AI-assisted Serious Games: Interrogating an Avatar in Virtual Reality

Cutting-edge technologies such as Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence have helped elevate the digital storytelling and gaming experience. Consequently, serious games emerged as a powerful alternative to traditional classroom-based learning in various sectors including the law enforcement sector. In this context, the LAW-GAME project develops a social AI-powered VR game platform targeting specifically the training needs of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs). Focusing on one of the platform’s gaming modes, namely the Police Interrogation, this paper explores the implications of implementing a realistic interactive dialogue among a human player (the police officer) and an AI-assisted non-player character (the suspect).