Today, the Beijing Winter Olympic Curling Competition kicked off in the "Ice Cube". In addition to enjoying the live competition, the on-site audience and online audience can also see the curling trajectory and the situation in the base camp drawn by artificial intelligence visual technology. This "artificial intelligence commentator" is the result of the special support of the Ministry of Science and Technology "Science and Technology Winter Olympics", which will enhance the audience's curling experience in the next 19 days.
Curling, known as "chess on ice", originated in Scotland in the 16th century and became an official Olympic sport from the 18th Winter Olympics in 1998. During the race, athletes from both sides alternately throw pots and throw curling to the center of the base camp at the end of the track. The team closest to the center of the circle who curls will receive an authority score equal to all the pots in the round that are closest to the center of the circle. In this process, the trajectory of curling is crucial, athletes need to pay attention to the speed and position of their travel in real time, and make timely strategic adjustments, such as knocking the opponent's curling out of the base camp, or crashing their own curling into the center of the circle.
Can artificial intelligence vision technology be applied to the live broadcast of the game to let the audience better understand the trajectory of curling? With the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, SenseTime participated in the "Research on the Integration Technology and Platform of Intelligent Perception and Virtual Reality of Curling Competitions" led by the National Aquatics Center. Based on SenseTime's original Mars Mixed Reality platform, the project developed curling trajectory capture technology for curling competitions.
This virtual-real fusion technology allows the audience to feel the wisdom of the athletes' platoon deployment and the accuracy of throwing pots at close range. As a visual AI perception spatial positioning technology, it solves the problem of accurately capturing the motion trajectory of smaller objects based on long visual distance in a large space environment, has the ability to resist occlusion interference, deformation correction, etc., and realizes the detection tracking and trajectory capture of sports curling through the digital mapping of real scenes.
Combined with real-time rendering and virtual-real synchronization technology, the artificial intelligence system can accurately restore the curling trajectory, and convert the picture into a video stream, which is synchronously output to the "Migu Video" APP and the "Ice Cube" large screen. The high-definition and high-real-time viewing experience allows online and offline viewers not to miss a wonderful moment of throwing a pot.
It is reported that SenseTime and China Mobile Migu, the official broadcaster of the Beijing Winter Olympics, will present the trajectory curve of curling during the competition in the form of live broadcast and analysis commentary. For the general audience, the technology can help them better understand the rules of curling and the current situation; for professional spectators and commentators, it helps to analyze the current state of athletes, throwing skills and tactics, etc. After opening the "Migu Video" APP, online viewers can select the "SenseTime AI Watch" video stream to get a glimpse of the curling game battle information, the virtual screen of the base camp and the curling trajectory curve just thrown, and enjoy the virtual and real fusion experience brought by artificial intelligence technology.
Adhering to the concept of "Technology Winter Olympics", SenseTime will apply the AI experience of curling competitions to more fields, empower a variety of sports and cultural scenes, and bring more diversified and interactive entertainment methods to the public.