NYT has had some really cool interactive and web-based content they've put up recently. I like seeing a publication which at least partially takes advantage of all that electronic communication has to offer, rather than just creating an online version of a print publication.
I'm not sure how the actual superimposing is done but for the most part the main camera feed(s) are run by the IOC and the olympic organizing committee and then filtered to whatever media outlets are licensed to distribute them. I was in the first row at men's ski cross, and there was a huge camera on a boom that would pan the crowd every so often; we were told that this was the "global feed" that was sent to the CTV media consortium, NBC, and all the other international outlets.
This is a terribly clever idea- I've seen commentators try to turn these milliseconds into visible distinctions, but that depends a great deal on how fast something is going, and with good photography, a luger going 90 mph doesn't leave your screen much faster than a skater going much slower than that, so speed is too hard to judge. I like the sound translation better- it's as if the finish line sets off an alarm, and you can hear each skater/skier crossing that barrier one after another, as if they moved in a pack, although most of them don't. Nicely done.
nuckistanMar 1, 2010
sorry, i got the time wrong (its 2 hours 5 seconds, not 5-1/2 hours)
theindigoskyMar 1, 2010
NYT has had some really cool interactive and web-based content they've put up recently. I like seeing a publication which at least partially takes advantage of all that electronic communication has to offer, rather than just creating an online version of a print publication.
gti8vMar 1, 2010
It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning. /dom
kilodeltaMar 1, 2010
better than most IDM music!
rikushixMar 1, 2010
I'm not sure how the actual superimposing is done but for the most part the main camera feed(s) are run by the IOC and the olympic organizing committee and then filtered to whatever media outlets are licensed to distribute them. I was in the first row at men's ski cross, and there was a huge camera on a boom that would pan the crowd every so often; we were told that this was the "global feed" that was sent to the CTV media consortium, NBC, and all the other international outlets.
alphsMar 1, 2010
It really is. For another example: in today's Men's 50km cross country skiing - a two-hour long race, 1.6 seconds separated 1st from 5th place.
graemeeMar 1, 2010
I would agree, but they seem to have learned a new chord. It wasn't as bad as the opera singer in the opening.
ray42Mar 1, 2010
Can we at least agree on Avril Lavigne?
lgoodmanMar 2, 2010
This is a terribly clever idea- I've seen commentators try to turn these milliseconds into visible distinctions, but that depends a great deal on how fast something is going, and with good photography, a luger going 90 mph doesn't leave your screen much faster than a skater going much slower than that, so speed is too hard to judge. I like the sound translation better- it's as if the finish line sets off an alarm, and you can hear each skater/skier crossing that barrier one after another, as if they moved in a pack, although most of them don't. Nicely done.