Source: Daily_Mail
Arsenal v Manchester United will be world's first 3D football match
Sunday's Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United will be the world's first live 3D TV sports broadcast.[LNB]Football fans at nine pubs in London, Manchester, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and Dublin will don shades to become the first audiences anywhere in the world to watch live 3D sport.[LNB]The clash at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium will be the first taste of live 3D football ahead of Sky's dedicated 3D channel launching in April.[LNB] Up close: Arsenal and Manchester United will be landmark game[LNB] As the number of 3D TVs arriving in the UK increases, Sky promisesto broadcast a weekly 3D Premier League game to hundreds more pubs thisspring. [LNB]And in the home, its 1.6 million Sky+HD customers(figure from September 2009) will be able to watch the 3D channel at noextra charge.[LNB]On Sunday Sky will transmit two live feeds - one to its traditional Sky Sports customers and another in 3D.[LNB]Two separate commentary teams, two camera crews and two production teams will produce the simultaneous broadcasts.[LNB]Ex-Gunner Alan Smith and commentator Alan Parry will be the first voices of live 3D sport.[LNB]Darren Long, Sky Sports' director of operations, likened the 3D revolution to TV's last great technological leap.[LNB] Sunday's Premier League football match between Arsenal and Manchester United will be the world's first live 3D TV sports broadcast, Sky said today[LNB] He said: 'When we moved from black and white to colour it was one of those amazing things that people would go and rush to see. [LNB]'Now,what we're doing with 3D is we're bringing that depth that you've neverhad traditionally and it's really a case of seeing is believing.'[LNB]Mr Long dismissed the suggestion 3D sport was a gimmick andexplained how the extra dimension gives viewers a greater appreciationof the action.[LNB]He said: 'When you watch a golfer putting in 2D itlooks flat - it looks easy. When you see it in 3D you can see everybump and contour on the green and you really appreciate their skill.'[LNB] The top-of-the-table clash at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium will be the public's first taste of live 3D football ahead of Sky's dedicated 3D channel launching in April[LNB]Sky's 3D demonstrations show how the new technology helps representthe difficulties a rugby player faces kicking a conversion, thedistance between sprinters as they cross the finish line and the skilland length of a cutting cross field pass in football.[LNB]Thebroadcaster has been developing its 3D system for two years and itsteam even travelled to America to visit the pioneer of modern 3Dcinema, Avatar director James Cameron.[LNB] Man United 3 Man City 1 (United win 4-3 on agg): Rooney finds killer blowAston Villa 0 Arsenal 0: Wenger's 'long-ball' dig after Vermaelen breaks leg ARSENAL FC
