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unveil-innovative-video-technology-that-will-make-watching-a-game-crazy.html/
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Mark Cuban says Mavericks, AAC about to deploy innovative video technology
that will “make watching a game crazy”
庫班：美航中心佈署的創新影像科技將會讓"看球賽更瘋!"
WASHINGTON – Owner Mark Cuban and by extension his Mavericks are about to
score another NBA technology first.
庫班將讓小牛成為第一個體驗新科技的球隊
Cuban said Wednesday that company in which he has invested – freeD (Free
Dimensional Video) – has completed six weeks of installing high-resolution
cameras in the American Airlines Center rafters and will begin testing a
revolutionary product as soon as Friday, when the Mavericks host the Lakers.
週三，庫班投資的freeD公司在六週的工程後，在美航中心的椽子上裝上了高解析相機
在週五面對湖人的比賽中將開始測試。
Sports fans may recall having seen freeD’s technology in use during recent
NFL games and the 2014 NBA All-Star Game.
某些球迷或許已經在最近的NFL比賽以及14年的NBA All-Star Game看過freeD的功能了。
With the high-resolution cameras, data collected from the digital images and
software, any video image can be frozen and turned 360 degrees, giving fans
seeing the images on the AAC videoboard and viewers watching Fox Sports
Southwest telecasts highly unique views of the action.
藉由高解析度相機以及軟體，可將拍攝到的數位影像轉換成3D資訊，可暫停畫面並且
360度旋轉，由fox台轉播，球迷可以在球場中的大螢幕看到從許多獨特的視角所看到
的畫面。
Cuban said the software also can, for example, take any byte and transform
that into views – “For example, right at the jump ball, what does Tyson
(Chandler) see? It literally recreates that perspective.
舉例來說，當跳球的時候，在拳王眼中的畫面所見到的到底是什麼樣的？
FreeD可實際重建拳王的視角所看到的畫面。
“If the ball goes out of bounds and you want to see who touches it, you’ll
be able to spin the whole thing and look from any angle.
如果球碰出了界外，而且判斷是誰碰的球，FreeD可以從任何角度來重播畫面。
“The secret sauce is it converts (the high-resolution video) to actual data,
” Cuban said. “And the double secret sauce is from that data, you can
recreate any of the visuals. So from this, that is recreated into data. From
using the software, you can look at it from any angle.”
FreeD的獨門科技是它可以將高畫質的影像轉換成實際數據。另外，從數據中你可以重建
任何視角、畫面，你可以從各種角度去重播。
Cuban said he doesn’t believe the testing phase will take long, though he can
’t say for certain how soon the technology will be in full use at Mavericks
home games.
庫班表示雖然不知道什麼時候可以完成測試，但是他相信在近期內就可以完成。
And, yes, because NBA replay officials in Secaucus, N.J. will have access to
the Fox SW video feeds, they will be able to use the freeD technology to
confirm or reverse calls.
另外，因為NBA官方重播是觀看FOX台的影像，所以可以之後在小牛主場的比賽可以透過
FreeD科技來重播判定。
Cuban said that becoming an investor gave him exclusivities. Initially, the
Mavericks will be the only NBA team to have the technology for videoboard and
TV replays.
因為庫班本身是FreeD的投資人，所以小牛將是聯盟第一支球隊可以享受FreeD科技的隊伍
。
Other NBA teams will be able to purchase the technology for those videoboard
and local TV use _ which in turn will make Cuban money _but the Mavericks
will be the only team allowed to use the technology from an analytics
standpoint.
其他球隊之後也可以購買FreeD，來填飽庫班的錢包。但是小牛是唯一可以使用FreeD所
擷取的資訊來進行分析的隊伍。（爽啦 A_A）
The Mavericks and most NBA teams currently use SportVu cameras in arena
rafters to gather information such as speed, distance, player separation and
ball possession data.
目前小牛以及多數的球隊都是使用SportVu 相機來蒐集速度、距離、球員以及球的位置等
資訊。
“It’ll blow away SportVu, just blow it away,” Cuban said.
“And, for fans, watching a game is going to be crazy.”
庫班：FreeD將會電爆SportVu，球迷看球也會更爽！
If you would like to see how the technology works, check the freeD website.
如果你對FreeD的運作方式有興趣請洽http://replay-technologies.com/