Vizrt 3D real time graphics and Media Asset Management constitute the two pillars of improved game experience and the foundation for third party vendors to provide advanced game enhancement, analysis and virtual advertisement.

Vizrt and its partners pioneered the TV virtual graphics with virtual advertisement and game enhancements that radically changed the TV sports watching experience.

Some of the games enhancements that once were engineering quantum leaps for TV production are now must have for the events, like, to name a few, soccer offside lines and free kick circles, coloured swimming lanes, Olympic or Word record athletic distances.

Since the FIFA word Cup 2006 commercial introduction of image base tracking solution, game enhancements and virtual advertisement took benefit of simplified operations and compact equipment.

Collaboration with Léo Vision for patent pending image recognition including second generation global motion tracking together with new and improved internal chroma and luminance keying result in the most reliable and compact solution in the market. It can be used at the venue - uplink - as well as in the studio – downlink – for live transmission or post production.

Advanced 3D graffiti (telestration), unique realistic player movements together with unique interactive control make it the most advanced and versatile replay and analysis solution for broadcasters.

Live player tracking is a combination of SportVU field tracking technology with Vizrt rendering engine, Viz Engine. This solution features light stadium infrastructure, excellent accuracy combined with a unique computer aided workflow to provide clubs and stadium with the most reliable and easy to use advanced player tracking available on the planet.

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Viz Arena

Viz Arena enables broadcasters to superimpose static and animated 3D graphics over the live coverage of a sports event. The solution ensures that the graphics remain in place, regardless of camera movement. The result is a holistic video experience in which the 3D graphics appear to be part of the live coverage.

Viz Arena fully utilizes the creative functionality of Viz Artist: 2D and 3D real-time graphics, text, video, logos, images, and animations can be superimposed on the live video feeds, enriching information and creating an enhanced look.

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Viz Engine

Viz Engine, one of today’s most powerful rendering engines, is now even more capable in its updated version. Like its predecessor, Viz Engine 3 renders animated 2D and 3D scenes in real-time, producing high-end animations and outputting them in SD and HD video. Additionally, the new Viz Engine 3 has been expanded to provide an even more flexible set of tools than before, integrating with all other Vizrt products, and offering broadcasters an ideal creative run-time environment.

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Key Features and Benefits:

  • Dynamic, correct-perspective graphical overlays
  • Virtual advertising and game analysis
  • Real-time distance measurements and object placement
  • Customized plug-ins for every type of sports event
  • Velocity estimation and height measurement
  • Optional scoreboard module for synchronization with official scoreboard
  • High-resolution camera tracking for pan/tilt/zoom, and focus

Key Features and Benefits:

  • Extremely powerful rendering engine
  • 2D and 3D real-time high-quality graphics
  • Supports SD and HD digital video, as well as AVI and Quicktime
  • High-quality full scene anti-aliasing
  • Powerful Plug-in API available
  • Pure OpenGL implementation
  • Full support of OpenGL Shader Language enables
  • Timeline-based audio playback
  • Optional video board for live video inputs and clip playback
  • Optional plug-in packages