SoMo: an automatic sound & motion sensitive audience voting system

ABSTRACT

Continuous controversy surrounding the judging of events during the Olympic Games incites the need for a system of audience participation in scoring. In this way the audience votes could theoretically be considered by the judges. In this pilot proposal the audience vote will initially be offered purely as a form of entertainment and a means to increase audience participation. Judging, be it by a professional or an amateur prospector seems to suffer from idiosyncrasies (bias). In the design of a new flexible and highly usable system for collecting spectators' scores, this problem is embraced instead of denied. Without harming the spontaneous reaction and appreciation of the international audience for an athlete, the designed sound & motion (SoMo) system takes the normal response (clapping, cheering, and waving) of an audience and translates this into a vote.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces
          Subjects: Synchronous interaction

General Terms:
Design

Keywords:
Olympic games, audience participation, detection, motion, parallel voting, sound, spontaneous, voting system