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Software Watches Ball Games, Calls Plays

dsc.discovery.com — Researchers from the University of Maryland and the University of Pennsylvania reported last week that they've developed a computer program capable of learning to understand video footage and describe it in words.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 13, 2009

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  • reuscel, on 07/13/2009, -0/+3But can it do color commentary?
  • Scrappy1850, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2pour beer on the hard drive
  • Scrappy1850, on 07/13/2009, -0/+2... can't finish memes.
  • wassim2k, on 07/13/2009, -2/+4With a game as slow and boring as baseball, a device as powerful as a stopwatch could probably figure out the plays.
  • motbob, on 07/13/2009, -1/+2I, for one,
  • supermanred, on 07/16/2009, -0/+1What about in sports video games?

    I don't see the need for sports commentators to have to come to my house every time I pop in NHL 09.

    This is a great invention for both sports video games, and hell even for live sports events, could leave the humans more time to actually comment on the game rather than describing exactly what is happening before our very eyes.

    Usefull for the visually impaired to be able to "watch" a sporting event that isn't televised, no?
  • Nebarik, on 07/12/2009, -1/+2After evaluating millions of pieces of data in the blink of an eye, the Gamble-Tron 2000 says the winner is... Cincinnati by 200 points!? Why, you worthless hunk of junk.
  • HailfireX, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1*insert obligatory Skynet reference*
  • hakkola, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1At least something is watching baseball.
  • schwit, on 07/14/2009, -0/+1It would be nice if they used this technology to replace MLB umpires. The more I watch the game the more obvious it is that umpires suck at calling balls and strikes.
  • noizeuk, on 07/13/2009, -1/+1I don't see the need to auto report on the games.

    Hawk-eye is used it cricket and tennis and works to make difficult descisions. I just don't think this application is needed in sport but the technology could be used for better than commercial means, such like Hawk-eye.
  • webdz9r, on 07/13/2009, -0/+0finally we can replace Bob Costas

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