Man City asks supporters to spot themselves and Mario Balotelli in its 360 degree ‘Fan Cam’
Manchester City Football Club is asking fans who were present at Sunday’s blockbuster clash with Spurs to tag themselves in its new 360 degree ‘Fan Cam’ from the game.
The The five billion pixel photograph captures every single supporter who was inside the Etihad Stadium to see City’s dramatic 3-2 victory.
As well as inviting fans to spot themselves, the club is running a Where’s Wally style competition by hiding virtual avatars of four of City’s star players around the stadium.
As you can see in the video above, Mario Balotelli, Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko and Samir Nasri were all recorded in front of a green screen then digitally rendered into the online visual.
The lucky fans who are able to spot the hiding players will receive an interactive message asking them to enter a competition to win a signed shirt and personalised video message from the player, which will then be uploaded on to the winner’s Facebook page.
Starting today, Facebook users will be able to tag Pages in their photos. Page tagged photos will adhere to a user’s privacy settings, and will only appear on a Page’s Photos tab if set to be visible to everyone. Initially, Facebook is only allowing Pages categorized as “Brands & Products” or “People” to be tagged, but it says it is “looking to expand this functionality to more Page categories over time.”
Brands, products, and people are some of the things represented by Pages that most frequently appear in user photos. Brands like soft drinks or clothing lines may incidentally be included in photos of friends, while users often upload photos of themselves with celebrities to the social network. The examples Facebook included in the information it sent us include brand/product Coca Cola, and musician Kanye West who is technically categorized as a musician/band, indicating that Pages with a wide range of categories that represent people may be able to tak advantage of the new feature.
