Channel 9's new gizmo for 2007/2008: GPS
In the off season, Channel 9 must have a room of boffins brainstorming the next gadget, widget or hi-tech gizmo to add to the orgy of eye candy displayed in their cricket coverage. This year, it's GPS:
In a world first for cricket coverage, several Australian players will wear Global Positioning System vests during next week's Twenty20 international against New Zealand at the WACA Ground. By doing so, Nine will be able to telecast data, including players' heart rates, and the distances they cover and speeds they reach during a match.Hawkeye, Hot Spot and the endless stream of obscure statistics and mind-numbing trivia quizzes isn't enough. Now we'll be treated with Mike Hussey's speed between the wickets, Brett Lee's heart rate and how many metres Andrew Symonds has traversed in the covers. How will this information be presented? I'm thinking the marines control centre in Aliens, with a room of screens spitting out vital statistics and a video feed from each marine. Perhaps when a batsman is dismissed, his vital statistics should flatline, like one of Ripley's marines bagged by an alien.
And one wonders where this technology will end. Will the players eventually be wearing reflective motion capture balls over a black suit a la Andy Serkis in Lord of the Rings. The information could be fed into a computer which interfaced with Hawk-eye reproduces the game in virtual reality. The next step will be transmitting the live data to viewers' households with a Wii console - viewers could play the role of batsman in real time. Actually, that sounds pretty cool!
| Posted by JC on Thu 6 Dec |  1 comments |
I can not understand why the Australians are being such sooks. I am Australian born from Italian migrants and have been on the end of racist comment all my life. I noticed on the coverage yesterday, during the setup where the viewer was to be the umpire on decisions that Ian Healy passed comment that the wicket keeper was "Australia's first Italian keeper' Are we not all Australians and are we not all from other parts of the world. Oh has he forgotten about Mike Valetta?
Grow up Aussies and cop it on the chin, like others have everyday of there lives. Now it comes down to which words are appropriate to use. I am sorry but it’s not. I hope that everyone looks into their hearts and wonder why the world is in the state it is.
Posted by Anthony on 2008-01-05 10:32:49
Grow up Aussies and cop it on the chin, like others have everyday of there lives. Now it comes down to which words are appropriate to use. I am sorry but it’s not. I hope that everyone looks into their hearts and wonder why the world is in the state it is.
Posted by Anthony on 2008-01-05 10:32:49
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