Since 1990, IBM has been working with Wimbledon. Earlier, the company has offered match analysis DVDs to help analyse players’ performances. This year, it has introduced smart phone applications – designed to deliver live scores throughout the tournament.
The new system documents and analyses stroke types and scores during every match, with 40 on-site data-staff, logging details, reported the Guardian.
The new app for the G1 Android-based mobile phone – Seer Android – reportedly acts as a guide and map of the 2009 tournament; it allows users to retrieve match data, news and venue information via video feed on handsets. By pointing the device towards Centre Court, one could receive all the information one needs.
The second one is Seer Aggregator which is expected to provide Wimbledon real-time ‘tweets’ from various sources – players, commentators, journalists and IBM scouts.
Alan Flack, IBM client executive for the AELTC, said: We recognised that people come to Wimbledon to watch tennis, so anything we can do to help make their day smoother, to help them find what they are looking for quickly and efficiently just makes their visit more enjoyable. By exploring new technologies, we can bring information to life by making it more useful, engaging and accessible.
An official Wimbledon iPhone app is already available and it could be downloaded free from the iTunes Store.
