In the Eagles vs. Lions game earlier this year there was about 6" of snow on the field and tons more coming down. The field barely showed any hints of being green underneath. The photographers couldn't even use autofocus because of the size and frequency of the snowflakes.
Due to the yellow line technology, or some other augmentation they were doing live on the feed, all of the players would appear translucent for brief periods. It was really weird, but it made me stop and think about how many impressive live-processing algorithms get their hands on the video before it gets to me. It was the first time I appreciated how tough it is to do the "yellow line". This article is a very interesting insight to how it came about.
I remember that game. They were using the overlay to project all the yard markers (numbers, lines were dug out). Detroit was wearing their whites, and were sometimes mistaken as snow by the computer, causing them to appear as apparitions beneath the markings.
Due to the yellow line technology, or some other augmentation they were doing live on the feed, all of the players would appear translucent for brief periods. It was really weird, but it made me stop and think about how many impressive live-processing algorithms get their hands on the video before it gets to me. It was the first time I appreciated how tough it is to do the "yellow line". This article is a very interesting insight to how it came about.