I have been watching the ipl20 on youtube channel youtube.com/ipl and it LOOKS AMAZING.
And that got me thinking. If the live sync up of real world and virtual world could be done, then:
1. there could be theoretically infinite virtual stadiums where virtual crowd can check-in to watch the game.
2. Today I comment on the game via twitter hashtags. I also chat along with my friends about the game. But if my avatar and avatar of my friends were watching the game in a virtual world, then our avatars would be able hifi each other.
3. It would open up virtual good economy. My avatar can buy props to enjoy during the game....team cap, team jersey, placards and so on.
4. It would give me option of moving across different seats to get better view of the playground. And yes, better virtual seats will cost more.
A little bit of sync up between real world and virtual world:
1. Sensors on real world players capturing the movements
2. Sensors on the stumps, ball, and all other game equipment to capture movement
3. Feed data from these sensors to play its virtual counterpart in virtual world.
This is the same 'virtual camera' technology (wikipedia, popular mechanics)that James Cameron (Director - Avatar) has helped built (heard him on NPR's Fresh Air episode on 04/23) which gets input from the sensors attached to real world actor's body and that gets relayed in near real-time and those movements gets superimposed on virtual actors (avatars).
Now only if this technology can be stretched further, then it could change the future of watching sports altogether. And then our avatars can watch the games in virtual stadium.
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