Virtual Graphics

AKI Virtual Football

AKI Virtual Football is a powerful and easy-to-use system for enhancing live football coverage through the addition of virtual graphics both on main camera as well as offside cameras. It is entirely based upon image processing, working completely without the need for camera sensors or special camera heads. It also has built-in keyers, linear and chroma, designed especially for various sports environments, successfully dealing with circumstances like shadows and bright sunlight in the video material.

Three cameras tracked in real-time

A combination of different tracking algorithms working together, gives simply the best tracking quality available. AKI Virtual Football analyses the camera movement from all three cameras simultaneously, normally a main camera in conjunction with two offside camera angles. A fourth input is available for virtual jumbotron as an example.

Fastest virtual offside line workflow on the market

The combination of amazing tracking quality, a built-in two channel uncompressed HD recorder and a dedicated hardware remote control, gives broadcasters the fastest virtual offside line workflow available on the market. This is vitally important on OB productions where time constraints can be challenging. No need to tie up expensive video server channels from an external system, all your virtual graphics enhancements and the offside replay from one system – AKI Virtual Football.

AKI Virtual Football comes with an easy to use set of tools for live football productions. The tools include team or commercial logos on the pitch, distance to goals, 9.15 meter indication, virtual jumbotrons, and complete offside replays with virtual lines.

Virtual Advertising

AKI Virtual Football also gives broadcasters the possibility to add commercial messages tied to the pitch, but also advanced video effects such as warping and distortion of the video in real time. The Video Warp effects can be created using Autodesk 3D Studio Max.

The system is designed with live OB production in mind - requiring only a single operator. Easy to use and short setup times are some of the key features of the system.

Key Features of AKI Virtual Football

• A dedicated software tool for placing virtual graphics into live football TV coverage
• Based on entirely upon image processing techniques and highly accurate tracking engine
• Advanced chroma-keyer capability to cope with changing lighting and surface conditions
• Works with up to four live simultaneous camera feeds
• Requires only one operator and extremely easy to setup and use
• Supplied with a built-in disc recorder for offside replay
  
• Comes with ready-to-use tools for all common virtual graphics

"AKI Virtual Football - make the beautiful game even more beautiful"

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