The headlines borisjohnson considers Boris Johnson considers tightening covid 19 restrictions, following the highest number of cases since may. Local Ken Richardson is have come into force in some parts of the uk come with bars and restaurants closing early in north east england. Tributes are paid as the pioneering us supreme courtjudge and champion of womens rights, ruth bader ginsburg, dies at the age of 87. And seven ginsburg, dies at the age of 87. And seve n years ginsburg, dies at the age of 87. And seven years after he left north london for madrid, gareth bale is back at tottenham on a season long loan. Now on bbc news, its time for click. Hey, welcome to click, hope you are doing 0k. Its been a big week for me, look where i have been. Yes, on my first train for six months. And look who i went to see, only my good friend lara lewington, who is smaller than she looks on tv, i had forgotten. True, but that picture doesnt help. It was really lovely to see you, and maybe next time i will get the train to you. And if i do, i might be needing this. Laughs. Right, now, i have been looking at this on your social media feed and if i am honest i am still having trouble processing it in my head even now. I dont blame you, my husband bought it for me as a romantic gift you would have thought after lockdown he would be sick of the sight of my face, but it seems not, even if the dimensions are a bit strange. Somewhat, who said romance is dead, hey . But inspired by that i have come up with my own,
so i have made my own version on a budget, so. Thats me, isnt it . There we go. Laughs. Nice it is more flattering than mine. Well thank you, no worse i guess, no worse. Now listen, if you are going back to work you may have to wear a mask either on the journey or in the office. For some people at work in bigger offices, all they have to do is maintain a safe distance from their colleagues if they can. Yes, butjen copestake has been to see how Computer Vision is being used to help keep people apart, both on the commute and in the office. During the pandemic we have seen innovations in ways to monitor Peoples Movement and activities to help stop the spread of the virus. This includes using drones like draganfly, that can pick up on people coughing. And this system from cameo, which detects whether or not people are Wearing Masks. Cameras, data and Computer Vision software are used to ease the process of returning to work, including a first of its kind system in one of londons busiest train stations. Here at St Pancras International station they are using something called Digital Twin Technology to help monitor Peoples Movements around the station. And they can determine from that different ways to encourage people to move apart during the commute. A digital twin is an up to the minute replica in digital form of a space, including the people in it. The entire station was scanned by openspace before the pandemic, working with the department of transport and innovate uk. 30 bespoke cameras equipped with sd cameras are dotted around the station with another 20 on the way. Flat against the surface of the ceiling, they are separate from the current cctv system. So we have got three cameras working in this part of the station, one above our head and two along
this line, and weve meshed those cameras together so they can give us a continuous view of Movement Across the concourse here. So what makes them different to the cctv cameras . These are much more precise cameras. These are cameras that are able to specifically pick up the movement of people to a certain level of accuracy, so we can then process the data within our digital twin. This is the first time anywhere in the world a digital twin is managing the real Time Movement of people in a train station, and the first system of this kind making operational decisions about social distancing. People pop up red or green depending on if they are two metres or more apart. All the data is anonymised in keeping with gdpr. Video data is combined with wi fi ticketing information and the team has access to huge amounts of pre and post covid Movement Data to help develop the software. Station staff can then steer people to areas which are clearer, redirect lifts and escalators and provide staff at hotspots to encourage social distancing. From the train to the office, a different kind of system is implemented here using pre existing cameras. The Second Home Co working space saw a reduction in users since the start of the pandemic. Now they have introduced an alert system for staff to enforce social distancing. The data from two of the cctv cameras here in this Co Working Space is being analysed in the cloud by an Artificial Intelligence engine that is able to determine how many people are in the space, the distance they are keeping, how long people are staying distant, and even if people are talking, singing or sneezing. You can act on it quite quickly, you get alerted, i get alerted on my phone, so if there was a crowd congregating i can split up quite quickly, so we have a one directional system but if people were bumping into each other than wed definitely looking at rerouting people into a different way. Apart from distance which is the most obvious one, there is also a whole slew of more nuanced behaviours, including everything
from what people are engaged in, all of which has different effects on the particulates and the spread of the particulates. Are they Wearing Masks or not, how long are they spending in each others presence . So it is a very rich picture of covid safe behaviour. All around the World Companies are taking advantage of advances in Computer Vision. Computer Vision Company numina tracked the paths of where people are walking to better understand where hotspots are. The images are immediately stripped of any human characteristics and made into boxes with simple labels like pedestrian, car and bus. Back at st pancras there are plans to embed robots into the digital twin system next. They could be used for cleaning and then diverted to help police social distancing, saving workers from further potential exposure to the virus. Theatre has had a particularly tough time of it since march
and until actors can tread the boards again, technology is seeing whether it can fill the void. But can it really provide the excitement of a Live Performance . Marc cieslak has disappeared down the rabbit hole to find out. Were late, were late for a very important theatrical date. However, in order to follow alice down the rabbit hole for an adventure in wonderland, all we have to do is log in to a video chat call. Are you all 0k . Alice, a virtual theme park is actually an immersive theatre show, which due to the covid i9 pandemic, the audience experiences from the comfort of their homes via the video chat platform zoom. Its the result of a collaboration between theatre companies, creation, big telly, and fox dog, partnering with tech outfit charisma. Ai. We have built an animated version of the cheshire cat that the audience talk to. You are now ready to go further into wonderland. And before the show, they can chat to it, flirt with it. Its been asked out on dates a couple times. The second thing we do is, weve really pushed zoom into sort of videogame territory. We have taken the tiles that everyone is used to in videoconferences, separated them out and dropped them into a sd games engine. You can wave to all to the other members of the audience just before you zoom down the rabbit hole into wonderland. I think for us, we started experimenting really early into lockdown. Two weeks into lockdown, we did a production of the tempest. We discover that its really exciting, when it really comes to life, is when the audience is live and can be seen live too. It is performers and audience live and you have moments where you can see each other. A lot of our shows pre lockdown were inserts to fit locations,
moving around, giving the audiences, small groups, little challenges to do. It is as much live film or live gaming, and i think what the pandemic has created is this sort of opportunity put real people into a digital world. Few industries have escaped the effects of the covid i9 pandemic. Theatre has been badly hit. What theatre is about, its about physically being with other people. Its about being shoulder to shoulder with somebody. Its about having the freedom to laugh, the freedom to cry. You know, theatre is fundamentally a shared experience. And the phrase we keep hearing is the theatre industry has been decimated thats the buzz phrase my industry at the moment, and you know what, its right. Its calculated that theatre is worth £1. 28 billion in annual ticket revenue. The uks government has now allowed indoor performances with social distancing to start again. But to make money, theatres often rely on packed houses which arent possible with social distancing regulations. A handful of theatres in the west end are planning to reopen soon. And some venues, like this one in south london, have started performances with reduced audience capacities. This has still left thousands of people working within the theatre industry out of work. Can the technology we use to conduct video meetings really help this struggling sector . So, our directors in northern ireland, we have a performer in ireland, and other performers scattered all over the country. Everyone is at home so they have green screens up. Weve had to very rapidly kind of learn the best rehearsal processes to have for that. Theatre folk are fond of saying the show must go on, but with so Much Technology involved, getting through a performance without any glitches can be very difficult. We test, we guess, we second guess
and we put in redundancy. We put in double servers, we put in two Internet Connections into the actors homes. We put in backup plans for the live actors. You can have more tea if you answer my riddle. And in some ways, that ability to improvise that a human has is so brilliant in a production like this. Until theatres fully reopen again with performers physically sharing a space with their audience, it looks like Online Solutions might be one of the few ways to keep theatrical professionals employed. These are strange days where sometimes it feels like we have all ventured through the looking glass. And that is the magic of live theatre. That was marc and thats it for the short cut this crazy performance. The full version is up now on bbc iplayer. As ever, you can keep up with the team on social media,
youtube, instagram, facebook and twitter at bbcclick. Thanks for watching, dont have nightmares, and we will see you soon. Bye hello and welcome to sportsday. Palace stun united at old trafford their first defeat in their Season Opener in six years. Deal done. Bale officially rejoins spurs on loan as he tells fans, after seven years, im back. And the moment you realise youre set to win the biggest race in cycling. Tadej pogacar set for a shock victory at the Tour De France. Good evening and welcome to sportsday. More on that shock result from the Tour De France injust a moment. But first a bit of a shock result in the premier league. Manchester united have lost their Season Opener for the fisrt time since 2014 they were beaten 3 1 by Crystal Palace at old trafford. Andros townsend gave them the lead inside the opening ten minutes. Then we have some second half drama. Jordan ayew missed a penalty for palace. Play continued but a minute later referee Martin Atkinson called it back, and ordered it to be re taken. Var had intervened as united keeper david de gea was off his line. Wilf zaha stepped up Second Time Around and didnt make any mistake this time. United clearly annoyed with that decision. They got back into the game to make it 2 1 but zaha added a third to seal victory. Earlier, everton and west brom set the tone in the early kick off with a seven goal thriller at goodison. Dominic Calvert Lewin claiming his first career hat trick in a 5 2 win for the home side. Nesta mcgregor was watching. In the end, it was a magical day at goodison park, although afterjust ten minutes evertons defence could have been accused of pulling a disappearing act. West bromwich with this beauty from their bag of tricks. With the stadium empty, this long range effort surely had the toffees jumping from their sofas. Then going into the break, a trick West Bromwich fans will not have liked. Slaven bilic sent off, upset after one of his players was shown a red for an off the ball incident. Matthaus parreira with a fantastic strike. As the game went on, Carlo Ancelottis side took advantage of having an extra man. A hat trick for dominic Calvert Lewin saw him take home the match ball. Manager Carlo Ancelotti clearly working wonders with james rodruiguez and this man dominic Calvert Lewin, who seemed to be in the right place at the right time for all three goals. He says ancelottis influence has a lot to do with it. I have been working hard to improve my game and be more clinical in front of goal. It is nice when it comes off
and just to be in the right place