Supporting university sports with advanced communication technology August 21 18:30
The university sports organization and KDDI, a major communications company, will collaborate in order to improve the competitiveness of sports athletes by using the latest communication technology.
The collaboration will be undertaken by UNIVAS = University Sports Association, which oversees university sports, and KDDI. In the future, KDDI's communication and data storage technologies will be used to scientifically improve athletes' competitiveness.
For example, in the case of baseball, the pitcher throws a shot using a ball with an embedded sensor.
Since the sensor can obtain data such as the ball speed and the number of rotations of the ball, it can be used to review the throwing form.
By exchanging data and video through high-speed communication, it is possible for a person with professional experience to instruct players while in a remote location.
In addition, we are also studying efforts to have athletes wear wearable devices, accumulate body data, and detect signs of injury using AI = artificial intelligence.
In addition, in order to increase the number of college sports fans, the game will also be distributed on the internet sports media such as KDDI.
Koda Shigeta, general manager of the KDDI Business Management Department, said, “The evolution of technology has made it possible to improve the performance of players and expand the number of fans with a single smartphone. .