Fox Sports will broadcast Feyenoord-PSV match with VR camera

Fox Sports will broadcast the Feyenoord-PSV football match live on Sunday with images that a camera records in a VR version of the match. The broadcaster reports that. The registration in virtual reality can be seen via its own channel Fox 7 and via a live stream on Twitch.

The VR registration can be seen in addition to the regular registration with regular images of the match, let the channel know. The technique is possible because computer systems keep track of the live images of the match via data cameras. With camera images from various points of view, the computer system can keep track of where the ball is and where the players are.

The system of the Alkmaar company Beyond Sports then renders the images at a quality that roughly corresponds to the game Fifa 2006. The graphic technology comes from the American ChyronHego. The virtual registration makes it possible to see the match from every angle, even if there is no camera at that spot in the stadium. VR cameramen capture the match using an HTC Vive VR headset. Viewers can therefore not follow the match themselves with VR glasses, but the cameramen choose from which point of view viewers see the match in virtual reality.

The VR system has been used by clubs for some time to analyze their own matches afterwards, but the live broadcast of Feyenoord-PSV on Sunday is the first time that the system will be shown live on TV and on Twitch. A video from Fox Sports shows what the system looks like behind the scenes.