RodJSM
11-07-02, 01:19 PM
Not really PC Gaming but this sounds pretty darn cool. Wouldn't be worth $25, though.
Ernst Poulsen (http://www.poynter.org/tidbits/2002_11_03_tidbitsarchive.htm#85646280) on showing the audience more than what's visible
Normally, sailing is not the greatest spectator sport. Competitions are held miles off the coast, and it's hard to know who's in the lead by maybe five meters, when boats are half a mile apart. However, the 3D VirtualSpectator used by the America's Cup / Louis Vuitton Cup may help make the sport more exciting — especially to enthusiasts around the globe. Install the 13mb program (http://www.louisvuittoncup.yahoo.com/story188.html), pay US$25 (a free demo is available), and you have complete 3D-control of all races. You may choose between aerial cams, course-view, upwind/downwind-cams, a camera on the boat, or any other view.
You get constant updates on the speed of the boats, wind direction, and precise information on who's in the lead. Don't understand the tactics? Just read the written commentary. The feature that I liked best: after races, it's possible to control the speed of the animation, getting the two-hour event down to two minutes. The question is, which other sports could benefit from 3D-animation?
Indeed, what are the possibilities? Baseball used to have a cool online video game-type representation of live games (which I can't seem to find a link for but maybe that's because the season's over). I wondered why other sports didn't have something similar. Maybe live video is getting so easy to do now online there's not the need for it anymore. I can't think of anything better suited for it than sailing though.
Ernst Poulsen (http://www.poynter.org/tidbits/2002_11_03_tidbitsarchive.htm#85646280) on showing the audience more than what's visible
Normally, sailing is not the greatest spectator sport. Competitions are held miles off the coast, and it's hard to know who's in the lead by maybe five meters, when boats are half a mile apart. However, the 3D VirtualSpectator used by the America's Cup / Louis Vuitton Cup may help make the sport more exciting — especially to enthusiasts around the globe. Install the 13mb program (http://www.louisvuittoncup.yahoo.com/story188.html), pay US$25 (a free demo is available), and you have complete 3D-control of all races. You may choose between aerial cams, course-view, upwind/downwind-cams, a camera on the boat, or any other view.
You get constant updates on the speed of the boats, wind direction, and precise information on who's in the lead. Don't understand the tactics? Just read the written commentary. The feature that I liked best: after races, it's possible to control the speed of the animation, getting the two-hour event down to two minutes. The question is, which other sports could benefit from 3D-animation?
Indeed, what are the possibilities? Baseball used to have a cool online video game-type representation of live games (which I can't seem to find a link for but maybe that's because the season's over). I wondered why other sports didn't have something similar. Maybe live video is getting so easy to do now online there's not the need for it anymore. I can't think of anything better suited for it than sailing though.