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So, if we assume that this game is important enough to somebody to televise, why would we not have volunteers to steer the camera? This does not look like a pr

So, if we assume that this game is important enough to somebody to televise, why would we not have volunteers to steer the camera? This does not look like a problem that needed AI applied to it, this has the look of somebody trying to apply AI to something that NI would have worked fine on. Your basic soccer fan would have a pretty good idea of what part of the field is most interesting to be looking at right now, and would be happy to do it (for 10-15 minutes anyway) for free, and could do it remotely with a minimum of setup. You could have some season ticket holders (who can't use their tickets this year) volunteer to do it from their homes; they might even find it kind of exciting to do (for a while anyway), and you might quickly have a wait list.

rossdavidh 6y ago
A similar thing is done for nature-cams here: https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-c...
crispyporkbites 6y ago
I don’t think you could trust a volunteer football fan to control this remotely. Losing 3-0? Oops the cameras pointing at the sky for the last 30 minutes. Penalty to the opposing team? Oops I slipped and missed it. Football fans are petty and do absolutely ridiculous things. You’d have to pay them something or find some other way to incentivise them, and you’re back to square one.
- wizzwizz4 6y ago
  Then have a few “known good” people and then average their actions with the actions of everyone else doing it – so long as you do “virtual panning” on a cropped image to give the controllers sufficient feedback, that'll give you enough data to kick out trolls / misbehavers in a “Web of Trust” type manner, and even out most other issues that occur.
  - elil17 6y ago
    While I'm sure that would work, that sounds way more complicated than using computer vision to track the ball.
    - wizzwizz4 6y ago
      Unlike using computer vision to track the ball, it would probably work.
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auraham 6y ago
NI? what does it mean?
- soneca 6y ago
  I am guessing “Natural Intelligence”, i.e. a human.

rossdavidh 6y ago

A similar thing is done for nature-cams here: https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-c...

crispyporkbites 6y ago

I don’t think you could trust a volunteer football fan to control this remotely. Losing 3-0? Oops the cameras pointing at the sky for the last 30 minutes. Penalty to the opposing team? Oops I slipped and missed it. Football fans are petty and do absolutely ridiculous things. You’d have to pay them something or find some other way to incentivise them, and you’re back to square one.

wizzwizz4 6y ago
Then have a few “known good” people and then average their actions with the actions of everyone else doing it – so long as you do “virtual panning” on a cropped image to give the controllers sufficient feedback, that'll give you enough data to kick out trolls / misbehavers in a “Web of Trust” type manner, and even out most other issues that occur.
- elil17 6y ago
  While I'm sure that would work, that sounds way more complicated than using computer vision to track the ball.
  - wizzwizz4 6y ago
    Unlike using computer vision to track the ball, it would probably work.

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auraham 6y ago

NI? what does it mean?

soneca 6y ago
I am guessing “Natural Intelligence”, i.e. a human.