Yamaha has started a remote cheering project with 26 professional football clubs in Japan.
Aimed at creating a 'new normal' for sports fans cheering from Home, Yamaha Corporation has rolled out an early offering of its currently in-development remote cheering system ‘Remote Cheerer powered by SoundUD’ to enable remote cheering for 26 football clubs at selected Meiji Yasuda J1 League matches (the Japanese equivalent of the English Premier League); Meiji Yasuda J2 League matches (similar to the the English Championship) and Meiji Yasuda J3 League matches.
Remote Cheerer is intended to become a new way of spectating sports and participating in the excitement and atmosphere of a live game during periods such as is happening worldwide now, when football matches have to be played behind locked stadium doors to enforce social distancing and control the coronavirus pandemic.
Remote Cheerer enables users to tap ‘support buttons’ via a mobile site as each match unfolds, playing back their remotely triggered cheers and applause through speakers set up at the match stadiums.
The system was developed in consideration of hospitalised children; those busy with responsibilities such as childcare, the disabled and elderly, and football supporters unable to attend stadiums, allowing them to cheer together with attending supporters and having their support reach stadiums.
For this project, the system officially commenced testing at selected Meiji Yasuda J1, J2 and J3 League matches over the past weekend, starting 4 July, with fans and supporters enjoying the application while watching broadcast or streamed sports, confirming the viability of a new way to spectate in an age of remote support for matches.
Many of Japan's top football clubs are taking part in the experiment, including Shonan Bellmare, Shimizu S-Pulse, Vissel Kobe, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Sagantosu.
System usability had been previously tested by placing a total of 58 speaker units around Shizuoka Stadium and having users in multiple remote locations use smartphones to send cheers, applause and booing, in addition to clapping along with club chants. Users were able to gain a sense of being present at the venue, even with it being a massive stadium.
Yamaha said it will continue development and promotion of the system in order to contribute to creating an environment in which people can watch sporting events safely and with ease of mind during both normal and unprecedented circumstances such as these.
Yuki Seto, SoundUD Group, Cloud Business Department, Yamaha Corporation, said, "We are working to promote this system as a means of delivering cheering and fan support in a wide variety of situations. This includes not only spectatorless matches, but also matches with reduced spectator seating or where shouting is not possible, as well as accommodating fans who can't attend matches. We look forward to continuing to work with not only league, club, and stadium personnel, but also with players, supporters and fans as well in order to further improve the system and service.
Junpei Takaki, sales division, Shimizu S-Pulse, said: "The shouts of the fans are an essential element of the match atmosphere. As a former professional football player myself, I know how emboldening the support of the fans is to the players on the field. S-Pulse is eager to continue to make the most of the club's resources in order to assist with the development of this system".
The Yamaha app is available in Japan for iOS and Android smartphones.
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