Are you ready to watch the World Cup 2010 in 3D?
This might be the year of 3D. With Avatar being a 3D blockbuster, the recently announcement of ESPN 3D shows where the world is going to.
The US sports broadcaster ESPN announced the upcoming ESPN 3D Television System during the World Cup, being the first World Cup in 3D.
People will be able to watch the World Cup in 3D using special glasses. ESPN 3D will showcase a minimum of 85 live sporting events during its first year, beginning June 11 with the first 2010 FIFA World Cup match, featuring South Africa versus Mexico, ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer announced.
Other events in ESPN 3-D include the 2011 BCS National Championship Game, college basketball and football contests, up to 25 World Cup matches and the Summer X Games. Additional events will be announced at a later date.
ESPN has been testing ESPN 3D for more than two years, even showing a USC-Ohio State college football game in select theaters and to 6,000 fans at the Galen Center on USC’s campus.
The company did not say whether viewers in the UK would, or how it planned to make the technology available to its subscribers in the United States. The question of “How can I watch the World Cup in 3D?” will be answered sometimes soon. Not sure if special television sets will be required. Hope not.
The system, which relies on a network of cameras and entirely separate staff, has been in trials for the past year.
“This is an ongoing science project for us,” said Bryan Burns, ESPN’s vice-president of strategic business planning, at the CES show in Las Vegas.
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