Futureproof: Crowdcasting AI Sports Coverage
Crowdcast AI instantly parses together images from thousands of cameras, passing the feed from one spectator camera to the next as riders pass by, ultimately covering the entire race from multiple vantage points.
FUTURE NARRATIVE /
Seeing the Tour de France through the eyes of so many who attended this summer was amazing! Crowdcasting AI technology provided unprecedented opportunities to view riders through the thousands of Crowdcast spectator cameras lining the race route.
It works kind of like an inverse zoetrope. The larger the crowd, the better the results tend to be. We have full course coverage this year, and Crowdcasting has made the routes much safer. Gone are all those outstretched arms and selfie sticks holding the smartphones riders had to avoid in past tours. And, of course, the first-person camera views from riders were terrific!
AI technology assesses and stitches together vantage points from a network of spectators’ streaming headwear devices to provide unprecedented coverage of dispersed sporting events like the Tour de France.
TECHNOLOGY /
AI-enabled, broadcast camera view parsing, mesh high-speed Wi-Fi with larger camera units, solar visor battery power augmentation for mesh Wi-Fi units, cranium shielding SafeWave technology, and a fully transparent capable display. Customizable crowd casting allows spectators to watch individual participants of their choice.
IMPLICATIONS /
How might AI further enable compelling coverage of sporting events at large venues and over large distances via massive point-of-view crowdcasting?
What companies are well-positioned to provide the needed technologies to make crowdcasting possible?
RELATED LINKS /
See the remarkable classic Zoetrope at speed work done to promote Forza’s racing game.
Futureproof is a series of occasional provocations illustrating possible future paths for technology and culture. Think postcards from the future.
