El Mamerro Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 You guys heard of Servingo? The FIFA World Cup has inspired more than a few brave plans for the employment of technology over the past few years, many of which never materialised. One that will be on show when the world descends on Germany in June and July is Servingo, a personalized portal designed to help the three million expected visitors to find their way around the twelve World Cup venues from Berlin to Munich. Every conceivable aspect of information related to the tournament is aggregated through the portal which was built at a cost of eight million euros with a view to helping World Cup visitors feel that they are "visiting friends". The portal is amazing, with a range of innovative features such as personally-tailored information systems and personal diary pages, but the highlight is the 3D reconstruction of scenes from the soccer match that enables the viewer to view a replay of key scenes from any point in the stadium – from the referee's perspective or the eyes of the goalkeeper. To make this possible, the team constructed 3D models of stadiums and compiled catalogs of players. An ingenious software program manages to generate the scenes from TV images. Sophisticated algorithms compare the 'visual template' of the virtual 3D players with the TV image and keep adjusting the virtual player's posture until it matches the video image. In this way, picture by picture, a scene from the match can be reproduced from any angle. Pretty fucking amazing. Link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 It looks like the Poland V Germany game might end in a draw. It's at 90:30 right now. raven... I can't find a video stream anywhere. BBC5 has an audio stream, but it's for the UK only (unless you cheat it) HOLD IT ..... germany just scored on Poland. Gereat goal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 damn..... what a finish. I'm watchign the matches on a video monitor at work jerryrigged with a T antenna and an old VCR. I only get the games in Italian or Chinese, but I keep the sound down anyway. Better than nothing... I could use a beer though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 holy fuck what a game i thought for sure polad would go away with a tie damn germany pulled it off last second Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D0WN Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Wow, England are playing like garbage. Can't argue with Stevey G's goal though.... but oh my god. Wake the fuck up England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internerd Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 We get the worst times for the games. The first game of the day in Germany starts live here at 8:30pm and the last game at like 2:30 am. I get to watch one of the games a day, unless no sleeping is involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 I wish trinni didn't get that goal called back on the offside. England played like a joke. Someone should be worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 All the games for me start at 7am and end around 3pm. So I TVR them and watch them when I get home from work, that and they show them all back to back all day anyway. Edit: Rum I'm sure everyone in England is worried. It's frustrating watching them... they have probably the best team on paper at the cup right now, but the thing is.... they know how good they are... they just show up and expect to win because of that. And terry and ferdinand knew he was offside thats why they let him slide. There's no way he'd be allowed that much space in the 18 yard box onside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internerd Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 We get replays the following day, but by then I've probably found out the score. I really only like watching them live anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 If it's a game I want to see I make sure I don't know what the result is to keep it fresh. on the whole I've been veeeery dissapointed by England... I'm looking forward to australia and brazil though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 The games here are 8:30am, 12:00pm and 3:00pm most days. It's all while I'm in work, or sleeping. which is why I have a TV on my desk at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I'd bring a TV to work but nothing would get done... and there is no co-ax line available. Boo-hiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 I work in TV, so there's quite a few TV's floating around as is. funny that I'm using shitty rabbit ears to pick up the matches from a local Italian station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internerd Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Argentina fucking destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 yeah that game was nice. I jsut watched the last 30min or so. I think I can pick up the Mexico - Angola game this afternoon on my tv at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I work in TV, so there's quite a few TV's floating around as is. funny that I'm using shitty rabbit ears to pick up the matches from a local Italian station. I used to watch Zorro all the time on one of the Local stations when I lived there. Most of the Italian I learned was from zorro. Hahahha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Btw. We play the U.S. on sat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 yeah the italy V us match is going to be wild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Doodles Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Pffffftttt!!!! Italy vs US I mean c'mon! Why is the US there in the first place? The Italians WILL weave this one with their eyes closed! (Hi-five to the one who gets that last sentence by knowing which movie it's from!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaolinmasta Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 The games for Melb. 11:30pm - 8:oo am maaaaann come on aussies, we wrecked the Japs like yeeeaaahhhhh boooooyyyyyyeeeeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 well there goes serbia 6-0 damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBeantownProphet Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Yeah so... Can someone tell me what's going on with the US team right now? Cause from what I heard, it's not looking too good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Pffffftttt!!!! Italy vs US I mean c'mon! Why is the US there in the first place? The Italians WILL weave this one with their eyes closed! (Hi-five to the one who gets that last sentence by knowing which movie it's from!) the Italians play the most boring soccer on the planet. I actually think if the usa smartened up and got over their ego about their fifa ranking, they could give italy a way better run for their money than they gave the czechs. the only reason the usa is ranked 6th (i think?) is because of their competition... they play all caribbean countries, and canada. real competition there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Droid Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Droid Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 this is nice and convenient http://soccernet.espn.go.com/worldcup/wallchart?cc=5901 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internerd Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shameless self promotion Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 FORZA ITALIA!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eye for an eye Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 GHANA!!! what a great match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 if the USA can manage a tie, or somehow pull off a win that group is going to be miiiiiiiiighty interesting to watch unfold. what a game ghana played. but to be fair to the czechs, they are severely lacking up front with koller and baros both hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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