “in real time”.
This is not a public relations maneuver. Holo-agents are an official Seoul Police program, and have been developed by the Hologrammica technological company-which ensures that their virtual police are much more than simple digital decoration.
According to police data cited by the South Korean newspaper, since the “virtual police” were highlighted to the land in October last year, as part of the “Parque Seguro” initiative, the crimes reported in the area about 22% fell. Statistics compare the same times before and after the project starts up.
Although a holographic police cannot make arrests, the police say the mere digital presence is sufficient to dissuade unwanted behaviors.
“Although it was evident, at a closer look, that it was not a real person, the simple perception of police presence It had a significant deterrent effect, ”says police in a statement.
The hologram is about one meter and seventy in height and was modeled from a royal human being. Your appearance is strangeespecially when it illuminates in the dark and warns of the surveillance of the area, says the.
Some people describe the initiative as useful and high technology-others compare it to a fluorescent scarecrow. “But what lightning, there is a ghost police patrolling here, What are people thinking about?”Wrote a user on social networks.
Even so, The psychological effect seems to be resultingat least on paper.
According to the chief of the Jungbu Squad, Ahn Dong-hyunthe hologram “is stating as An intelligent security device“. The official said that plans are already planned to expand this type of dissuasive tools supported by AI to other areas.
South Korea has long been betting on tExperimental Echnology for Public Use – From facial recognition in schools to virtual assistants in train stations. This initiative fits this profile perfectly.
If the reduction in crime It results from true deterrent or just the fact that people Avoid the park for now counting a projection Luminous of authority, continues to know.
The hologram does not move or blink, but its presence is enough to lead many to think twice – and This, apparently, is the main objective.
