Controllable Video Sprites That Appear Like Professional Tennis Players

Re:Controllable Video Sprites That Appear Like Professional ... by goalexboxer on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @08:56AM (#24407899)

I was thinking at exactly this idea for over 2 years.

I even started with Python & OpenCV for basic background extraction, and as I expected, the edges for the players are imperfect. But still, the result is very very promising. I'm so glad someone did it.

Why I was thinking at it is because the end goal would be to apply frame matching & transitioning to football. Tennis is the easier task, the camera angle is almost fixed.

But from this result, to football, we aren't far. Even an approach based on AI + some human intervention would suffice.

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Re:Controllable Video Sprites That Appear Like Professional ... by goalexboxer on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @08:58AM (#24407915)

Part 2: Even though Fifa / PES are doing great things, no video game can match the player personalities and add specific / individual animations for everyone. By using the already recorded matches, we would have something very authentic in terms of how players behave on the field.

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