DEVELOPMENT DESIGN OF VIRTUAL REALITY FOR OPENING CRIMINAL TRIAL SIMULATION IN LEGAL PRACTICE COURSES

Abstract

Legal Practice Courses as a practical course in the Law Study Program of FHISIP Universitas Terbuka. This course aims to hone students' high-level skills through solving various legal cases or what is known as High Order Thinking Skill, which is abbreviated as HOTS. In addition, this course aims to hone students' skills in compiling various documents in court proceedings as well as mastering debating techniques in the answer process in court. Another basic thing that is equally important is to provide students with understanding and experience on how the trial goes. Students need to understand that the course of the trial must comply with legal rules or guidelines (both the Criminal Procedure Code and the Civil Procedure Code). Presenting a trial simulation learning experience directly during a pandemic is a challenge for lecturers of the Practice Experience course in the Legal Studies Program. If at normal times, students can make direct observations at court hearings, then during a pandemic, students make indirect observations through various broadcasts and online trial documentation. To answer these challenges, there needs to be a breakthrough by using artificial intelligence in the form of virtual reality in practical experience courses. The use of virtual reality is focused on simulating the opening of a trial in which several roles are played, including the Registrar, the Panel of Judges, the Defendant, the Public Prosecutor, and Legal Advisor. With the simulation using virtual reality, it is hoped that students will find it easier and clearer to understand the flow of the trial and provide a different, higher quality experience than just making observations online through various broadcast media.