alt Hacker NewsAmazing project! I'd love to see something like this for the football world cup. Maybe a FIFA 97 style?
I wonder if some kind of filter would work or we would need some data source. Looks much harder given the fast-paced nature of the game.
Amazing project! I'd love to see something like this for the football world cup. Maybe a FIFA 97 style?
I wonder if some kind of filter would work or we would need some data source. Looks much harder given the fast-paced nature of the game.
The thing that works for baseball is how slow the game is. There's plenty of time in between pitches to make the animation simple. With sports with constant movement like a WC match would require a lot more resources. Might as well be a game engine at that point.
Watching one of these live just brings home exactly how low activity a baseball match is. You can easily miss a pitch if you're not actively watching it and keep your attention span on it. It also brings to mind how much the commentary during a game keeps the viewer engaged. Live video and a good director cutting to different cameras also helps. Radio with out the color would be insanely boring:
Here's the pitch, low and outside.Ball 1.
30 secs of silence.
Here's the pitch, fast ball down the middle. Swing and a miss. Count is now 1-1.
30 secs of silence.