Mark,

It is a great looking project. It is good to see Java3D getting used in some
real applications (not that all of the hobbyist aren't nice). I wish you the
best of luck in marketing it.

Hopefully in a few weeks I will have permission to put up some snapshots of
my Java3D application.

-mike


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On Behalf Of Mark McKay
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 1:51 AM
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Subject: [JAVA3D] Java3D to be used for tennis instant replays

Here's a cool Java3D application about to take the sports world by storm:

http://www.auto-ref.com/pages/711020/index.htm

AutoRef is a system that uses cameras to monitor a tennis game in
progress and uses computer vision algorithms to analyze the image and
determine where the ball is in 3D space.  Then the data is sent over a
network to a game play server, and from there to multiple 3D clients (I
wrote both the server and clients).  Data is buffered, the current score
is determined, and 3D displays of instant replays are shown onscreen.
The system has been tested at the US Open and even made the newspapers
(in response to the bad umpire calls that lost Serina Williams the title):

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/9612481.htm?1c
http://www.nj.com/sports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-4/1094706633289150.xm
l

Auto-ref uses a combo of C++ and Java technologies, with both the client
and the scoring server being 100% pure java.  Currently the system is
set up to render Java3D images to pixel boards in the stadium,
television broadcast, a handheld device used by the line judge, and the
referee's laptop.  The system is currently accurate enough to have less
than 3 millimeters of error.

Mark McKay


Alessandro Borges wrote:

>"Where you guys are using Java and 3D engines outside of writing games ?"
>" If you're doing something cool, please let me know."
>
>That is the question Matthew Schmidt ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) from JavaLobby
is
>asking in http://www.javalobby.org/nl/archive/jlnews_20040914o.html
>If you have something to tell drop him a email.
>
>There is also aforum topic about Java3D at JavaLobby:
>http://www.javalobby.org/thread.jspa?forumID=61&threadID=14447
>
>Alessandro
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