How Sony’s Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system transformed the U.S. Open::CNBC got a behind-the-scenes look at Sony’s Hawk-Eye line-calling system to understand how the tech works in tennis and other major sports.

  • JoBo@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    I dunno. The match that prompted the change was pretty outrageous. Players shouldn’t be competing against umpires as well as their opponent.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly. The rule is “if the ball touches the line, it’s out” (or is outside the line, whatever) why does it matter if a human judges it or a camera?

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        1 year ago

        If it touches the line, it is in.

        It matters because humans are fallible. Machines are much more reliable in situations where there is an unambiguous right answer. That match was awful to watch and it was made worse because the TV audience could see how badly the umpire was behaving.

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          I think my point came across wrong. I was angling for the “why shouldn’t we use cameras since they’re less fallible?”, I don’t understand when people say “we need human judges because that’s more pure!” type responses.