Sony is going to transfer sports competitions to the metavselnaya – Bits Media

Japanese technological giant acquired Beyond Sports, The animation occupied by the technology of converting the picture of a sports match into 3D objects inside the metavselnaya.

The amount of the transaction is estimated at approximately $70 million Sony plans to unite Beyond Sports and Other., acquired still in 2011 year Hawk-Eye Innovations. Task: Create technology, which would allow to produce in real time content, associated with football, basketball, tennis and baseball competitions. Hawk-eye innovates invented a way to determine the position of the ball at any time-they are already being used, eg, National Football League (NFL) and national hockey league (NHL).

If Sony gets conceived, then she will be able to reproduce the exact simulation of the match in real time in 3D, in which players and ball will move realistically. And integrate this into the metavselnaya - that is, sports fans will be able to, without leaving home, to visit almost a real match.

Now the company is developing its own virtual reality headset PlayStation VR 2, the release of which is scheduled for February 2023 of the year. The headset will be compatible only with its own game console of the company - PlayStation.

Previously, Sony's gaming division received a patent, which will allow you to study and use inconsistent tokens in their products.