44 XTREME Esports & Mixed Reality
HP WANTED TO MAKE THIS EXPERIENCE WORK FOR BOTH THE LIVE AND BROADCAST AUDIENCES
that harmony for the broadcast of the 2019 Omen Challenge.” The tournament racked up over 100,000 views on Twitch, with highlights from the show gathering tens of thousands of views across multiple platforms, including Reddit, Facebook Live and YouTube. The final, in which s1mple defeated NBK, has been streamed over half a million times. PROS OF LEDS “There have been esports tournaments in the past that have used augmented reality to simulate players in-game characters running around in a game using a green screen and a headset, but it’s the first time an esports tournament has succeeded in being able to take real world players and put them into a game without using those things,” Miller says. “Can you imagine if
we had done this with a green screen? The players wouldn’t have been able to interact with the replays in the same way; to point to themselves and discuss why they ducked down here or shot that guy over there, for example. Yes, it would have worked for the broadcast audience, but the live audience would have had to stare at a green screen the whole time.” He adds: “And HP wanted to make this experience work for both the live and broadcast audiences.” The success of the project has meant that HP is eager now to tour the concept around the world and Miller, who was key to the design of the whole thing, has been approached by other broadcasters to reproduce the idea. He teases: “Just be sure to tune into the Summer Olympics in Tokyo later this year!”
NO TO GREEN This was the first time an esports tournament successfully put real-world players into a game without a green screen
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