Live From MLB All-Star: ESPN Adds New Dimensions to Home Run Derby With 4D Replay, 3D Spray Charts
17/07/2018
Monday, July 16, 2018 - 2:46 pm
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ESPN is thinking outside the 2D box for this year's Home Run Derby, deploying a 4D Replay system that will provide 360-degree replays of homers and debuting 3D spray charts that will show paths and arcs of home runs on a virtual field.
We're trying some new things out this year that we're really excited about, says Phil Orlins, senior coordinating producer for MLB, ESPN. We've used the 4D Replay system a few times now, and we were pleased with it and had a lot of success with it. So it should be a great addition. And then we've been starting to play a little more aggressively with interpreting data into a virtual environment with 3D K-Zone and, at the Derby, we're advancing those [efforts] with the full [3D spray chart] to track home runs.
ESPN's Phil Orlins: We're going to focus on high-end analysis and statistics. We want it to have a different flavor and appeal to a different type of viewer.
Of course, ESPN's presence at Washington's Nationals Park goes well beyond just the Derby. The network will have a total of six productions onsite: the Derby, Baseball Tonight, SportsCenter, Pardon the Interruption, ESPN Deportes, and, most notably, a new MLB Statcast-fueled alternative viewing experience on ESPNEWS.
The key phrase this year is strategic sharing, says Paul Horrell, remote operations manager for MLB, ESPN. The logistical challenges of sharing not only production space but also all the equipment, the set locations, managing the comms and transmission are just a daunting task. But, thankfully, we've got it all buttoned up very well. It's true we've had a lot of practice at this point, but this is going be a very big show regardless.
Dingers From Every Angle: 4D Replay Make HR Derby Debut
The 4D Replay system relies on 60 4K cameras mounted on the concourse level behind home plate and stretching from first to third base.
Using feeds from 60 4K cameras, the 4D Replay operator can manipulate the replay from side to side, as well as zoom in without losing resolution (thanks to 4K cameras).
The cameras are tied together, and, for each play, the single operator selects the pivot point on which the camera axis turns. The operator can then manipulate the replay from side to side and can zoom in without losing resolution (thanks to 4K cameras).
Since the system simply stitches together 60 camera feeds and does not have to virtually create filler frames, no rendering is required, allowing 4D Replay clips to be ready in under 10 seconds. The replay is sent via fiber to ESPN's truck, where an EVS channel constantly records the feed and the production team has the option to take it when it likes.
The 4D Replay system uses 60 4K cameras lined from 1B to 3B behind home plate.
ESPN deployed the 4D replay system first on June 4 at AT&T Ballpark in San Francisco (where the system is permanently installed this season) and then again for three games at Dodger Stadium (June 24-26). These system require significantly more cameras since they also create 4D Replays from the pitchers mound and all three bases in addition to home plate.
By the second and third game, we were already using it a lot, says Orlins. The turnaround time was extremely fast at under 10 seconds, so we usually hit in our first or second replay, which was a huge step. And, obviously, the 4K aspect of it allows us to get a tremendous amount of detail and get in very close. At the Derby, the hope and expectation is that we use it as much as possible.
Getting Graphic: 3D Spray Charts and Pace Tracker
After debuting at last year's AL Wild Card Game, the 3D K-Zone has become a staple of ESPN's MLB coverage this year. The system is now fully automated, ingesting Statcast data, automatically rendering a replay for every pitch, and feeding it to a dedicated EVS channel (it is used about five times per game on average this season). The network is taking its work in 3D virtual space to the next level at the Home Run Derby tonight with the debut of 3D spray charts that will show paths and arcs of home runs.
At Home Run Derby, ESPN will debut 3D spray charts that use Statcast data to show home-run paths and arcs.
The 3D K-Zone has been very well-received, and it has been a great tool for production. We're looking to build on that here at the Derby with the [3D spray charts], says Christian Cokas, associate director, creative innovation, ESPN. There is a lot of data through Statcast that we want to take advantage of. This is one of our next steps to do that.
Cokas and the creative-innovation team - including Manager of Software Engineering Jeffrey Bradshaw and Senior Creative Developer Brian Rooney - have been working on several virtual-3D applications leveraging Statcast data, including a pitch-comparison tool, throughout this season. When producer Scott Matthews approached the team a month ago about adding new elements for the Home Run Derby, Bradshaw showed him the 3D spray chart, and the project was off and running.
Jeff had been working on this for a while. He showed Scott the spray chart, and he loved it, says Cokas. That was about a month ago; it has been very quick development from there. The goal is to make it more of an automated tool that does not have to be manually operated.
The team created a virtual version of Nationals Park, reflecting the dimensions and basic look of the ballpark. Currently, the system is similar to the original 3D K-Zone system before it was automated so that Bradshaw and Rooney still have some control. They manually select hits that are home runs, clear out those that weren
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