Having just read the following, and given the forward thinking of WTC, I can’t wait to how they will leverage this for some awesome live online coverage of the race.
GoPros make getting action footage amazingly easy, and now, thanks to Livestream, you’ll be able to show everyone online your eXXXtreme skillz in real time.
The new Livestream app for iOS now supports direct uploads from GoPro Hero with Wi-Fi. Now if your GoPro is connected to your phone you’ll be able to select it as a source in the Livestream app and go live over a 4G connection. There’s no word on when Android support might show up. Of course, that connectivity might be a real wild card in some of the situations you’d want to use a GoPro in. Still watching action camera theatrics live has exciting potential. Nobody get hurt!
I’ll leave it to the reader to assume pink or not.
The quote from the OP suggests that the athletes can use a cell phone connected to a GoPro real-time during a race. But since both cell phones and videoing are both illegal by participants, only those not in the race can use that capability.
I have two VIRBs attached I will attach to my Diamondback super rig. Assuming this bike doesn’t break, because I bought it at Dick’s Sporting Goods, I am going to ride the course disguised as a competitor but on a mission as a videographer
These will be used for a delayed YouTube video release–a new genre in the triathlon video space, this film is of the ilk that I like to call “Scarlet Letter coverage”. The purpose is to shame cheating scum, to satisfy the schadenfreude of Slowtwitch, and to explore triathlete pathology…in the artistic lens, it deigns to be, I submit, a drafting ethnography; it will explore motifs of morality, sin, and cultural relativism (e.g. Latino hubris), but in a depature from Hawthorne, this will profile the “Hester Prynne’s of Hawi” (working title), or the highest level amateur athletes, podium contenders whose style of bike is consistent with the inspiring adage I suggest for Ironman: anything is possible as long as you cheat.
Well the quote just said the owner of the camera can stream from their phone. Maybe I wasn’t clear enough by saying WTC could have their people with the cameras.
And of course it wouldn’t have to be totally livestream. Assuming they could get these cameras for free from the sponsor, you could have many cameras out on motos, drones, etc. could have a woman’s feed, show the multiple packs on the bikes. But hey why try to make the coverage a little more robust.
I have two VIRBs attached I will attach to my Diamondback super rig. Assuming this bike doesn’t break, because I bought it at Dick’s Sporting Goods, I am going to ride the course disguised as a competitor but on a mission as a videographer
These will be used for a delayed YouTube video release–a new genre in the triathlon video space, this film is of the ilk that I like to call “Scarlet Letter coverage”. The purpose is to shame cheating scum, to satisfy the schadenfreude of Slowtwitch, and to explore triathlete pathology…in the artistic lens, it deigns to be, I submit, a drafting ethnography; it will explore motifs of morality, sin, and cultural relativism (e.g. Latino hubris), but in a depature from Hawthorne, this will profile the “Hester Prynne’s of Hawi” (working title), or the highest level amateur athletes, podium contenders whose style of bike is consistent with the inspiring adage I suggest for Ironman: anything is possible as long as you cheat.
How are you going to accomplish this when you’ll be at Hawi with your girlfriend’s special needs bag with that spare wheel???
Touché. But I’ve got the lead Serios mechanic lined up to do the swap. He isn’t all that serious with R or even Excel, but his experience managing a Dick’s wrench stand makes me trust his quant
Blimey - are phones and cameras banned ? I thought using a phone would be outlawed - but didnt realise you couldnt have it in your back pocket or whatever.
Touché. But I’ve got the lead Serios mechanic lined up to do the swap. He isn’t all that serious with R or even Excel, but his experience managing a Dick’s wrench stand makes me trust his quant
My grandfathered unlimited data just became worth it.
This would actually make for an epic home security camera with wi-fi viewing for free with just an old itouch or iPhone and a go pro.
For home / remote webcam usage, just download Presence from the AppStore. I’ve repurposed a few different old iPhones into cloud enabled remote cameras. Oh, and it’s free.
