It wasn’t mentioned in the video, but I found it rather interesting that one of the remote camera operators had chosen to mark out the locations of the on-screen graphics, so that their shots were focused in the un-occluded areas. A very simple solution to a technological problem.
Another great insight, thanks Matt! So much I wasn’t aware of. I would absolutely love a recording of the audio commands a director is giving to the camera operators during an average lap.
The ability to remotely control a camera for use in motorsports television has been around for more than 40 years. The controls used to pan and tilt the camera as shown in this video are very similar to the joystick control systems of the early 1980's.
As someone who is getting into camera operation for sports, I’d prefer a more hands on approach rather than robots. However this technology is without a doubt cool
2 interesting things: 1) 2:27 Footage of the 2023 Mercedes F1 car 2) 2:30 The ultra-high tech sticky tape solution to mask out the graphic overlay positions on the screens
They just have to balance the pros and cons between full manual onsite and remote controls in control room even with AI auto tracking, former with instant actions by taking risks and latter with much more safety factor but hindered by latency of transmission
Why aren’t they testing AI/gps tracking to automatically follow the cars? They just press a button and the camera is following the car they want? It seems logical to me😂
More quickly and perfectly cause they'll detect any incident within a few tenths from the moment they occur, and be able to predict overtakes and other moments seconds in advance at least, which the long line of human director-technician-producer-operator simply can't react to even when they know it's coming....
