Steve Smith Appears on Star Sports’ Cricket Live Using Holographic Teleporation Technology

Star Sports, the official television broadcaster of the TATA IPL 2023, is taking the world of sports broadcasting by storm with their innovative use of hologram technology. The broadcaster's partnership with cricket legend Steve Smith had been a major talking point among viewers and fans, and his appearance on the Star Sports show 'Cricket Live' through a realistic hologram had sent shockwaves throughout the cricketing world. Smith was the number one trending topic on social media after his second appearance on the show for the opening week of the tournament.

Speaking on his holographic teleportation, Steve Smith said “It was brilliant to be there. It’s amazing what technology can do now, it was great to be in the studio talking to the guys about cricket and the IPL, so I really enjoyed it and it was good fun.”

Through the magic of technology, Smith was teleported from his home in Sydney to the Star Sports studio in Mumbai in a matter of seconds, providing viewers with an immersive and lifelike experience. The holographic teleportation technology used by Star Sports is state-of-the-art and has impressed fans and critics alike with its seamless and realistic rendering of Smith's image.

Speaking to Star Sports, official television broadcaster of the TATA IPL 2023, former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta spoke on how astonished he was when Steve Smith made his appearance on ‘Cricket Live’, he said “We were all sitting there, looking at the TV, the pre-match show, I was like okay he’s here, along with Finch and the other guys. I thought we’ll catch up, and when the show got over, I was looking for him, where is Smithy? And I asked everybody where he is and they said he is in Sydney. For the first 10 seconds I didn’t believe them. I said ‘Nah you’re lying, it’s impossible’.”

Former Australia captain Aaron Finch said “If you look at the screen, it looked like 100% he’s standing there. So it was a bit of fun, he went in for a hi-five, I went in for a hug!”

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Microsoft Mesh, the Arrival of Hologram Meetings

Microsoft Mesh is going to revolutionize the market with its hologram project. Some people did not trust the development of this technology, one of them being Guy Laliberté, co-founder of Cirque du Soleil. Although last year, Microsoft Ignite 2021 changed the rules of the game, this year, with Microsoft Mesh, it is going to revolutionize virtual reality technology even more.

Microsoft Mesh is a new technology that reproduces meeting participants as if they were holograms. In the Star Wars style, like when the Jedi masters meet and you see the different holograms of the characters as if they were in the same room. However, everyone is in their own home or office, but thanks to this new technology, it will seem as if they are next to you in the meeting.

This virtual reality room, Microsoft Mesh, has already been tested by Guy Laliberté. He did not believe it could combine show business magic with virtual reality. But, with the help of Microsoft Mesh, he was able to offer a show to his fans within this mixed reality platform. The artist and the presenter were moving light, while the audience were avatars within this holographic world.

How Microsoft Mesh Works

Microsoft Mesh is a technology referred to as mixed reality, as it is part virtual reality and part augmented reality. Microsoft Mesh uses virtual reality to impersonate the screen, that is, to create a virtual room or environment. At the same time, it implements augmented reality through people's avatars.

When you enter these virtual meetings, you will see three-dimensional representations of the attendees, as if they were characters in a video game. And, with HoloLens technology, that remote interaction is made possible.

So, the operation is very simple because it would be all through an application created with Mesh and HoloLens. The user will create his avatar to customize it to look as much like himself as possible. Then, with that avatar, the user will enter a meeting in a virtual room.

The Internet has enabled great advances in our day-to-day activities. A few years ago, it was necessary to use maps to move around a tourist city, but your cell phone takes you everywhere today. Also, shopping can be done online without the need to go to physical stores. Gamers have noticed this change the most. They can go online to play with players from all over the world. In addition, there is no longer a need to go to physical entertainment areas. For example, casino players can have the same experience as in a real casino through live dealer casinos. They are available in most online casinos and the game is more immersive because you can talk to them. All table games are available for betting from poker to roulette. Also, you can play from anywhere because they are adapted to mobile devices. In the world of work, it has shown us that it is possible to work from home without any problem, offering employees greater flexibility and better performance.

Thus, Microsoft Mesh is a project still under development, which implements other technologies such as Azure to ensure user security and the help of the company HoloLens 2. The application works only with Microsoft AR headsets, but they expect it to change in the future. This technology and project have been developing for years, like any other technology developed thanks to technological and Internet advances.

For example, when it comes to creating the security of the project, they have teamed up with Azure to guarantee privacy. Mesh bases its service on the Azure cloud, a company dedicated to data processing and artificial intelligence. The tests for the moment are performed through AltspaceVR avatars. In the future, it is expected that non-VR and non-AR devices will benefit from this Mesh technology.

Advantages of Microsoft Mesh

Microsoft Mesh is a technology developed for businesses; a platform that makes it easier for them to meet. If you are constructing a building with Mesh, you will be able to see the plans to scale and a virtual representation of the final product. In the same way, developers such as engineers will also benefit because they can show their creations through 3D models.

The great advantage of Microsoft Mesh is that the feeling will be that all meeting participants are in the same place. Mesh allows them to have an interactive meeting without physically being in the same building or city. They will only need to connect to the server, put on their virtual or augmented reality glasses and that's it. They will be in a business meeting.

Little by little, Microsoft Mesh will be polished. When it reaches its final stage, many companies will want to implement the platform as a work tool. It has great potential because Mesh will change virtual meetings and remote work.