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Look, we don't know anything about World Cup bids. They probably have
a lot to do with "infrastructure" and "taking turns" and stuff like
that. But really, world? You couldn't pick Japan just this once?
Japan's incredibly great 2022 World Cup bid involved projecting 3D
holograms of the games live onto soccer football fields around the
world, allowing folks that can't make it to Japan for the actual games
to get a pretty great simulacrum, while standing next to people that
look like them and are probably rooting for the same team. "I have to
admit that the idea of this blows my mind away," said Japan's
committee chief Kohzo Tashima. Did you get that, world? Japan was
offering you 3D holographic full field broadcasts, and you just turned
a cold shoulder. Congrats, Qatar, we hope you're happy with 2022, and
we're sure you earned it based on whatever arbitrary metrics FIFA uses
to select World Cup countries. But you'll never earn our hearts. Video
of Japan's bid is after the break.
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