“The software could prove a boon for seated events when friends are not able to sit together but want to chat about the on-field action,” The Beeb reports. “It could also help them include fans and friends who did not manage to get tickets to a match.”
“Foundational work for the project involved research students travelling to football matches with fans to see what they did when supporting their team,” The Beeb reports.
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The Beeb continues, “The researchers are working with the Tartan Army – fans who travel round the world following local Scottish football teams and the national side. Some Tartan Army fans have been given Apple iPhones fitted with prototypes of the software Dr Matthew Chalmers, a reader in computer science at the University of Glasgow and principal investigator on the ‘smart stadium’ project, and his co-workers are developing.”
The Beeb reports, “The researchers plan to release the software as a free mobile application so that anyone can use it.”
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