A YouTube stream of the Australian Open has gone viral for its glitches, but it's also a sign of the future of sports media.

The Australian Open, one of the world's biggest tennis competitions, is taking place in Melbourne right now, and the tournament's use of AI is absolutely hilarious. Due to not having full ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Tennis Australia has transformed the ... Wii-like cartoon avatars mimicking their every move. Their rackets, the court and balls are also displayed as animated versions.

Tennis Australia has followed ... s unique movement quirks. Their rackets, the court and the balls are also displayed as animated versions. The animation works by having sensors on the actual ...

It's those technological developments that open up even more possibilities — like maybe, one day, giving tennis avatars fingers with which to hold their racquets, as Reid hinted. Reid told the AP he ...

Sensors relay match data to AI, generating animations with a 2-minute delay ... infamous clip of Medvedev smashing the net with his tennis racket). Tennis Australia debuted this technology last ...

Nick Kyrgios match, the animation is far from perfect--at times, the player's racket and the tennis ball vanish out of thin air. The audio doesn't sync up perfectly, either. But it's pretty solid ...

Tournament organisers have revealed why “Wii tennis” style animations ... Open YouTube channel last year as “racquet rascals” in a less evolved animation, drawing almost 800,000 viewers ...

In 2024, there was animation for just one court ... with their big heads, oversized tennis balls and volatile rackets. But part of the success of AO Animated is that its creators are not too ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Tennis Australia has transformed the world's best tennis ... with the players displayed as Nintendo Wii-like cartoon avatars mimicking their every move. Their rackets, the ...