SixteenSixtySix
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IRB has approved a trial for rugby goggles designed to be worn by the sight-challenged. Opinion?
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What about contact lenses? Googles would really get in the way!
Isnt rugby goggles when you think a player who plays for your team is simply fantastic and much better than everyone else and when describing that player people with rugby goggles use words like "World Class" or "best in the NH/SH" they are very common in Ireland apparently.....
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dasNdanger
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Goggles, lads...not googles. :lol:
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Nope never heard of them, we've got some great players though.
Big Ewis
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what's wrong with googles ? You don't like the googles ?
Hey you finally hit a thousand. Congratulatioons matey.
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Rats. I should've quoted you. Now no one will know what I was on about...
Google is fine...as long as you don't wear it on your face (not a fan of Google 'goggles' - I think they're silly).
Thanks! Unfortunately, I think at least half that number are devoted to sexy rugby players with long hair, Justin Marshall's fine commentating skills, and trying to make sense of sige's ideas for improving the game. I have no idea why you guys voted me as best new member...unless it was purely a pity vote.
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Goggles are great!!! would they have wipers for when it rains or people on the touch line offering to clean them for lets say a 1€, could possibly help the influx of many eastern Europeans written about in the press from Jan 1st 2014, then of course the shorts would need pockets to carry the euro's, some of the players dont like using cash so would have to have back pockets on the shorts also for carring bank cards, the cleaners on the touch line would then needs credit card machines to make the transactions, would this be done during play or would the ref have a time out "carte bleu". Then of course TV would have to be banned , just in case an eagle eyed camera caught the pin number of a player while processing his card, thus given his pin number to the 15,000 odd crowd, and the 10 million TV audience, other than these minor problems, no problem!!! as long as everybody does not mind the match lasting 3 to 4 hours with the injuries, refs video sessions watrer boys coming and going endlessly, and of course the new goggling cleaning and paying systems would have to have inhouse training and also Capital cities training for Internationals and the like, all this would have to be introduced but hey player safety is all important n'est pas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Maybe if the H Cup continues, the French clubs who are so rich and obvious envy of the world may offer free cleaning of the goggles as a good will gesture to the other poorer european relations, and then games played away from home they can give the opposition free goggles instead of club pennents before the game.This would also help France and the UK countries who have large areas of unemployment giving jobs every Fri evening Saturdays, and even sometimes Sun's, which also will drive the economy forward, giving the other Nations time to catch up with the riches of the French Clubs (all goggles free in France). BRILLIANT IDEA GOGGLES.
Maybe if the H Cup continues, the French clubs who are so rich and obvious envy of the world may offer free cleaning of the goggles as a good will gesture to the other poorer european relations, and then games played away from home they can give the opposition free goggles instead of club pennents before the game.This would also help France and the UK countries who have large areas of unemployment giving jobs every Fri evening Saturdays, and even sometimes Sun's, which also will drive the economy forward, giving the other Nations time to catch up with the riches of the French Clubs (all goggles free in France). BRILLIANT IDEA GOGGLES.
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Goggles won't work.
Fog.
Try it.
It sucks.
Fog.
Try it.
It sucks.
Big Ewis
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Thanks! Unfortunately, I think at least half that number are devoted to sexy rugby players with long hair, Justin Marshall's fine commentating skills, and trying to make sense of sige's ideas for improving the game. I have no idea why you guys voted me as best new member...unless it was purely a pity vote.
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Pity vote ?? Noooohoho......where do you get those ideas from...ha ha ha.......
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The only reason I can see them used at all is to prevent eye gouging, if...ya know...eye gouging was a real problem.
The only other reason I can see them used is if a player who regularly wears contacts can't, for some reason, wear his contacts. Still...as has been said, the fogging inside, the rain, the mud, and the chances of having them ripped off the face just seem to make them extremely impractical.
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I've no problem with the new trial. I actually think it could lead to something interesting in the game.....
......the Sacramento Kings are to wear Google Glass in a forthcoming NBA game (primarily in practice before it). Already rugby has "refcam". How long before there's a technical innovation which sees Google's technology integrated into rugby goggles for players rather than referees? The average fat fan like me sitting on the sofa watching a game can see what the player sees. It'd make for a good action replay when a try is being scored, when a key defensive turnover is won, for a lineout jump etc. Bring the fans closer to the action. With Google likely to get involved in sports rights bidding, they'll look to every technical innovation possible to improve the televised product. This is one way of doing it which would differentiate rugby from all other sports.
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Do you have photos of the rugby goggles? I support, I have myopia and I have to wear contact lenses and is very uncomfortable. I have to put them on before leaving my house and if I forget I have to play without these. For me it would be better to have special glasses until I do the eye surgery.
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There is no broadcast-quality camera technology suitable to be worn by players.
**** is ****ing years away.
**** is ****ing years away.
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Refcam is already deemed broadcast quality. Google glass is deemed broadcast quality by the NBA and it's partners.EDI
EDIT - Broadcasters of sport are always looking for ways to differentiate themselves from the competition. Miking up players is an NFL innovation. Refcam is one such rugby innovation. I think it's entirely possible that down the line we'll see cameras on players rather than referees to give the spectator a different perspective. It's not going to happen for a few years yet though as you so eloquently say!
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Google glass will not survive a tackle in rugby - and poses a danger to player's eyes.
Refcam is basically a go-pro which is barely broadcast quality and is impractical for referees, let alone players.
You start giving every player a camera and you're giving the director 46 extra cameras to have to sift through.
Refcam is basically a go-pro which is barely broadcast quality and is impractical for referees, let alone players.
You start giving every player a camera and you're giving the director 46 extra cameras to have to sift through.
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So you're admitting refcam is broadcast quality otherwise they wouldn't broadcast it?! To be honest, I'm not a fan of refcam because of the shaky picture and thinks it adds very little. That doesn't hide the fact that TV wants it and think it adds value to the broadcast.
I asked the question "How long before there's a technical innovation which sees Google's technology integrated into rugby goggles for players rather than referees?". I don't think the technology exists just yet because it's cumbersome (so in that I agree with you) but I think broadcasters would be very interested in pursuing it if and when the option becomes available.
On the 46 extra cameras, you're absolutely correct, it's a lot more work for producers. That's why it would only be used/televised for certain plays. We want to see what the try scorer sees when he's making a searing break, not what a scrum half does for a mundane pass for example. It wouldn't be a live feed but rather a replay angle.
All of which has nothing to do with rugby goggles being trialled right now. If it helps a short sighted player on the field, it's a good idea. I'd wonder whether it impinges on their peripheral vision.
I asked the question "How long before there's a technical innovation which sees Google's technology integrated into rugby goggles for players rather than referees?". I don't think the technology exists just yet because it's cumbersome (so in that I agree with you) but I think broadcasters would be very interested in pursuing it if and when the option becomes available.
On the 46 extra cameras, you're absolutely correct, it's a lot more work for producers. That's why it would only be used/televised for certain plays. We want to see what the try scorer sees when he's making a searing break, not what a scrum half does for a mundane pass for example. It wouldn't be a live feed but rather a replay angle.
All of which has nothing to do with rugby goggles being trialled right now. If it helps a short sighted player on the field, it's a good idea. I'd wonder whether it impinges on their peripheral vision.
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They use is despite the appalling (in comparison to the rest of their broadcast) quality.
It's well below what is would regularly be considered.
I agree with the general idea that being able to see the game from as many different angles and perspective is exciting.
The trouble is that we are about as close to being able to see what a player sees without significant inconvenience to said player, as we are to seeing 10 year old kids going down the street on hoverboards.
Having had to wear goggles and protective glasses during physical activity before, I can tell you it is extremely restrictive.
I can't really see anyone using them.
It's well below what is would regularly be considered.
I agree with the general idea that being able to see the game from as many different angles and perspective is exciting.
The trouble is that we are about as close to being able to see what a player sees without significant inconvenience to said player, as we are to seeing 10 year old kids going down the street on hoverboards.
Having had to wear goggles and protective glasses during physical activity before, I can tell you it is extremely restrictive.
I can't really see anyone using them.
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