Olympics

Several companies have developed specialized tracking systems for collecting real-time data from different types of sports. These tracking systems are now used by broadcasters to add graphics elements that are "registered" or

"locked on" to the video. An early example is the Sportvision's FoxTrack hockey puck tracking system which allows the broadcaster to render glows or streaks where the hockey puck appears in the video frame.

More recently Sportvision has developed a system for rendering a virtual "1st and 10" line now used in many NFL broadcasts. Another form of registered graphics enhancement, also targeted towards sports broadcasts, is the insertion of images (typically advertising logos) registered to physical surfaces at the event site (e.g., the playing field, existing billboards). Orad and Princeton Video Image are among the pioneers of this technique. As a recent example, in NBC broadcasts from the summer Olympics in Sydney, shots of the swimming events had flags inserted into the swimming lanes to help viewers identify the competitors.

Extremely accurate camera tracking is the basis for inserting registered graphics in live video. Camera tracking equipment is well known from virtual studios [7] and special-effects work, however live production with highzoom cameras, as is common for sports, adds to the challenge of collecting accurate camera data.

Comment: good luck finding a detailed explanation on the internet of how it's done exactly. If somebody does, please share. It would be interesting to know.

There has to be tighter security.

Many of the spectators and athletes dont attend out of fear of these terrorists

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The very first Olympic games were held in 776 B.C. to honor Zeus. In Athens Greece.

He first started skiing at the age of four with his older brother. His mom (Cathy) attempted to slow him down and made him snowboard, but it actually made him go even faster.

Kerri Strug was a gold medalist gymnast! (:

The Olympic games creates/ promotes a sense of competition.

It provides an op opportunity for people/ countries to show their best performance.

It helps promote the sporting standards.

It is an event which brings together the world close to each other.

It promotes the sportsman spirit among the competitors and also to the spectators/

It provides an opportunity to the world for a good quality entertainment.

Sports are healthy events and help in better health and physique. This fact is highlighetd by the Olympic events.

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They take into account the seriousness of the crime, including length of conviction, and when the crime was committed. Driving offenses like speeding aren't grounds for not receiving accreditation.

The gold and silver medals are both made out of solid silver. The gold medal is then plated with gold. The gold plate is thin and if it is handled too often it will eventualy come away.

The 1984 Summer Games were held in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Sports that are played at international level (e.g. France vs England at football/soccer).

Normal classic skis should be about 25 cm higher than your body height.

Each season's Games occur every four years and are staggered by two years. This means there is an Olympic Games every two years. This year (2008), the Summer Olympics are held. In 2010, the Winter Olympics will be held. In 2012, the Summer Olympics will be held. In 2014, the Winter Olympics will be held.

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The first Olympic games were held in Olimpia, grece

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The Olympic medals are designed especially for each individual Olympic Games by the host city's organizing committee. Each medal must be at least three millimeters thick and 60 millimeters in diameter. Also, the gold and silver Olympic medals must be made out of 92.5 percent silver, with the gold medal covered in six grams of gold. info taken from: http://history1900s.about.com/od/greateventsofthecentury/a/olympicfacts.htm

Athletes stay in a variety of housing. Some stay at the Olympic Village, others rent hotel rooms or houses. I'm sure some Chinese athletes might stay in their personal homes if they are near their competition venue.

Although it was already gaining popularity in the 1980s, it was only in the 1999 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan that it became a part of the quadrennial event.
Snowboarding's first year in the Olympics was in 1998 at Nagano, Japan.
it came to the Olympics in 1898 feb 28

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yes! i love racing motocross and i think it would be very fun to see.. it would be just like the motocross de nations!

There is no infrastructure in Antarctica. No commercial accommodations, transportation, sports venues, hospitals and so forth.

It is a continent preserved by The Antarctic Treaty, for science.