Xinhua News Agency, Barcelona, February 28 (Reporter Guo qiuda) the annual World mobile communication conference ended in Barcelona, Spain on the 28th. This conference attracted more than 2,400 enterprises and nearly 110000 visitors around the world. The new products and technologies exhibited by major companies will not only change people’s daily life, but also make sports constantly innovate and progress.
This conference coincides with the semi-final time of the King’s Cup between Real Madrid and Barcelona on the 27th, and the number of video referee cameras used in this focus battle also set a record for Spanish football matches-32, usually 22 video referee cameras are used in La Liga and King’s Cup competitions.
Stephanie desar, product manager of EVS company in Belgium, the video referee equipment supplier of the competition, told Xinhua News Agency that their system could provide video playback from various angles of the competition. “There is no doubt that this tool will help referees make better judgments and make football matches around the world more fair.” Desal said, “Of course, the final decision was made by people.”
During the conference, La Liga Barcelona club announced its cooperation with Spain telecom group, and its home Camp Nou will take the lead in entering the 5G era. “Camp Nou will be the first stadium in Spain to cover 5G signals, and Barcelona club is proud of it.” Bartomeu, president of Barcelona club, said.
In addition, the Royal Football Association of Spain also announced during the World Mobile Communication Conference that it would use artificial intelligence technology to arrange La Liga schedule more reasonably, and study the characteristics and movement rules of Spanish football matches through big data analysis.
Spain Telecom Group and syat automobile jointly demonstrated 5G cars at the conference on the 26th. The car can be positioned relative to bicycles with 5G terminals through Internet of Things technology, and rely on auxiliary driving technology to ensure the safety of bicycles.
“In addition to ensuring the safety of riders, 5G technology also brings broad imagination space for cycling.” Portro, project manager of telecom group, told Xinhua News Agency, “for example, we can install 5G terminals for all bicycles in cycling events to let the audience know the position of each player in the team at any time, master the precise movement of the team.”
John Hoffman, CEO of the global association of mobile communication systems, said that new technologies such as 5G and immersive reality can be widely used in the sports field. With the development of immersive reality technology, the next generation of audiences will be able to customize their own viewing angles and even adopt the perspective of athletes, thus obtaining unprecedented experience of watching games.