Nacar 3D, sports 3D?
July 13th 2008 08:25
Nascar 3D, an IMAX flick you might or might not have seen. Pretty obvious from the title that it let's you in the racing mania unique to the US: Nascar. Good for the fans of racing, but it can alo foreshadow a future use of 3D: sports coverage.
As the intention of the preview screening in Budapest's Cinema City IMAX theatre was to introduce you to the world of racecar driving, they may have also opened the eye on another subject: a better way to get the TV watching audience in a sports event, to glue them to their seats more efficiently. It's still a few years away that home 3d entertainment will be widespread, but the technology is there, more and more 3D TVs emerge, and the shutter glass or polarization technology is nothing new. There are even 3D TVs that don't require any glasses at all. Soon watching the Rugby League World Cup or the Tri-Nations with your buddies in front of the TV will be a bit closer and in some terms much closer to the experience that you can get in the stadium.
As with Nascar 3D, where loose tires can bounce towards your head without you fearing for your life, any sporting event can let the audience in the action in a directed way that surpasses the average audience member's experience. It probably won't be with the current clumsy IMAX cameras though, they are the tool of cinema rather than of a broadcast team. But with the more compact, lightweight digital 3D systems, it will be and is possible. As of today many NBA, NFL and other three lettered American sporting events have been recorded that way and so far tested on the big scren. When it gets to the small screen, that will be the time of revolution.
Although some parts of Nascar 3D are staged, mostly because of the mammoth cameras, future sport broadcasts won't have this burden. Cameras on the bumpers of racecars, referee head cameras sound futuristic, but both these already have history They're just waiting for 3D to enter the picture. And when it does, the viewer will be a spectator in a way that's otherwise not possible.
Nascar 3D: The IMAX Experience
As the intention of the preview screening in Budapest's Cinema City IMAX theatre was to introduce you to the world of racecar driving, they may have also opened the eye on another subject: a better way to get the TV watching audience in a sports event, to glue them to their seats more efficiently. It's still a few years away that home 3d entertainment will be widespread, but the technology is there, more and more 3D TVs emerge, and the shutter glass or polarization technology is nothing new. There are even 3D TVs that don't require any glasses at all. Soon watching the Rugby League World Cup or the Tri-Nations with your buddies in front of the TV will be a bit closer and in some terms much closer to the experience that you can get in the stadium.
Imagine if you could have seen that in 3D, this close.
As with Nascar 3D, where loose tires can bounce towards your head without you fearing for your life, any sporting event can let the audience in the action in a directed way that surpasses the average audience member's experience. It probably won't be with the current clumsy IMAX cameras though, they are the tool of cinema rather than of a broadcast team. But with the more compact, lightweight digital 3D systems, it will be and is possible. As of today many NBA, NFL and other three lettered American sporting events have been recorded that way and so far tested on the big scren. When it gets to the small screen, that will be the time of revolution.
Not an ideal camera size, but it's 3D!
Although some parts of Nascar 3D are staged, mostly because of the mammoth cameras, future sport broadcasts won't have this burden. Cameras on the bumpers of racecars, referee head cameras sound futuristic, but both these already have history They're just waiting for 3D to enter the picture. And when it does, the viewer will be a spectator in a way that's otherwise not possible.
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