At this year's NHL All-Star Game, Fox Sports debuted a hockey puck that leaves a bright trail for TV viewers. A chip in the puck transmits a signal to location sensors lining the rink. SGI computers in Fox's Puck Truck synch the live footage to the puck, giving it a colored comet tail.
"We can now superimpose graphics over real video in real time," says Stan Honey, a VP of technology at News Corp. In other words, anything that moves from sports objects to people is going to get a chip crammed into it and a video map overlay. Next up, golf and skiing coverage.
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