AR prototype · Sports replay
AR Table Football
A Sky prototype that replayed real football matches in augmented reality on a tabletop using player and ball location data.
- Role
- Originator & technical lead
- Organisation
- Sky
- Context
- 2023
The work
This Sky prototype explored how live match data could be turned into a physical-feeling replay experience in augmented reality. Instead of watching a conventional broadcast view, users could place a miniature football match on a table and watch real passages of play unfold in front of them, driven by player and ball location data.
Delivery detail
- Built a prototype that mapped real match tracking data into an AR tabletop experience.
- Replayed football sequences using positional data for both players and the ball rather than hand-authored animation.
- Explored a new viewing format for sport: spatial, interactive and detached from the fixed TV camera angle.
- Tested how broadcast data could power a compact replay experience suitable for demos, product exploration and future second-screen concepts.
- Viewing format
- AR
- Replay source
- Live data
- Spatial experience
- Tabletop
Inside the work
