To make the "Be the Player" video possible, Intel has installed 38 separate 5K resolution cameras in a perimeter inside NRG Stadium,Cheap Authentic Jerseys, creating what Hopper calls "a volumetric capture of everything that's going on on the field." The cameras are connected by five miles of fiber optic cables to a special control room, where a half-dozen Intel producers, working with one from the Fox Sports broadcast, can pick out and package the replays that will be used in the broadcast.
"Anyone who's building a new stadium now is saying, 'What do we need to do to make it freeD ready?'" he said. "Because everyone sees it as the future."
In an interview in Boston's Back Bay this week, Hopper said there could be up to 20 "Be the Player" replays, though ultimately it is up to Fox to decide how to use it.
"It's something that fans have always dreamed about: 'What did Tom see when he threw that pass?'" Jeff Hopper, the general manager of strategy and marketing for the Intel Sports Group, told The Associated Press in advance of the announcement. "Everyone wants to be the player, to see what it's like to see it from that point of view."
The massive amount of data — about 1 terabyte per 15-30 second clip — allows producers to position a "virtual camera" anywhere it wants — including, virtually, inside a player's helmet. (Early versions even toyed with superimposing a facemask on the screen, though that has apparently been dropped.) It will take about two minutes to produce the clips, meaning it's not yet ready for instant replay but could, for example, be available to show a new view of a touchdown by the time the teams are done with the extra point or kickoff.
Eventually, Hopper said, the technology will not be limited to storytelling.

Teams and leagues are hoping to mine the data to improve performance. In the X-Games, Hopper said, the athletes were eager to figure out how high they jumped and use that information to tune their techniques — or just brag about big air with the competition.
"That's good; I think it's interesting. But the transformative nature of what we're working on is: Everybody gets to do it themselves," Hopper said. "Ultimately you'll be able to be on the field, with the players — the best players in the world?— whatever sport that is, whether it be soccer, football or cricket, whatever. You'll be able to be part of the action. I don't think you can get any more immersed."
"The difference here is you would be able to go in and see from his vantage point what the player actually saw," said Zac Fields, a senior vice president for graphic technology and integration at Fox Sports Group. "It's something that most of us have never been able to see before. The vantage point that most of us have on TV is really different than what the guys see on the field. That's what the promise of this technology is."
Right now, use of the system is limited to big events: It took about a month to retrofit the stadium in Houston with all of the equipment needed for the freeD data capture. Also,Cheap Basketball Jerseys, each 15-30 clip consists of about 1 terabyte of data.
In time, coaches will be able to use the video to see what their player saw, instead of relying on overhead shots of the field. And, as the turnaround time quickens, the technology would also help replay reviews by giving officials the ability to freeze the action and zoom in at any angle to look, for example,Jerseys NFL Cheap, to see whether a player's knee was down before the ball popped out.
This year's Super Bowl broadcast could be just what you're looking for.
And,Wholesale Jerseys China, if New England makes it to the Feb. 5 Super Bowl in Houston, there will be even more opportunities to see things from Brady's perspective.
But Hopper said new stadiums are already being built with the cameras in mind,Cheap NFL Jerseys.
Intel is rolling out the new technology at this year's Super Bowl, and promoting it in an ad that will feature Brady in his everyday life — waking up, making breakfast, brushing his teeth — with the tagline: "Intel replay 360 makes anything look epic." As the Patriots quarterback snarfs down a pancake, the camera spins around to a new angle and shows the crumbs falling from his mouth.
"We're working with pretty much the entire sports world," Hopper said. "All the leagues, all the teams. I don't think there's anyone that we're not. We can't do them all, but we're talking with them all."
BOSTON (AP) — Have you ever wanted to know what Tom Brady sees as he stares down a pass