Australian Super Rugby games will be the first major competition matches to use smart ball tracking technology, created in part by a former NASA scientist | iainpayten
Ball-tracking technology designed by a former NASA scientist who traded nuclear-powered Mars rockets for hi-tech rugby balls will be rolled out in Australian Super Rugby games this weekend.
Super Rugby Pacific broadcasters Nine and Stan are understood to be assessing the data this round before figuring out a plan to use it in their broadcast. South African Husemeyer co-founded Sportable after completing a PhD in nuclear engineering and spending four years working at NASA. “There are lots of caveats in that, around vision and putting people into space and so on, but it really was also about how well you can pass, how well you can kick etcetera.
In-game information can be used by the broadcaster, which Mortlock envisages will start out as occasional graphic inserts to show fans things like how long a Nic White box kick hung in the air, or how fast a James O’Connor long pass travelled and spun.
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