Scouting technology will continue to grow in importance as the information being managed multiplies, and as the ways to evaluate talent evolve. A scouts ‘fantasy’ would be to have a single, universal device that performs every scouting function: radar gun, stopwatch, super hi-def video camera, augmented reality simulator, data analyzer, report-writer, and communication link.
Sounds far-fetched?
Given the technology already available from companies like Google Glass, Leap Motion, Xbox Connect, the next generation of technology may be coming sooner than you think, and with a trend toward compact, hand-held, hands-free, eye-motion devices.
Sounds expensive?
The cost will be a fraction of the money invested today in top draft picks, free agents, and players acquisition via trades.