While we're limited to
merely 3DTV depictions of the 2010 World Cup, Japan is letting its freak flag fly in a proposal to host the 2022 matches with a concept envisioning matches captured by 200 HD cameras, then projected as fully 3D images onto real fields in other countries. Just in case technology hasn't advanced that far in the next decade plus, there's also the possibility of positioning mics underneath the playing surface to catch every sound, with all of this powered by solar panels plus the kinetic energy created by a stadium full of fans. Even committee director of technology Jun Murai admits the proposal "smacks of science fiction" but seriously, this is Japan we're talking about -- if the beautiful game is still being played by non-augmented human beings and not a
squad of
robots we'll be surprised. Either way, someone should put
Wolf Blitzer and Will.I.Am on standby just in case.
posted May 20th 2010 7:58AM
I would still beat him ;)
Thats the 3D I'm talkin about! .. woo yeah ..
Forget football, I want to be able to watch Gundam robots fight each other in holographic 3D!
I'm busy in 2022... how about 2023?
@pantheman75
No, it's hosted every 6 years, so you'll have to wait 'till 2028.
@onlymyrailgun its hosted every 4yearr
@onlymyrailgun correction fail.
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@onlymyrailgun
I expected as much...
WOW... if they can transmit it in real-size to football stadiums around the world... uh... maybe nobody will have to pay the outrageous price of flight tickets to Japan.
freak flag fly? You got that from mbmbam.com.
I love that podcast.
@leemahi
White-collar conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me.
They're hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high . . . HIGH!
@rbj
haha i read it and it sounded familiar. Hendrix!
WOW simply amazing, i really hope this comes out
I'm thinking the next business to start is mass-producing those tiny carpet soccer fields; the Japanese seem to buy a lot of them.
In the late 80's I had a dear friend that had just graduated from DeVry. His dream in life was to work on true 3D holographic television. Basically he wanted everyone to watch football, baseball, soccer, etc on their coffee table. Sadly cancer took his life only a few years out of school.
It would be awesome to see this come to fruition. That would make Chris' family and his old friends very happy indeed.
@sweet greggo
I hate this place.
In the late 80's I had a dear friend that had just graduated from DeVry. His dream in life was to work on true 3D holographic television. Basically he wanted everyone to watch football, baseball, soccer, etc on their coffee table. Sadly cancer took his life only a few years out of school.
It would be awesome to see this come to fruition. That would make Chris' family and his old friends very happy indeed.
Someone in Japan has been guzzling too much sake whilst watching minority report. The cost of such a projector setup in a real stadium make this beyond science fiction, for 2022 at least
Now THIS is what Hollywood should be thinking about, not that god awful 3D crap. Tell me, if I made a magazine where I cut out all the photos and layered them to pop out or have a tactile feel to it... is that really a magazine you'd pay 3x more for? I don't think so. 3D sux, Holograms FTW!
@ leemahi... um.... 'freak flag' is actually an old 60s reference to hippies and counter-culture... I don't doubt where you heard it, I'm just saying that's where it comes from. *sigh* kids these days, don't know their own counter-culture history!
Question:
Is that the same soccer stadium where they had the Sony Aibo FIFA game couple years back?
Something I've wished to happen for a long time. One of the Best uses of 3D Technology
I just did a marketing research report on a fictional holographic 3D technology for use with American Football. This is so cool that I see someone actually proposing it's use since I looked all over and never found anyone talking about using it for sports.
its only fiction until someone makes it real. Sure i can think of better things to do with the S*** load of intelligence required to make this happen, but it would be pretty sweet.
That robot looks plain stupid.
instead of defending their cities against Godzilla, they decide to spend the next twelve years developing holographic 3D... i like your style japan ;)
Wait we'll still have succer in 2022? Thought the future was supposed to be better.