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.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.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. Up close: Arsenal and Manchester United will be landmark game 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. 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.On Sunday Sky will transmit two live feeds - one to its traditional Sky Sports customers and another in 3D.Two separate commentary teams, two camera crews and two production teams will produce the simultaneous broadcasts.Ex-Gunner Alan Smith and commentator Alan Parry will be the first voices of live 3D sport.Darren Long, Sky Sports' director of operations, likened the 3D revolution to TV's last great technological leap. 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 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. '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.'Mr Long dismissed the suggestion 3D sport was a gimmick andexplained how the extra dimension gives viewers a greater appreciationof the action.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.' 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 AprilSky'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.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. 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