South Korea Deploys Hologram Police Officer
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South Korea has deployed a hologram police officer to deter crime in a park, sparking discussion on the effectiveness of this technology and its potential applications, as well as skepticism about its true impact.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%27s_ghost
> people were too scared to enter a park with a “ghost police officer”
Was the reduction of crime caused by the image or by the cameras?
Looking around, Numbeo keeps an index every year, and for South Korea in general it went from 25.5 to 24.9 for 2023->2024, with a general downward trend since 2021.
Cute story, but looks like crime rate is going down more broadly ?
https://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp?title=2...
https://www.numbeo.com/crime/rankings_by_country.jsp?title=2...
> The police installed human-sized holograms in this park last October. The videos played daily from 7 PM to 10 PM. Analyzing crime occurrences for eight months until May of this year, it was found that the number of major crimes (murder, robbery, rape, theft, violence) within the park's radius decreased by about 22% compared to the same period before the installation (October 2023 to May 2024). This park was a place with frequent reports due to drinking, alcohol-related violence, and disturbances.
https://youtu.be/Sj2Rl4SOJe8
This looks more like a… projection? Not exactly my Star Wars fantasy
https://speld.nl/2022/05/31/schiphol-zet-hologrammen-in-van-...
(The reminder that there are real security cameras might be more effective though)