FingerWorks Computer Vision Gets Major Upgrade and Targets Esports and NASCAR
FingerWorks Telestrators announced updates to its FingerWorks Computer Vision real-time player- and field-tracking software. The latest enhancements include iOS support for iPads and iPhones and an improved Tagboard control surface that integrates social media assets into a live production. Building off its success in the professional and collegiate football market, the software is now being used at NASCAR, NBA, NHL, PGA, and MLB events.
Introduced last year, FingerWorks Computer Vision traces a player’s path and can be applied to a live feed or during a replay. Like all FingerWorks telestration technologies, FingerWorks Computer Vision’s Player Tracking tool provides sports announcers with simple, practical tools to illustrate their point to support their commentary.
Player tracking allows any player to be selected and focuses on that player and their movements. Additionally, the Field Tracking tool allows any graphic to be placed and positioned under the players in real time and remain in that position during camera pans, tilts, and zooms. FingerWorks new masking technology, which is also part of the Computer Vision software, eliminates all logos, markers, etc., making them a “virtual” part of the imagery under the players. It also automatically detects scene changes, such as fast camera moves and camera switches, and clears the tools.