The Hundred (a new 100-ball cricket competition) and Sky Sports have joined forces to develop an industry first augmented reality experience on a scale never before seen in sport by creating avatars using motion capture. Sky and The Hundred have captured players' full range of movement in accurate detail, which will be used to enhance Sky's TV broadcast coverage and at home fan experience via The Hundred and Sky Sports apps.
The Hundred is putting digital innovation at the heart of the event experience, with the ambition to push the boundaries of sport, technology and entertainment and draw broader audiences into cricket. The avatar technology is one of the strongest examples of this vision - providing a new broadcast experience for viewers and progressive digital and mobile interactivity for fans to try out first-hand.
The technology is set to be used as a world-first in broadcasting during Sky Sports coverage of The Hundred this summer. The technology will also be available for fans via Sky Sports' digital platforms.
The avatars have been created using MetaStar', Dimension Studio's hyper-real avatar solution and the Augemented Reality experience created by Arcade (an immersive experience creative agency, using Unity), in order to bring fans closer to the players than ever before. The idea was born out of a collaboration between The Hundred and Sky Sports in a bid to make cricket more accessible and interactive for sports fans with the ambition of enticing new audiences.
Heather Knight, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes are just a few household names fans will recognise.
More from BskyB
07/11/2025
Friday 7 November 2025
Lioness and Arsenal forward Alessia Russo launched the f...
06/11/2025
The prequel to the Sky Original mob crime saga is a six-part drama tracking the ...
06/11/2025
The six-part drama, set in a close-knit Welsh town fractured by an unspeakable c...
05/11/2025
Wednesday 5 November 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookie...
05/11/2025
Wednesday 5 November 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookie...
04/11/2025
Tuesday 4 November 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookies....
03/11/2025
Monday 3 November 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookies. ...
28/10/2025
Guests include Wayne Rooney, Maya Jama, Dame Laura Kenny, Chloe Kelly, Chris McC...
28/10/2025
The two-hour special, recorded live from the iconic Dolby Theatre in LA, will ai...
27/10/2025
Monday 27 October 2025
Sky Business is excited to announce the launch of Sky Bu...
27/10/2025
Monday 27 October 2025
Sky Sports and Baller League UK have extended their partnership into a second season of the six-a-side competition, ensuring Sky Sports ...
24/10/2025
One-off special from the team behind BAFTA award-winning Libby, Are You Home Yet...
21/10/2025
Series from Sony Music Vision Features Exclusive Performances From Legendary Bas...
21/10/2025
Tuesday 21 October 2025
Buying a home ranks above becoming a parent as a key rite of passage into adulthood, chosen by almost half of Brits
New research also ...
20/10/2025
Monday 20 October 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookies. ...
15/10/2025
Wednesday 15 October 2025
Download image
Explore the creative universe, enduri...
15/10/2025
Wednesday 15 October 2025
From breaking up with your partner to quitting your job - new polling shows some messages are just too scary to send
Over a fifth (...
14/10/2025
The Sky Original event series - a symphony of genius, rivalry and vengeance - al...
13/10/2025
The series from A24 will land in the UK & Ireland in 2026Monday 13 October 2025
...
10/10/2025
Friday 10 October 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookies. ...
09/10/2025
coming to Sky and NOW on 19 JanuaryThursday 9 October 2025
To view this content...
08/10/2025
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Sky has exclusively acquired sharp, new US comedy-dram...
02/10/2025
Thursday 2 October 2025
Sky News today announces the highly anticipated relaunc...
01/10/2025
The six-part limited event series, based on Nick Cave's cult novel, launches...
30/09/2025
Tuesday 30 September 2025
This weekend was the most watched in Sky Sports history as 8.8 million viewers tuned in to an unmissable line-up of live entertainmen...
29/09/2025
Monday 29 September 2025
Sky today announces new Italian Sky Original series Gu...
24/09/2025
The six-part drama, set in a close-knit Welsh town fractured by an unspeakable c...
24/09/2025
Wednesday 24 September 2025
Distribution Deal to Bring Global Reporting to Netw...
23/09/2025
Tuesday 23 September 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookie...
23/09/2025
Tuesday 23 September 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookie...
22/09/2025
Monday 22 September 2025
Current slide, 0 0, undefined1
0
Sky Studios Elstree...
19/09/2025
Friday 19 September 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookies...
19/09/2025
Fast walking lanes trialled in two major cities for the first time Friday 19 Sep...
18/09/2025
Created by Tom Scharpling, Matt Berry and Natasha Lyonne, the new six-part serie...
18/09/2025
The eight-part sun-drenched thriller from Luther creator Neil Cross launches on ...
17/09/2025
Wednesday 17 September 2025
UK artists capture icons of stage and screen, inclu...
12/09/2025
Friday 12 September 2025
The Boomtown Rats, Nyah Grace, Soweto Kinch, Royal Ballet and Madness also announced to perform at the ceremony on Tuesday
Sky today ...
03/09/2025
Wednesday 3 September 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cooki...
03/09/2025
Wednesday 3 September 2025
Sky News will host a live immigration debate in Birm...
02/09/2025
Friday 5 September 2025
Current slide, 0 0, undefined1
0
Garsington Opera - Body of Work
Claudette Johnson,Three Women, installation view, Art on the Under...
29/08/2025
More than half of all NFL games live on Sky for the first timeFriday 29 August 2025
Sky Sports has announced a new three-year deal with the NFL, extending its ...
27/08/2025
Sky unveils 24 portraits in 24 hours as nominations open for the Arts Hero Award...
22/08/2025
Friday 22 August 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookies. To do so, click Privacy Options below and Accept All
Privacy options
The Brassi...
21/08/2025
The Sky Original event series - a symphony of genius, rivalry and vengeance - al...
21/08/2025
Sky today announces psychological thriller The Good Daughter will launch on Sky ...
21/08/2025
Thursday 21 August 2025
Current slide, 0 0, undefined1
0
Voices of the Valley...
The Hundred (a new 100-ball cricket competition) and Sky Sports have joined forces to develop an industry first augmented reality experience on a scale never before seen in sport by creating avatars using motion capture. Sky and The Hundred have captured players' full range of movement in accurate detail, which will be used to enhance Sky's TV broadcast coverage and at home fan experience via The Hundred and Sky Sports apps. 
