Box Seats

Sep 11, 2006 12:01 PM
Tags: entertainment, friends, photos, sports

the Mets game

Yesterday, at Shea. My first cell phone pic.


Comments: Box Seats

You know, with high-def LCDs and large-format displays ... isn't it about time someone creates a suite of "virtual Box Seats" where you can go to and watch your choice of game from any number of positioned cameras throughout the stadium?

Unlike the bleacher experience (i.e., all the people), the box experience is private. Imagine a mini-theater with catering and other benefits, where you could book the room for a day and watch any game live that was playing that day. Travel to the closest "virtual box suite" location near you, watch a game, live, 3,000 miles away.

Or, has someone already started this business and I'm just unaware?

Posted by: Dossy Shiobara on September 11, 2006 12:18 PM | permalink

Dossy:

*Virtual* box seats don't let you *literally* look down on the other fans.

Posted by: Joe Grossberg on September 11, 2006 12:30 PM | permalink

Many bars have big-screen TVs. Seems like it's a "market" that's already been tapped.

Posted by: Steve Meister on September 11, 2006 1:51 PM | permalink

...virtual box seats give you remote control of the camera...otherwise it wouldn't be a virtual box seat, it would be a big screen tuned to ABC.

Posted by: Bubba on September 11, 2006 4:42 PM | permalink

Did you have box seats Sunday for a Mets game? I'm almost positive that is Shea Stadium and the lack of explanation has me intrigued.

Posted by: ChuckJerry on September 11, 2006 9:49 PM | permalink

Bubba reminds me of an idea I had a while back... they install hundreds of cameras all around the stadium, and they work in concert to make a 3D representation of the entire thing, in real-time, enabling networks, referees reviewing plays, and potentially "virtual box seat" patrons to view plays from any angle at any time.

Taking it a step further, each player on the field as well as the ball would have a tracking device, so you could focus on any of them.

That'd be nifty.

Posted by: Steve Meister on September 12, 2006 7:08 PM | permalink

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