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Kaitangata Twitch
Kaitangata Twitch is set to screen on Maori Tv at 7pm on the 2nd May.
This is an exciting thirteen part family mystery thriller taken from Margaret Mahy’s ‘Kaitangata Twitch’.
33rd America's Cup – Pushing the boundaries of technology and time
The ARL Virtual Eye team was on hand in Valencia last month to deliver their award winning live 3D-tracking graphics to the world at the much anticipated 33rd America’s Cup, under challenging circumstances.
Virtual Eye raises sports broadcasting bar to new heights
The fledgling Louis Vuitton Trophy has been notable for the huge advance made in the live coverage of sailing. Combining a mix of graphics, video and audio feeds, ARL’s ground breaking Virtual Eye is both cost effective, very informative and entertaining.
Leading Edge
With racing becoming ever more competitive and complex you often need a keen eye to identify the winner. Luckily there is now virtual filming technology that will do the work for us.
Audi Med Cup 2009 - Virtually Here
State of the art tracking technology and 3-D animations will bring to life real time action from the Audi MedCup Circuit race course.
Dunedin firm wins Formula 1 bid
Dunedin computer graphics company Animation Research Ltd has taken the chequered flag in a race to win a contract to provide graphics for this year’s Formula One series for the BBC.
Louis Vuitton Pacific Series through Virtual Eye, now LIVE online!
Virtual Eye has been launched for live streaming on Television New Zealand’s site www.tvnz.co.nz/sailing this morning.
Virtual Eye breaks new ground in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series
One night in the winter of 1991 a group of five people gathered in a meeting room in Television New Zealand to talk about ways of improving the television coverage of the upcoming 1992 America’s Cup.
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ARL Sports News
Finding cell phone coverage in the corner of a bach in Opotoki so she can arrange a pilot to fly to the UAE wasn’t Karen (Kazza) Shaw’s idea of a good Christmas Holiday….
It’s not every day that someone from Dunedin is operating computer graphics in Abu Dhabi (UAE), but that’s exactly where Paul Sharp (senior Developer and Director of Animation Research Ltd) was in early March 2006.
ARL has done the same for gliding as we did for yachting in the America’s Cup with the most advanced 3D real time computer graphics the world has ever seen.
ARL has linked up with the PGA Tour’s Shotlink system at the Mercedes Players Championship in Maui to provide the most comprehensive 3D analysis of a golf tournament to date.