Re: [computer-go] go vision / webcam to sgf / Tuchola

[Nick Wedd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <e2f7c3f705080614095bf870d8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ryan 
<rgrant0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> hi, i've been a member of this list for some time, keeping track of
> computer-go progress.  right now i'm at the US Go Congress in Tacoma,
> where things are starting to move at a brisk pace, as about 500 people
> are registered.
>
> i heard that at the 2004 European Congress in Tuchola, some folks set
> up a webcam and were able to output moves from a game played in Real
> Life{tm}.
>
> this technology interests me quite a bit, especially this week, so i'm
> wondering if anyone on the list saw the previous work and can help me
> find it, or its authors.
Yes, a webcam was used at Tuchola last year.  Viewers could watch the 
stones being played in real time;  and try to identify the players by 
the tops of their heads.  Svetlana Shikshina was the easiest.

On the third day, the organisers realised that the webcam would be more 
interesting if viewers knew who the players were.  They wrote the 
players' names on a card, and left this face up near the clock.  Viewers 
could see the card, and just about make out that it had what was 
probably writing on it.

Sometime in the second week, the organisers realised that cards were not 
good enough, and listed the names of the players on the web site, next 
to the link to the web cam.

This spring, in Maidenhead, UK, a webcam was used for board one of the 
European Pair-Go tournament.  Illegible cards were used again there.

In this year's EGC in Prague, there was no webcam.  But the games from 
board 1 of the main tournament were relayed live on KGS by the recorder. 
Some other major events are relayed live on IGS.

Nick
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