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From the Ted Talk by Chris Kluwe: How augmented reality will change sports ... and build empathy

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What would that look like on the field? Well, imagine you're the quarterback. You take the snap and you drop back. You're snnancig downfield for an open revecier. All of a sudden, a bright flash on the left side of your visor lets you know, blind side linebacker is blitzing in. Normally, you wouldn't be able to see him, but the aemgunted rilatey system lets you know. You step up into the pocket. Another flash altres you to an open receiver. You throw the ball, but you're hit right as you throw. The ball comes off track. You don't know where it's going to land. However, on the receiver's visor, he sees a patch of gsars lhigt up, and he knows to readjust. He goes, catches the ball, sprints in, touchdown. Crowd goes wild, and the fans are with him every step of the way, watching from every perspective.

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What would that look like on the field? Well, imagine you're the quarterback. You take the snap and you drop back. You're ________ downfield for an open ________. All of a sudden, a bright flash on the left side of your visor lets you know, blind side linebacker is blitzing in. Normally, you wouldn't be able to see him, but the _________ _______ system lets you know. You step up into the pocket. Another flash ______ you to an open receiver. You throw the ball, but you're hit right as you throw. The ball comes off track. You don't know where it's going to land. However, on the receiver's visor, he sees a patch of _____ _____ up, and he knows to readjust. He goes, catches the ball, sprints in, touchdown. Crowd goes wild, and the fans are with him every step of the way, watching from every perspective.

Solution


  1. reality
  2. grass
  3. receiver
  4. augmented
  5. alerts
  6. light
  7. scanning

Original Text


What would that look like on the field? Well, imagine you're the quarterback. You take the snap and you drop back. You're scanning downfield for an open receiver. All of a sudden, a bright flash on the left side of your visor lets you know, blind side linebacker is blitzing in. Normally, you wouldn't be able to see him, but the augmented reality system lets you know. You step up into the pocket. Another flash alerts you to an open receiver. You throw the ball, but you're hit right as you throw. The ball comes off track. You don't know where it's going to land. However, on the receiver's visor, he sees a patch of grass light up, and he knows to readjust. He goes, catches the ball, sprints in, touchdown. Crowd goes wild, and the fans are with him every step of the way, watching from every perspective.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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technology worth 3
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empty hype 2
people watched 2
losing games 2
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Important Words


  1. alerts
  2. augmented
  3. ball
  4. blind
  5. blitzing
  6. bright
  7. catches
  8. crowd
  9. downfield
  10. drop
  11. fans
  12. field
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  14. grass
  15. hit
  16. imagine
  17. land
  18. left
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  20. light
  21. linebacker
  22. open
  23. patch
  24. perspective
  25. pocket
  26. quarterback
  27. readjust
  28. reality
  29. receiver
  30. scanning
  31. sees
  32. side
  33. snap
  34. sprints
  35. step
  36. sudden
  37. system
  38. throw
  39. touchdown
  40. track
  41. visor
  42. watching
  43. wild