Augmented Reality Pedals Its Way into Tour de France TV Coverage

The Super Bowl of bicycle racing, the Tour de France, added augmented reality to its TV broadcast this year. Denmark's TV 2 built a new studio for the broadcast where on-air personalities where able to stand in front of virtual backgrounds and behind a large touchscreen tabletop that displays 3D content to assist in their analysis of the race. "We did not use virtual sets in last year's studio," said Klaus Bøgeholdt, production manager at TV 2 Sport in a recent blog post. "Instead, we used a large round horizon with the print of an Alpine landscape. This year we have chosen to generate the... more

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