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The 2024 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs<\/a> are well underway and the Finals are just around the corner \u2014 and though the Cup is a tradition that’s been around since 1892, advancing AI technology is creating new ways for fans to interact with the game.<\/p>\n Hockey enthusiasts packed the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, for a Western Conference Finals watch party this week, while the game was being played in Edmonton, Canada. The arena’s big screen played the live broadcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, on the ice, fans at a watch party were treated to a live, play-by-play look of what was happening on the ice in a rink thousands of miles away in another country. Through AI technology, the players’ exact movements were replicated in real-time in the form of color-coded circles that were projected onto the ice. (In Game 4, the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Dallas Stars in a 5-2 comeback).<\/p>\n Related: PNC Arena Bans New York Residents Buying NHL Playoff Tickets<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Fans shared clips of the technology in use on social media to the awe of hockey fans around the world.<\/p>\n Ok. Absolutely impressed. @DallasStars<\/a> fans watching right now at @AACenter<\/a> treated to real time AI tracking of the game as it happens in Edmonton. On the jumbo, and on our home ice. Wow! pic.twitter.com\/rD72jZWhWd<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Doug Dunbar (@cbs11doug) May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n “That’s seriously cool,” one fan wrote.<\/p>\n “That’s amazing,” another said. “And very useful!”<\/p>\n Technology company SMT explained how the technology works in a follow-up post.<\/p>\n Related: Henrik Lundqvist Talks Retirement, Pivoting and New Podcast<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n “What you’re seeing is actually our SPRITES app projected on-ice,” the company wrote. “This comes from our puck- and player-tracking technology, known as NHL EDGE, which uses infrared technology and various cameras to track exact puck and player positions!”<\/p>\n Arena watch parties ? Puck and Player Tracking<\/p>\n Check out the energy in Dallas last night as our real-time PPT data is used to simulate the live game in Edmonton. Thanks to our SPRITES application, fans could see every player movement, pass and shot on-ice! ?#NHLPlayoffs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/16Dz4ClAWR<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 SMT (@SMTlive) May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Stars’ official X account confirmed that the arena will bring back the new technology for Game 6, which is set to start at 8 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n Sunday, the series shifts back to Edmonton for the final time for game 6, and the @BudLight<\/a> Watch Party returns to @AACenter<\/a> with real time player tracking projections on ice!<\/p>\n Join the fun for a $10 donation to @DS_Foundation<\/a> ?\ufe0f\u2935\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n
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