Who here’s been watching Euro 2008? All you English lads, I’m sure, and right from your living room.
Anyway, I only mention the Euros because of this neat camera technology ESPN has this year, Axis. It’s a 360-degree camera the network uses to show instant replays. It makes plain ol’ telestrators look genuinely pedestrian in comparison.
Moving on, I bet those of you who had money on Holland prior to the tournament’s start are happily holding onto your betting receipts right about now. Speaking of which, just how illegal is online betting here in the U.S.? Anyone with any experience in the matter, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
the betting house needs to be based outside of US I think, like Porto Rico, I just realized that I missed out big time on Holland… ! check out http://www.betus.com
Vamos La Furia Roja !!!
In Superbowl XXXV (2001) CBS employed an array of cameras around the endzones to provide a similar effect. It is a cool effect, but definitely not new.
They’re not using a 360-degree camera and its not a “neat camera technology”. They’re just basically putting together stills taken from different perspectives of the same scene to create a computer-generated 3D scene that they can then use to analyze the play with.
At Euro, UEFA provides all the video feeds, so every broadcaster gets the same video feeds from all the different perspectives on the field. ESPN are just making better use of the feeds thats all. In fact, its not an ESPN innovation at all. It’s actually from a Swiss-based company called Liberovision.
I agree with HS. It’s computer-generated. I’ve seen it on austrian TV too and I was very impressed.