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A deaf football team will debut a 5G-connected augmented reality helmet to call plays [View all]
Last edited Sat Oct 14, 2023, 07:09 PM - Edit history (1)
Hat tip, an AT&T commercial during the Oregon-Washington game
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A deaf football team will debut a 5G-connected augmented reality helmet to call plays
October 7, 20237:01 AM ET
Becky Sullivan
A digital display attached to the helmet will show the player which play the coach has chosen.
AT&T
A first-of-its-kind football helmet will allow coaches at Gallaudet University, the school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Washington, D.C., to transmit plays to their quarterback via an augmented reality screen.
Players on Gallaudet's football team, which competes in NCAA's Division III, have long faced challenges against teams with hearing athletes, such as an inability to hear referees' whistles that signal the end of a play.
The helmet, which was developed in conjunction with communications giant AT&T, aims to address another of those long-standing problems: Coaches calling plays to the players.
"If a player can't see you, if they're not locked in with eye contact, they're not going to know what I'm saying," Gallaudet head coach Chuck Goldstein said in an explanatory video.
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A deaf football team will debut a 5G-connected augmented reality helmet to call plays
October 7, 20237:01 AM ET
Becky Sullivan
A digital display attached to the helmet will show the player which play the coach has chosen.
AT&T
A first-of-its-kind football helmet will allow coaches at Gallaudet University, the school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Washington, D.C., to transmit plays to their quarterback via an augmented reality screen.
Players on Gallaudet's football team, which competes in NCAA's Division III, have long faced challenges against teams with hearing athletes, such as an inability to hear referees' whistles that signal the end of a play.
The helmet, which was developed in conjunction with communications giant AT&T, aims to address another of those long-standing problems: Coaches calling plays to the players.
"If a player can't see you, if they're not locked in with eye contact, they're not going to know what I'm saying," Gallaudet head coach Chuck Goldstein said in an explanatory video.
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