Interacting with Athletes in Real — Time Through Augmented Reality

Jared McCann the newest Seattle Kraken left winger is vigorously skating across the ice. Stride after stride chasing down the defender past the blue line who wants to clear the puck.

As I see him race down the ice, I’m thinking, how fast is he skating? what’s his total time on ice? is he going to reach the defender before the puck is cleared?

I reach into my pocket and pull out my phone, log in to the Seattle Kraken app and point my phone at Jared. My phone uses computer vision, a blend of ai…