Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Star Wars in real life?

We may finally get to see some of the amazing technology seen in the Star Wars movies. While I'm not a Star Wars junkie (like Jason), this is some pretty interesting technology. Apparently Japan has put in a bid for the 2022 World Cup that's based off providing holographic video feeds to stadiums in other countries. The way it would work (as I understand it) is the Japanese would use over 200 high-definition cameras to film every match. The cameras would allow for complete coverage of the entire field, including every angle of every player. The camera feeds would then be fused together using technology that doesn't yet exist, to create holographic images of each player that would then be cast onto fields in other countries. This would allow people in the US to go to a stadium and watch a holographic version of a match that is taking place in Japan. This technology sounds really cool, and I would definitely like to see it in action. Unfortunately, the technology doesn't yet exist. I'm not sure I could agree with FIFA if they gave the World Cup to Japan based solely off their promise of a nonexistent technology.

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