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WOO and KOTA
Apparently, from what I understood, the judges could istantly see the height of the riders. Anyone got an idea how this is done? Is this possible with the bluetooth function of WOO guess thats +/- 50m distance right? Any rumors of getting a similar functionality for people who come and watch you on the beach? Contacted them once on such a functionality and they said they were working on something like it...seems like they got it working now. We do see hardware updates, hopefully soon we will also get some software updates!
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Re: WOO and KOTA
I would also like to know how this works.
Very cool indeed...but even cooler if everyone could see this on a display! Big plus for the spectators!
Very cool indeed...but even cooler if everyone could see this on a display! Big plus for the spectators!
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Re: WOO and KOTA
Is it done with current version of Woo or this is the future model?
Seems that they do a hardware update every year. Should we expect something new soon? GPS built in maybe?
Seems that they do a hardware update every year. Should we expect something new soon? GPS built in maybe?
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Re: WOO and KOTA
Probably it is an optical system, couple of cameras and software with good calibration can estimate distances and heights very precisely.
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Re: WOO and KOTA
When the commentator said that the judges can see the woo height, the other commentator tried to say something instantly but didn't. I assumed that this was just missinformation, but that is my gut feeling from playing too much poker!
Little edit: would be cool if it works tho!
Little edit: would be cool if it works tho!
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Re: WOO and KOTA
I hope they use a meassuring device instead of an inaccurate toy ! 
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Re: WOO and KOTA
Probably using a measuring toy. Is there an alternative ? Pretty amazing to think that the highest jumps, 18 m or so, are only just over half the height of other jumps that have been made recently..
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Re: WOO and KOTA
Pretty amazing indeed...however doing tricks at those heights is even too much for these guys atm. Btw wind was relatively low and also spot is different than to where these records are jumped
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