2012 Olympics: Give Us Webcams On the Wall

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Interesting proposal

I like your idea. some thoughts:

First: two separate approaches 1) a media center PC to output to the TV & 2) use consoles

Second: Allow for user created chat rooms (audio/text) like IRC channels with audio. That allows the end user to pick non-offensive channel or build their own rooms with just their friends. Allowing the room creator to secure the room could allow for a single audio stream for the "arm-chair expert" to discuss the events. (Some of the technological foundations of this can be seen in the console's online technologies.)

Third: each event should be bundled like a Wii Channel. Open the channel and watch the stream how you choose (or let your bandwidth determine like NetFlicks). You can cycle through the cameras and such while staying in the channel for that event.

Fourth: still broadcast the official "doctored" presentations. They do a pretty good job of making the player "come to life" and humanizing and dramatizing the events.

That's the most I have at the moment, but this could be really cool.

Oh yeah, and someone needs to rent/borrow Google's data centers to localize the distribution to increase transmission efficiency.

Posted by: mtgarden   Posted on: 08/22/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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