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BTown11 Feb 22 2010, 01:52 AM Post #1
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http://gizmodo.com/5476617/apidis-automated-film-crew-could-produce-the-perfect-sports-coverage
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At the end of many sport games, the commentators inevitably give shouts outs to the camera crew, who wave back with toothy smiles. It's a touching, simple "thank you" for covering the game. Sadly, these poor saps are all doomed.

Now, I don't know when the end will come for these unfortunate souls, but I do know what the beginning of the end is called: APIDIS. That's Autonomous Production of Images based on Distributed and Intelligent Sensing to people who enjoy spelling things out, and what it boils down to is a system that combines video streams from several cameras into a kind of "smart" coverage that has little room or tolerance for the inevitable mistakes of carbon-based meat sacks.

Unlike single-minded humans, APIDIS tracks the ball and players simultaneously, using a network of connected cameras. With this network, the system calculates which angle captures the most detail, and displays it to the viewer accordingly.

Even crazier (and the reason why it will truly take off), is a feature that allows coverage to be customized to a user's viewing preferences. Perhaps you're Chelsea captain John Terry's wife, for example, and you want to keep an eye on him for the entire Premiership match against Everton, just in case he tries to have an affair with one of the other player's girlfriends. You can totally do that! Someone already has!

Well, not with John Terry. The match that APIDIS was given custom instructions to cover was a basketball game, so chosen because of that sport's faster pace. It worked, and ESPN is reportedly looking into APIDIS with more than just a passing interest


now we just need computerized, unbiased, announcers!
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timpickett22 Feb 22 2010, 02:01 AM Post #2
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that's pretty interesting. Computers will take over the world eventually. this is just the start of it.
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enemydeservesnomercy Feb 22 2010, 09:37 AM Post #3
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...beyond GREAT for sports fans...but i know a lot of really great guys that will be put out of jobs because of this...
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and the world becomes that much more boring.

sorry, i've got to pass on this. i love the human side to sports and its production. loved the line confrontations in tennis that don't exist anymore, the horrendous reffing mistakes in football...and wouldn't trade harray caray confusing a line drive for a pop-up for anything.

part of sports, its officiating and commentating, is the human angle. i vote 'no'...of course i don't have a vote, but...
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sirbrianwilson Feb 22 2010, 01:56 PM Post #5
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i could see selecting the "don't change anything" option in the APIDIS system. although, being able to pause, rewind and replay in different angles would be fun...

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Thats pretty interesting. Technology is getting ridiculous, and I'm always behind the times.
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ReggJO317 Feb 23 2010, 08:19 PM Post #7
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Thats pretty interesting. Technology is getting ridiculous, and I'm always behind the times.
No wonder. That ass is just too big to be anything but behind.
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