In the second episode in a three-part special of BBC News technology series TechXplore set in Paris, presenter Paul Carter continues his tech journey at the Paris Games, this time exploring how the events in Paris are being experienced by the global audience. In the episode titled The Global Experience, Paul goes behind-the-scenes at the high-tech international broadcast centre and finds out how AI and the Cloud are transforming the global broadcasting experience of the 2024 games.
Paul then visits the Olympic Timekeeping Laboratory in Switzerland to see how AI is being introduced into the judging of key Paris events; joins an Olympian swimmer in the pool to test out the latest smart googles; tests his skills at an AI Talent Scouting Lab that is looking to find the Olympians of the future; and joins a team looking at footage from the Paris games of 1924 which is now being digitally re-coloured using AI to celebrate some Olympic glories from the past.
TechXplore Paris: The Global Experience airs on BBC News on Saturday 10th August at 01:30 and 07:30 and Sunday 11th August at 14:30 and 21:30. All times GMT.
