Tokyo
A new Japanese smartphone app will allow fans to send virtual cheers and jeers to sports stadiums in the hope of creating atmosphere at matches played behind closed doors due to coronavirus.
Instrument maker Yamaha said its remote cheering system will let users tap buttons on the app to deliver cheers—or boos—via dozens of speakers placed inside grounds.
Event organisers can pre-set various types of cheers and jeers, and change the intensity levels depending on the number of users pressing their buttons—aiming to replicate the roar when a goal or home run is scored.
Even when a live audience is permitted, fans may still use the app to prevent potentially coronavirus-laden droplets flying through the air through shouting.
They can pick which side of the stadium to send their chosen cheer or jeer, and can remotely join chants that only designated users can begin. —APP
