EA Sports and ESPN have joined forces to offer a really cool technology that allows analysts to interact with 3D virtual players. The technology called Sports Virtual Playbook allows the commentator to stand in the middle of a virtual football field and talk through plays as they develop.
Sports Virtual Playbook launched on September 7th and will be used throughout the season on Monday NFL Countdown and NFL Live.
EA SPORTS Virtual Playbook is created using feeds from in-studio real-world cameras as well as an in-game camera that captures EA SPORTS in-game graphics depicting real game scenarios. The real-world studio and game images of virtual characters are combined to create the effect of “augmented reality” -- virtual players appearing in the studio alongside real life hosts and analysts. Both real and virtual people are able to move realistically around the studio set to demonstrate plays and scenarios. The system accommodates, and in fact is controlled by, the multiple real-world cameras that are typical in today’s sports analysis television programs.
Source: Gamesindustry.biz
As big football fans, and big fans of anything that utilizes innovative 3D technology, 3Dwalkthroughs.com is pumped about this 3D technology. It really does make watching some of the analysts more interesting and also might make things a little clearer for people that do not really understand football that well.
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