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Date & time: Thursday, 19 May 2005
6:30-7:30 PM: Refreshments
7:30PM: Program
Meeting organizer: SMPTEsf manager Kellie McKeown www.mckeownconsulting.tv
Program: Ever watch a football game on television and wonder how they get that yellow 1st down line on the field? How does it stay in the same place on the field when the camera moves? Why is the line visible on the field, but not on the players? This is your chance to find out.
Marv White will explain how Sportvision creates virtual graphics effects for live sports broadcasts including the yellow 1st down line and other football effects such as Pass Track on ESPN, K-Zone and other effects for baseball, Virtual Caddy for golf, and many effects for NASCAR including tracking cars and providing live updates of race status on the internet. Topics include: camera instrumentation and viewing geometry, image processing, keying, remote sensing, video insertion, integration of work flow with live broadcast and web casting.
Marv White is CTO of Sportvision and has been with Sportvision since its inception. He has managed development of numerous broadcast enhancement systems, including two-time Emmy-winning 1st & Ten™ virtual first-down line, Emmy-winning K-Zone virtual strike zone and Virtual Caddy golf enhancement system. Marv also guides core technology development in video processing, geometry of camera and lens systems and data reduction. Prior to Sportvision, Marv was General Manager, Commercial Solutions for Etak, the Digital Mapping Company, where he was responsible for development of Etak's core mapping technology. He developed his expertise in digital mapping as Principal Researcher at the US Census Bureau. Marv received his B.S. in Physics with High Honors from University of Illinois and studied graduate physics at UCLA.
Once on La Avenida St., pass a two story building on the right and then turn left into the Sportvision parking lot. There is a small, white Sportvision sign at the entrance to the parking lot. The meeting is in the Sportvision lab which is in the far end of the building. Seating may be limited, so be prepared to stand, but it will be well worth it.
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