"Several times during the men's final of the Madrid Open tennis tournament between Casper Ruud and Jack Draper last spring, TV viewers were treated to a remarkable camera perspective. They watched the match from just behind the baseline, effortlessly following the player's movement step for step and glimpsing his perfect angle on the ball with every shot. With no discernible blur or delays, the smoothly flowing live footage had the hyper-real feel of a video game."
"Instead they were generated, in real time, with a software-based camera system developed by startup Muybridge, based in Oslo. Founded by Håkon Espeland and Anders Tomren in 2020, Muybridge has spent nearly five years developing real-time computer vision technology that uses software to create a "weightless" camera, with no moving parts, that captures the speed and motion of live sports in a way that our eyes aren't accustomed to."
Muybridge developed a software-based camera system that generates smooth, hyper-real, behind-the-baseline tracking shots of live sports in real time without moving parts. The system uses computer vision to create a "weightless" camera perspective that follows player movement and ball angle with no blur or delay, eliminating the need for human operators, robotic cameras, or drones. Founded in Oslo in 2020 by Håkon Espeland and Anders Tomren, the company spent nearly five years refining the technology. Broad deployment across televised sports, including tennis and other events, is planned in the coming year, and the company leverages viewer reaction for investor pitches.
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