The Australian Open’s animated tennis players: A YouTube sensation and the future of sports media
A YouTube stream of the Australian Open has gone viral for its glitches, but it's also a sign of the future of sports media.
Explained: Why Australian Open is using Nintendo Wii Tennis cartoon avatars on YouTube streams?
Tennis Australia’s live broadcasts of Australian Open 2025 matches on their official YouTube channel features animated versions of Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff and other players instead ...
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The Australian Open is showing Wii Tennis versions of live matches – and players are delighted
Tennis Australia has followed ... of each player’s unique movement quirks. Their rackets, the court and the balls are also displayed as animated versions. The animation works by having sensors ...
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AI is helping the Australian Open cover tennis in the funniest way possible, by turning it into Nintendo Wii Tennis
The Australian Open, one of the world's biggest tennis competitions, is taking place in Melbourne right now, and the tournament's use of AI is absolutely hilarious. Due to not having full ...
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Why Australian Open live streams look like Wii tennis — and what it means for sports
"By integrating skeletal tracking data with animated characters ... open up even more possibilities — like maybe, one day, ...
Tennis Australia serves cartoon players in online coverage
Tennis Australia has turned to animation to illustrate its YouTube feed of this year’s Australian Open.
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The future of tennis? We watched Tien upset Medvedev on the Australian Open’s AO Animated livestream to find out
Produced in-house by Tennis Australia, video game-like recreations of live matches featuring digital player avatars have been taking over the internet.
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Russia’s Daniil Medvedev Destroys Camera With His Racket During the Australian Open
2025 Here's the animated version of that racket smash which was broadcast on the Australian Open YouTube page. According to the BBC, Tennis Australia is hoping to make the sport more accessable ...
Australian Open’s experiment with animation an instant hit
The official YouTube channel of the Australian Open has players going about their business in cartooned versions ...
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The Australian Open is showing Wii Tennis versions of live matches – and players are delighted
Tennis Australia has followed the ... open image in gallery Animated Daniil Medvedev attacked the net with his racket during the first round Players appear to largely have been slightly baffled ...