It is time for Sonos to enter the sports arena in a big way. I offered a concept to Sonos a few weeks back about adding the function of an intercom/two-way communication system within the Sonos offerings; they responded with interest, excited interest. So here I am again, only this time we want to hit a walk-off home run for the entire Sonos family. I’m an inventor myself, so I love to think out of the box, and Sonos suggested I start here, involving everyone so we can cover this concept from all positions.
My grandson plays baseball like many of our family members do. They added this thing, when the player approaches the plate: They call out their name and play a short theme song...super cool stuff. They use a suitcase size roll around speaker (Bluetooth), connected to a device that they can select the appropriate audio files, etc.
Sonos...can anyone hear me on this?!
Sonos designs a speaker, that snaps into this mobile device; this way when you are home, you can use the speaker elsewhere (unique function #1).
A lot of the process/work of selecting and managing the audio files is manual; we need to do something about this. To add optional functionality: The players have a wearable. When they come into an approximated range of the device, the system automatically selects the correct audio files for the player coming up to bat (unique function #2). This would be huge convivence, allowing the person responsible for keeping track of things more time to focus on the game; this could happen automatically, or with manual verification before allowing the audibles to execute.
How about the Umpire? They could have a counter that connects to the speaker to manually track balls/Strikes/outs and send that information to the system to be broadcasted “Clearly” for everyone to hear; could be a cool addition (unique function #3).
Sonos creates incredible sound...well, how about radar? Can this box monitor the players location on the field (unique function #4)? Realtime feedback to where the players are located? And the ball? Is it possible to put something in the core of the baseball to monitor its location too (unique function #5)?
I could keep going, but let’s get everyone’s inputs.
If all this is making sense to Sonos, then how “BIG” is the sporting industry, and how much are participants willing to spend on making that experience an “AWESOME” one; with high fidelity sound quality at the heart of it?
Ok...I believe Sonos is “King” when it comes to their software. This could become one of the biggest Apps for Sonos ever. Think of the sports industry, huge. Now think of an app that has all kinds of build in sound bits, sports call, especially from famous personalities! Endless, and if done correctly, this Sonos product, once setup, could call the entire game (unique function #6).
I personally only just begun to touch on this awesome concept for Sonos.
Batters’ Boxx, taking little league bigtime!
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