Tennessee Titans, The Famous Group Implement Mobile-Based, Mixed-Reality Game-Day Activation Superba AR supplied the augmented-reality technology at Nissan Stadium By Kristian Hern ndez, Senior Editor
Monday, September 25, 2023 - 3:15 pm
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Playing in Nashville, a city known for its party-centric atmosphere, the Tennessee Titans put their fans at the center of game day. This season, the club is leveraging the power of mixed reality (MR) and the expertise of The Famous Group (TFG) for a new mobile-based application that allows fans to activate their own production elements over the field of play from wherever they're sitting in Nissan Stadium.
I think it's important to find any way to make the live experience special and give people a reason to come to the game, says David Schindler, senior director/executive producer, event presentation and production, Tennessee Titans. We're creating something that you aren't getting at home.
The videoboard at Nissan Stadium displays the QR code used to access the Tennessee Titans' game-day activation.
Looking for Something New: TFG Joins Production Plans During Offseason All 32 NFL franchises marinate and mull over new production ideas during the offseason, but Schindler and his team - VP/Executive Creative Director Surf Melendez; Senior Director, Production, Broadcast and Technology, Brian Myers; and Content Producer, Live Events and Broadcast, Steve Wisinski - went to work with The Famous Group in the spring. After years of leveraging the company's in-venue services, including its Vixi Suite software, as well as tapping into a relationship that goes back to Schindler's time with the Atlanta Hawks (1999-2017), the Titans wanted to elevate their game-day possibilities.
[The Famous Group] is a company that I trust and is great to work with, says Schindler. I had noticed their augmented-reality and mixed-reality activations in the past, so they presented the idea of a mobile MR experience to raise the bar on what we're trying to do.
Titans' artificial-reality effort is powered by a web-based platform.
The Famous Group's core crew - which included EVP, Creative Technology, CJ Davis and Engineering Producer Jacob Woerther - fine-tuned the idea that inspired Schindler. Playing off the team's 12th Titan pregame ceremony - in which a prominent celebrity, local figure, or former player thrusts a sword into the logo on the 50-yard line - the Titans developed a full slate of ideas to be included in the mobile-based project.
When we did our schedule-release video that went viral, there was a fun way to tie that into this offering, says Schindler. The one that excited me the most was how to bring pyrotechnics back into the stadium.
The final product has turned into an activation that fans had fun with during the Titans' home opener vs. the Los Angeles Chargers on Sept. 17. After scanning a QR code displayed on the videoboard, fans were taken to a web-based platform and directed to point their phone's camera at the 50-yard line. Once the system determines a fan's specific seat, the platform allows them to shoot footballs at the opposing team's logo (referencing incorrect responses from on-the-street interviews in the schedule-release video), plant their own sword on the logo, and shoot off pyrotechnics.
Inside the MR: Superba AR Partnership Supplies Graphics Overlays The actual execution of the idea is quite simple. On the backend, The Famous Group taps into a partnership with Superba AR's Stadium AR technology to develop the graphical overlays. For the mobile-based system to accurately depict the right location for fans at every seat, The Famous Group went to Nissan Stadium during the offseason to conduct a digital scan of the field. As for the graphics that users see, the Titans and The Famous Group are working to customize the overlays to match the specific week's visiting team.
Launching the app, fans are asked to point their phones at the 50-yard line.
We wanted to have multiple activations, notes Schindler. It won't become a one-off [project]; at least one of the activations will change every week.
For a project in its first implementation, the two entities are working to troubleshoot the aesthetics so that they improve as the season progresses. As with most creative projects, the activation from Week 2 vs. the Chargers will look different in the regular-season finale vs. the Jaguars in Week 17 on Jan. 7, 2024.
In any development process, says Schindler, you start and then have to tweak it. There were a couple of iterations where we started out with some pods in the flames, but the pods were too big, so we ended up simplifying that and taking it away. We also played around with the animation of the sword and the way we destroyed the other team's logo. There was nothing crazy that we had to rip up and start from scratch, but it was about tweaking the creative to make it feel real. Since it's mixed reality, we wanted the flames to look like they're actually coming out of the field.
Finding the Right Time: Fans Are Encouraged To Play Along During the Game Fans have the opportunity to play with the app throughout the game, but, for the activation to be used at the most efficient time, Schindler and the in-venue crew deploy videoboard prompts. For instance, according to Schindler, all three elements are best used during pregame.
Activation allows fans to throw virtual footballs at the other team's logo.
We want to promote this before the excitement starts, he explains. For me, it makes most sense to destroy the other team's logo when their players come out on the field. Once our traditional video open plays on the videoboard, fans should stick their sword into the field when we do the 1
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Tennessee Titans, The Famous Group Implement Mobile-Based, Mixed-Reality Game-Day Activation Superba AR supplied the augmented-reality technology at Nissan Stadium By Kristian Hern ndez, Senior Editor 
