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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Oct 14, 2023, 05:50 PM Oct 2023

A deaf football team will debut a 5G-connected augmented reality helmet to call plays

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 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 OP
Very interesting. Xavier Breath Oct 2023 #1
good news for the players... nt msongs Oct 2023 #2
I thought this was happening last week. underpants Oct 2023 #3
This technology opens that possibility for deaf athletes. Nt 1WorldHope Oct 2023 #4
Gallaudet win. 24-23 over Castleton underpants Oct 2023 #5
Thank you for posting this LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #6
I usually ignore the ads. This one caught my attention. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 #7

Xavier Breath

(5,005 posts)
1. Very interesting.
Sat Oct 14, 2023, 05:54 PM
Oct 2023

I guess it would work the same way the speaker in the QB's helmet works, cutting off after x seconds? And, since it was mentioned, how do they solve the issue of them not being able to hear the whistle?

underpants

(186,631 posts)
3. I thought this was happening last week.
Sat Oct 14, 2023, 06:06 PM
Oct 2023

Very cool. I’m interested if big time college programs and the NFL adopt these.

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