Australian Open
Emergency solution: tennis superstars like in a computer game
The Australian Open is live on the net - players move in real time, but look different ...
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The Australian Open in the guise of the former Nintendo Wii games? If you want to follow the tennis Grand Slam in a somewhat humorous way, you can now do so on the tournament's YouTube channel.
Game console look
The Australian Open matches are shown there in real time, albeit with a twist for legal reasons (after all, broadcasting rights have been sold to hundreds of countries). The players are animated, but imitate the ball movements of the actual matches. This creates a game console look that is a little clunky, but likeable and funny.
"Twelve cameras process the silhouettes of the stars to finally merge their movements at 29 points on the avatar skeleton," explains Machar Reid, Director of Innovation at Tennis Australia. Occasionally there are dropouts, for example when the rackets suddenly float out of the hand ...
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