A big virtual cat jumps into the stadium, paces around the field, shreds a New York Jets flag (the Panthers’ Sunday opponents), and hops away with a menacing roar. In short, what’s going on is that an animation of the virtual panther, which was made in Unreal Engine, is being rendered within a live feed of the real world. To give the panther virtual objects to climb on and interact with, the stadium is also modeled virtually but is invisible. (One cool tidbit: in the video, you can see that the stadium screens have black screens with cat eyes. But the giant virtual panther is a fun look at one possible use of AR to add to the experience of watching a big sports event.

Source: The Nation September 15, 2021 16:18 UTC