Write a short speech on Sports in the post pandemic world
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Answer:
In the post-pandemic age, sports look to a virtual future, in real-time
Explanation:
With empty stands, broadcasters and tech firms are banking on Augmented Reality to boost fan experience through ingenious methods like CGI overlays and piped-in video game audio.
It wasn’t long ago that the FIFA video game series boasted a selling point in the ‘realistic noise’ feature; real oohs and aahs, chants, and cheers captured by microphones dotted around stadiums worldwide. The same recordings are now being used to enliven La Liga and Premier League matches behind closed doors.
In the post-pandemic age, the evolution of sports broadcasting has come full circle.
Cardboard cutouts, Zoom videoconferences, piped-in video game audio, and CGI overlays. Broadcasters and leagues have tried out anything and everything that would aid a sport-starved fan’s suspension of disbelief.
Next in line are AR/VR — long the buzz acronyms of executives and entrepreneurs — which are now touted as game-changers for broadcasters ravaged by empty stands and disrupted seasons. Experts believe covid-19 has only accelerated the trajectory, and the crisis will drive in the new era of the fan experience.
First a crash course. Augmented Reality (AR) superimposes a computer-generated image on a user’s view of the real world (the tech that was all the rage that one summer when kids ran about catching ‘Pokemon’ on their phones). VR (Virtual Reality) simply creates a simulated image for the user.
But before looking ahead at how the tech will change sports, it’s important to take stock of past learnings and challenges.
Since its resumption, La Liga matches are being telecasted with what is an augmented ‘audience’; a static texture that resembles a crowd. It only works on the broadcast camera though, so any jarring angle switch tears away the illusion and the simulated blanket of ‘fans’. The virtual spectators aren’t rendered individually either, which means it’s just swathes of colour (interestingly, the FIFA videogames do a better job at creating fake fans too).
Gudjon Gudjonsson, CEO of OZ Sports, presents a more sophisticated option. The company’s ‘OZ Connected Stadium’ system is already installed at several sports venues, helping out with services such as VAR and player tracking. They have now developed an AR-enabled option that lets fans appear in their favourite seats.
Explanation:
The pandemic had an immediate effect on sports. Worldwide and at all levels, just about any kind of sport was shut down.
Sports fans have adopted new ways of keeping themselves entertained during the pandemic – from engaging with sports content to taking up esports; from interacting with players virtually to ensuring they find ways to keep the social element of sports alive.