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Australian Open avatars helping tennis reach new audience (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by kersploosh to c/[email protected]

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TL;DR: The Australian Open is streaming games for free on YouTube. The catch is that the players, court, and ball are all 3D generated. They and constructed in near-real time using cameras and video tracking software.

The loophole allows the Australian Open to show a version of live events at the tournament on its own channels, despite having sold lucrative exclusive broadcast rights to partners across the globe.

Demonstration video: https://youtu.be/H-TCgvSeYj4

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[–] fitgse 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was at the airport and there was an NBA game on tv and on another tv were Disney characters playing basketball. It took me a while to realize it was the same game.

As a software developer (previously game developer) I was very impressed with how good the tracking was. Not just position, but complicated moves, dribbling the ball between their legs, facial animations, everything with less than a 10 second lag.

The Disney version was way more fun to watch.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is what we have before the government invests $500 billion USD into AI ~~surveillance~~ research, imagine what we'll have after!

I mean, aside from a shit ton of new H-1B hires.

(To be clear, I have nothing against the hires themselves, but the fraud and deception used to skip past qualified domestic labor. The money earned by visa holders being spent overseas is also concerning since that money loses any velocity it has within the American economy).