Category:Spectator Sports
From Eurêka
Spectator Sports
Spectator sports Sporting events put on for commercial purposes for mass spectating.
Television sports Spectator sports shown on television.
- Instant replay To show a play seconds after it had taken place.
- Corner scorebox Game scores shown in a small inset box. pioneered by Fox television.
- Rail cam Track mounted camera to follow an sporting actions such as such as long jump.
- Hot spot Graphic that shows where a player spent time before a play.
- Onboard camera (Onboard microphone) Miniaturization with remote-controlled transmission of vision and sound that takes spectators onto an America’s Cup yacht or inside a stock car, or see the view from the inside of a quarterback’s helmet or hear a player kick dirt sliding into second base.
Glowing puck Ice hockey puck that glowed, introduced by Fox television 1996 for NHL broadcasts, but dropped it after criticism.
Trakus technology Small electronic device planted in a player’s helmet used to track and map an ice hockey player’s movements, developed by Trakus Inc.
Fox-Trax System from SportVision that uses computerized cameras, antennas, in-car sensors and satellites to track the precise location of every car in a Nascar broadcast.
StroMotion ModelGolf technology used on NBC’s golf telecasts that employs biomechanics to create a computerized model of a golf swing.
First-down marker Computerized first-down stripe inserted digitally beneath the players to show where they need to go for a first down, created by Sportsvision of New York, first used on ESPN.
- Eyevision Employing 30 robotically controlled cameras affixed on the periphery of Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL, the system goes 260 around the field, feeding information by fiber-optic cable into 33 video disc recorders, co-created by Princeton Video Image of Lawrenceville, NJ, and introduced by CBS at the Super Bowl 2001.
