Are AI cameras the future of sports videography? 

🚨🚨🚨 UPDATE!! UPDATE!! UPDATE!! 🚨🚨🚨 A few days after I posted this video, I finally got access to the footage. So here's part 2 of this video where I review the image quality and the tracking abilities of the Veo Cam 2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sdh7KXjCxCI.html

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I have seen this Veo cam system online, but never heard anyone's first hand experience with it.

My first video of the year was way harder to get done than I expected but I think I got there in the end (considering the circumstances). Let me know what you think...

Great idea/concept. I was considering attaching 2-3 cameras together all at different angles, then stitch the video together manually in post. But it was like doing multi-cam edit and I literally had to watch every minute of the game know which camera to display.

🤣 they’ve reached another level of fuckery by not letting you access the footage unless you perpetually pay

Nice review. Glad to see you didn't go easy just because you got one sent to you. Have worked with both Veo and Pixellot AI cameras with various clubs and they don't come near having a cameraman operating a camera on the sideline. One of the AI cameras once got confused and followed a bald linesman's head instead of the ball one time. Delays in processing are a huge hindrance. My advice, get your camcorder and tripod and shot from the sideline. Everyone will be much more happy!

Yes, and even photography, from the perfect still grabs, and that tech isn't far off.

The future looks promising for this tech. #AdaptToAIorDie Thanks for giving to the walkthrough and sharing your insights.

Here in Puerto Rico’s pro basketball league most of the teams are using AI cameras (synergy sports) to livestream the games and it has become a great tool for the lower budget teams because every game of the league is transmitted through youtube. I don’t the money side, I’m just a photographer for one of the teams 😂, but the AI cameras have a lot of work to be done because the teams that have their own broadcasting teams put out a much better product for their fans than just simply the AI camera, and even some teams do it without audio. But yes, this is only the beginning, the AI will take over the world, sadly.

Happy New year sir, Great new year video

Thank you for the real honest review!

My club has been using three Veo’s for 2 years successfully filming hundreds of games with players and coaches loving every minute. It’s expensive because it’s amazing technology. And for a club it’s not that expensive. The best thing is the ability to download goal highlights to make highlights video in seconds.

Hudl is an AI camera that a lot of highschool basketball teams use in my area. It works pretty decent, i dont think its 4k though

I wanted this for my high school team but it’s to expensive 😢😂

I love your honesty ❤

I have been considering one of these for a time now (from a parent perspective so I can sit and watch the games) but I am worried about video quality. I was looking forward to seeing what you could do with the footage. Maybe next year! Will you post the footage if you ever gain access? I don't know if I have ever seen full 4k VEO footage, always lower resolution.

Nice review, you identified 2 of 3 deal breakers for this camera (subscription costs and lack of direct access to the footage). The footage itself is borderline unusable. The camera lacks a quality optical zoom and the game is always zoomed way out. It’s possible to use for coaches film, that’s about it. For spectating it’s hard to see and follow the action, so live streaming is meh. I’ve had clients send me hours of Veo footage to use in highlight reels and couldn’t use a single clip. Also nighttime footage is awful and grainy. NFHS AI cams used in US high school stadiums are pretty much the same, with the same limitations. I think these AI cams are far off from being replacements to human sports videographers. What bugs me most is the BS marketing by the companies that makes it appear to the average coach or parent that they are going to get amazing game film when it simply isn’t true. Or that they’ll save money by not paying a sports videographer but actually charge more in subscription fees.

My son's football team has to use one of these cameras to record their games as part of their grades rules. I would say the camera being 4k is similar to the ones you see on ebay that claim to be 4k, but you cannot zoom in much at all before the quality is no good. I still live stream their games from a camera on the sideline and can then go back and edit, crop, zoom etc far more than you can get from the Veo. It is also a little laggy on following the play and is very limited on how far it will zoom in on play. I hope you eventually get the footage and can show us what you were able to get from it. I have only seen it from the viewing end, I have not been into the editing software

Thanks for the Video!

Thx, if you ever get the video will you do another video to show the results?

American football compatible?

wonder how well it would work for volleyball

Our club uses Veo. We have several. It has considerably helped in recruiting and game film to our players who would otherwise never have access to quality game film. Is it the best? I feel it’s subjective because their features are good but with all AI it takes time to work the bugs out. I’ve had a game sit in the cloud for weeks and had to get their IT involved but once they did all was right in the world. I usually download my films locally on a hard drive to save incase my players need them later on. It also allows me to post it online. It helps with clips, and individual player moments for them to download easily. However it’s time consuming to cut up individual player clips on their user platform. I usually spend a good amount of time. They aren’t alone, now they’re TRACE which players wear sensors and each player is assigned one and the AI cuts clips automatically but at a considerable cost, however reduces the amount of time a coach needs to spend cutting clips for olayers, there’s REEPlayer which is new and in beta which offers similar, a few others that I seen now that use smartphones on gimble with special app and AI. Great for player development and clips for recruiting in my opinion, but unless you’re at a club that can afford it, it’s a hefty cost for individual owners. Depending on your medium, for player development it’s great, for keepsake it’s great, for media posting you can’t beat a good field camera and lenses. I’m still using my mobile rig and an iPhone 12 😂😂

I’ve been skimming through your RU-vid channel and have enjoyed your content and I'm hoping you can help me out. I'm looking to buy a camera that can record my soccer games, but I don't have anyone to manually move the camera, so I need something that can capture the full field from a stationary position. I was hoping you might have some recommendations for a camera that's budget-friendly and costs around $500 or less. Ideally, it should also be easy to use and have good quality video. I'd really appreciate any advice you could give me on this. Thanks so much for your time and keep up the awesome content on your channel!

I have a bad experience, with my camera the left side records with a shadow there is a line that the player passes through, gets lost, appears crossing the line, that is normal, who can guide me

For our community club, this was almost a perfect product, until of coarse, youuuuuuuu guessed it, the flipping monthly subscription. Why can we just own our own things and pay for updates if and when we want them.

The AI Camera definitely has a long way to go in regards to quality, it says it's 4k, but it definitely doesn't look 4k from the small footage that was shown. Being billed a yearly subscription of 99$ per month is too much not going to lie so that already would stop a lot of people from purchasing, as well as all the added add ons. I personally have started to hate all the subscription type based programs. But you will most likely be spending around 1,200+ or around the same cost of the camera which doesn't really make much sense. The cost overall is too much.

Interesting camera. The subscription model - 😢

So soon there will be no more sideline or on court photographers? I sureI will miss them on the sidelines and no need to pay photographers anymore.

A good coach won't waste their money on this when they could use the money to invest in their team instead and equipment that will directly improve their players.

AI can never takeover videography, especially sports videography because the one thing that AI lacks is creativity.

OMG those prices,For subscribers !!! Just upload it to RU-vid via streaming. That is crazy numbers to use your own camera that you purchased.. NO THANKS FYI most sports leagues gives you real and better analytics

use with obs

The whole subscription scheme is a major turnoff

Terrible business plan Veo

Incomplete at best. Show me the whole process/results and THEN share your true opinion. 👍

Man, it’s a scam hahaha