On any given Sunday, you can watch your favorite team; mine the New York Giants, in the most spectacular camera angles. Now a day, the common fan is brought so close to the action of a game through the use of high definition TVs or the use of cameras with precision clarity. How can anyone expect the experience of watching a football game, or any other sporting event for that matter, to increase over the next decade or two? The answer to that question can now be answered with the use of two symbols, 3-D.
The idea of watching TV three dimensionally is something that most cannot recognize as something that technologically, is right around the corner. This form of technology has already been implemented on a very small scale already in the realm of sports. The National Football League and the National Basketball Association both have experimented with this form of broadcasting. The NFL is showing a game for the first time, when it broadcasts the game between the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders. They will use special cameras and this game will be shown in 3-d in three cities; Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. The NBA has also already tested this form of technology when it broadcasted the 2008 All-Star game in Las Vegas in 3-d. As well as, Mark Cuban, owner of the basketball franchise the Dallas Mavericks, has personally broadcasted in a closed setting a game of his team in 3-d in a closed theatre.
The use of 3-d technology in TV, especially for sporting events, is possibly one of the most exciting things I have heard for the future of broadcasting. Sporting events will now be brought into the home, in a way not seen today. The use of High Definition technology, today, is already a huge advancement in the way we view sports, but the use of 3-d technology will revolutionize how sports are viewed for generations to come. The average sports fan will be so involved in the action that they will be able to how this pass was made or why this referee just blew the biggest game of the year. I do wonder how this technology would work within the home. Will you have a bunch of three dimensional figures that are just floating around the room, while you just gaze in wonderment of 320 line man around you? Will you have 7 foot behemoths driving around you looking to score? In many situations, new technologies seem to have drawbacks in their design that will be questioned by consumers, yet in the use of 3-d technology seems to be the quintessential modicum of broadcasting. Athletes and the fan will be brought together through the use of this technology. I would have to wonder if the actual size of the athletes will be broadcasted through the screen, or will it just be a scale model of the athlete within the framework of the game. The thing I want to see is to be watching up close a thunderous alley-oop to LeBron James or the pass from Eli Manning to David Tyree in the Super Bowl in three dimensions. I think it’s going to be the best experience of watching a game, well at least till the next big thing.
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The big question I have about 3-D techonology is about how fast can it be developed for household use. The reason we have movie theatres today is because of the lack of ability to transfer high size and high quality screens to home owners.
I think that its much more likely that '3-D movie theatres' will appear than home 3-D units. These theatres could even be shaped as stadiums in which the players and field/court are in the middle. If the definition is high enough, it may seem like you were at the game.
The biggest experience factor of these stadium theatres could be that you can enjoy 'the game' with other fans! Maybe you want to tailgate 'the game' before heading into the 3-D movie theatre or just want to feel the rush of the croud when something tremedous happens.
While I don't think this techonology will happen anytime soon, I really don't expect home 3-D units to pop up for a long time. If it did materialize, then I could see the 3-D game being viewed through headsets like some video games are known to do. By wearing the head gear over your eyes, you could then control wehre you are sitting in the stadium by use of a joystick.
Unfortunately, I believe that either the stadium or the home theatre would cost a lot. But its a great idea and I would love to see it.
Watching a football game in 3-D sounds amazing and the fact that this is in the making or at least is a thought in the brain of some man that is much smarter than me is exciting. I agree with the first comment in that I believe something like a 3-D movie theater will probably come about before household units. Fans of the Giants who live in Seattle and would love nothing more than to feel the energy of the game would definitely be as close to as satisfied as they could be from across the country.
I do disagree with the first comment in that I feel as though this idea will happen very soon. Technology has been rapidly changing/improving in the past 10 yrs beyond what any of us could believed. When youre at home watching HD a sentence your likely to hear is "Wow its like your at the game!" I believe the only next step is to watch a game in 3-D. Now, whether it is going to be a life-sized hologram of Peyton Manning throwing a pass over my recliner, a pair of 3-D goggles (that will have to not make you look like Cyclops), or just 3-D imagery that extends out of your television on the same scale as the size of your TV, I couldnt say. Either way, I see this happening sooner rather than later and would love to experience such a technological advancement myself.
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