Interdisciplinary Aspects of the Introduction of Virtual Reality Technologies in Court Proceedings

Abstract

Modern law is closely interrelated with the active development of high technologies. Judges, prosecutors, lawyers, as well as other participants of court proceedings are gradually introducing elements of digitalization into their activities. In some countries, neural networks are already being used to help the judge in making a decision in the case under consideration, and also consider court cases in the metaverse. However, any high-tech tools that are easy enough to integrate, for example, into the business sphere, are introduced into law with certain restrictions. They include normative and legal regulation, technological solutions, and digital literacy of the population. However, even all these conditions being provided, the consideration of civil and criminal cases in virtual reality is quite a difficult task. Jurisprudence traditionally remains one of the most conservative institutions, extremely reluctant to introduce high technologies. This paper, taking into account the experience of the courts of Colombia in the consideration of cases in the metaverse, elucidates technical and legal aspects of the introduction of virtual reality technologies in the consideration of civil and criminal cases by Russian courts. The authors analyze the implementation of the principles of legal proceedings, the rights of participants, identity verification and the flow of information.