Intel on Wednesday announced its intent to acquire Replay Technologies, the company known for elevating the NBA All-Star Weekend with cutting-edge 3D graphics. Replay develops and maintains what it calls “freeD” — that is, free dimensional — technology. Sports fans may have noticed the Matrix-esque effect employed at other sporting events. The novel technique relies on an array of cameras, plus software to stitch all of the angles together seamlessly, which requires some muscular compute power and agile servers.
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Intel Gets Into the FreeD Sportscasting Game
Posted by: Quinten Plummer March 11, 2016 05:00 AMIntel on Wednesday announced its intent to acquire Replay Technologies, the company known for elevating the NBA All-Star Weekend with cutting-edge 3D graphics. Replay develops and maintains what it calls “freeD” — that is, free dimensional — technology. Sports fans may have noticed the Matrix-esque effect employed at other sporting events. The novel technique relies on an array of cameras, plus software to stitch all of the angles together seamlessly, which requires some muscular compute power and agile servers.