I have to admit, I know very little of soccer and almost nothing of the World Cup Bid Process. I heard a while back that Sony/Japan was thrown out of the 2022 Bid, but now I hear they’re back. Of interest is the sheer manpower required of their entry, which discusses creation of over 400 special 3D stadiums around the world that will receive live streams (in 3D of course) of the World Cup games, creating a fully immersive 3D experience for people all around the world.
“I have to admit that the idea of this blows my mind away,” said Japan 2022 bid committee chief executive Kohzo Tashima.
“Three hundred and sixty million people could have a full stadium experience of matches; that’s over 100 times the number of spectators at the 1994 World Cup in the United States,” Tashima told FIFA’s executive committee as he pitched for the tournament.
The Japanese World Cup proposal also includes real-time translation machines and constant connection to handheld 3D video devices.
Combine the visuals with real-time language translation technology and mobile devices, and it looks like something straight out of BladeRunner. Sony, who’s partnered with Japan on the bid, is careful to note that this is fully achievable. With the rapid pace of technology, could we really have all of this in only 12 years? Watch the amazing bid entry below.
