The radar technology, developed by Sportvision will enhance the "Bat Track" system launched last year by ESPN, which allows viewers to see immediately a player's bat speed and its relationship to pitch speed.
"'Bat Track' is a wonderful tool which, for the first time, allows us to teach viewers about the relationship between pitch speed and bat speed," said ESPN's baseball analyst, Joe Morgan. "This important aspect of the game has never before been explored."
Sportvision develops technology-based enhancements for sports television, the Internet, and new media platforms. Sportvision's first system, the "AIRf/x", measured the vertical leap of basketball players and was seen on TNT and Turner Broadcasting. Sportvision also act as broadcast technology consultants to the National Football League, the National Hockey League and to the New York Mets.
