faaaaaaaake
lol
--
Michael.
> I thought I noticed that, too. If it's not fake (the shadow makes it a
> virtual certainty), then it's an engineering marvel. It didn't appear to
> have enough structural balance to stay upright. It starts at the ground
> and curves immediately away, with all the weight hung over to one side -
> no way it'd stay up.
> --
Here is a link to the company that created this.
http://www.sportvision.com/
There is a pretty good technical explanation if you click the "1st & Ten
Yellow Line" link to the right of the opening page.
~daxe
Yeah, it's fake. At the earlier IRL race at Phoenix, they had another
of those computer generated things on a hillside. The past couple
years they've had a phoney sponsor message on the grass in one of the
turns.
The series already has no credibility and now they damage themselves
further with garbage like that...
> --
Dave
> I've never heard anyone mention anything about this, but at lots of races
> now there are computer-generated sponor ads they put on the grass, and i
> think today, on what looks like a sign. It's in turn 4 that you can only see
> from the frontstretch camera. It's on a pole that comes out of its side and
> bends down to the ground. It has a really fake-looking shadow and at first
> it said "Northern Lights" and right now it says "Indy 500." Has anyone
> noticed this? Is it real or fake? Where can i get more info on this?
They've started using it here in the UK too for football (ie soccer). On the FA
Cup Final programme (20th May) a "virtual circle" white line was used to mark
ten yards from the ball (the distance defenders must retreat) for a free kick.
Same in the UK. More weather here, though less severe on the whole...
--
David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
TW
On Sun, 28 May 2000 23:03:31 -0500, The Black Cat =^..^=
>Yeah, it's fake. At the earlier IRL race at Phoenix, they had another
>of those computer generated things on a hillside. The past couple
>years they've had a phoney sponsor message on the grass in one of the
>turns.
>The series already has no credibility and now they damage themselves
>further with garbage like that...
MS
> >Although it's not my habit, I noticed in some football games this
> >past season that they were "painting" the first down line on the
> >screen. Neat trick.
> They've started using it here in the UK too for football (ie soccer). On
the FA
> Cup Final programme (20th May) a "virtual circle" white line was used to
mark
> ten yards from the ball (the distance defenders must retreat) for a free
kick.
> >I presume it operates very much like the
> >blue-screen backgrounds the weather man uses.
> Same in the UK. More weather here, though less severe on the whole...
> --
> David.
> "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really."
> (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
Any less credability than F1 where real signs fell onto the pitstraight on
top of cars doing 180 mph. Ask Jean Alesi what he thinks.......
MS
> This is an idea Uncle Bernie has been looking at for F1. All the cars
> would be painted GREEN and any sort of liveries could be pasted on them
> real time during a race. The benefits are for the countries that don't
> allow Ciggarrette adds. Teams or probably Unckle Bernie himself would
> sell the cars on a race by race basis. I had heard the technical
> challenges at this time were too difficult, but it probably will be the
> wave of the future some day.
> dave henrie
What about the race spectators?
-Gregor
To loosely quote Max Mosely in a Eurosport interview: "With world wide TV
audiences providing the bulk of the following for F1 and the main target of
it's advertisers, the actual location of a GP doesn't really matter
anymore."
He was talking about moving away from European circuits with reference to
the tabacco issue, but it also indicates they haven't given a passing
thought to the fan that actually go to see the races.
Jan.
=---
> What about the race spectators?
> -Gregor