사회트렌드와 스포츠(1): 4차 산업혁명과 스포츠

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to figure out the meaning of the fourth industrial revolution so that the prospect of sports and their possible considerations might be anticipated. First, the coinage of the fourth industrial revolution, whose meaning has not been clarified yet, can be conceptualized as the following: Customized Forecasting Service that by internet of things the information of real life is loaded on Cloud System on-line customized service providing the information mankind needs through the analysis process of AI along with Cloud System equipped in on-line so that any information and service mankind needs may be provided after AI’s information analysis. Next, the prospect of sports from the viewpoint of the fourth industrial revolution is that core technology of AI, VR, Internet of Things and Big Data are fused to materialize optimized players, highly-developed athletic performance and new kinds of sports. Last, the considerations of correlation between the fourth industrial revolution and sports are organized as the following three. First, the necessity for conceptual approach to ‘scientific-technological viewpoint’ as the essence of the fifth category sports with a new viewpoint which can explain the correlation between the two is raised. Second, based on the decision that the appearance of AI Robot Sports is very likely to be on track, deliberation of conceptual definition of sports along with any academic action is required. Third, the setup of ‘Technology Sports’ needs to be expected when any new kinds of sports which may be materialized by the fourth industrial revolution should be the fifth category sports.