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Cops Are Testing Apple Vision Pro For Use In Surveillance
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department is piloting the VR headsets to create a virtual version of its crime centers, where cops monitor surveillance data in real time.
P olice departments in California have started testing Apple’s mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, which they plan to use for viewing surveillance feeds, accessing law enforcement databases and chasing down suspected crimes. Last month, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department demoed the Apple Vision Pro as it looks to add capabilities in its Real-Time Operations Center, a new unit within the agency that pools together all manner of data, from license plate reads to mobile phone locations to historical criminal records. Orange County Sheriff’s Department CIO Dave Fontneau told Forbes that he’d used the headset to remotely access a virtual version of that real-time crime center, from which he could view maps and police databases, and subsequently do things like deploy officers to a location.
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