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Future Technology for Sports
Future Technology for Sports

Future Technology for Sports

Course
VW8
Sponsor
Atlanta Braves, Georgia Tech Athletic Association
Goals
Explore the human technology frontier as it relates to technologies for sports spanning the continuum from the athlete to the fan.  Projects will include wearable technologies to empower athletes via advanced sensing and multi-modal real-time feedback via smart textiles, to immersive technologies (e.g. augmented and virtual reality ) to improve the fan experience in live sports venues and at home, to the use of computer vision, machine learning and novel information presentation techniques to expand interest and participation in e-sports.
Issues
The technology and engineering issues include the creation of accurate, wearable, rugged sensors and wearable input/output solutions, the development of machine learning and pattern recognition techniques for generating insights from the data, the creation of tracking and rendering algorithms for augmented and virtual reality systems and software platforms to deploy them. The Human-computer interaction issues include the need for user-centered design processes across a wide-array of stakeholders as well as lab and field-based evaluations of the resulting technology interventions/experiences. There is also a need to leverage expertise in biomechanics, bio-informatics, physiology, neuro-science to create safe, effective, scientifically validated solutions. Similarly, there is a need to inform the projects based on human-factors psychology and cognitive theories around training and feedback.  The industrial design issues include the need to fabricate aesthetically appropriate, wearable, socially acceptable physical devices to be placed on the body and installed in the physical environment along with compelling digital media experiences.
Tools and Methods
Sensors
Machine Learning
Wearable Computing and Smart Textiles
Augmented and Virtual Reality
Computer Graphics and Audio
Computer Vision
Human Computer Interaction
Industrial Design
Desired Majors
Applied Physiology
Biomedical Engineering
Computational Media
Computer Science
Digital Media
Electrical Engineering
Industrial Design
Mechanical Engineering
Psychology
Sponsor
Atlanta Braves, Georgia Tech Athletic Association