A solid connection is essential when it comes to reducing latency, usually just an discomfort but here can completely damage the experience. Even a small delay means moving on the device for a second after the action will make the whole incident meaningless, because the crowd's reaction will give that something significant has happened.
It is one of the main reasons for the view that has decided to develop its own camera, because it finds the existing data collected at the stadium is not always available in real time. Theoretically, the field of vision equipment can use third -party data as long as the latency is not more than half a second, but it has not been tested without Vision's own camera.
All three companies also plan for their devices to be used somewhere but connect should not be a problem: in everyone's home. In the end, it is the place where technology like this can be used most widely, with many fans watching sports from the comfort of their sofas than directly.
Mace said OneCourt intends to build a home version of the product in the next six months, and while some barriers are removed outside the stadium, it introduces some new data: Monitoring data will need to be licensed to use other places, synchronizing with the broadcast will offer a challenge to overcome and they will need to implement technical support.
Full circle
Currently, all three companies focus on providing their equipment in the as many stadiums and the arena as possible. Touch2see's highest uses took place at last year's Olympics and at Ligue 1 football matches in France; Onecourt is currently available at all home games of Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings in NBA; And Field of Vision has an agreement with the Marvel Stadium in Melbourne for its AFL games, plus its device has now been permanently installed at Dublin's Aviva Stadium.
Fans of the rugby of Iridin Martin Gordon, who lost his vision more than two decades ago, first used Vision of Vision's products when he attended the Six Nations clash between Ireland and England earlier this year. They gave me a protest but within 10 or 15 minutes after using it, you know the difference between vibrations, he said.
Gordon used to play rugby when he was at school, so even with the sound commentary, he had a pretty good idea about what was happening on the pitch in front of him, but he said that using Field of Vision made the game much more interesting. For someone like me, who was on a rugby field and knew exactly what people looked like, when I heard the comment, I could imagine the place to play, but I could feel exactly it was unbelievable.