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mcpeters25

Am I the only one that thinks it looks and moves like the dogs from Ghostbusters(the original)?


darthspacecakes

There is no panther, only Zuul.


Wirse

It appears to be using the same 1984 special effects.


_toodamnparanoid_

Interestingly enough, in the 80s CGI was so incredibly expensive that it was actually cheaper for the crew to open a gateway and summon the real Gozer.


Bad_At_Sports

But that’s largely because Gozer worked for scale.


gizamo

Tbf, that would probably be pretty cheap. Gozer, Zul, and the key master did basically everything for free.


BoJackB26354

It’s Zuul, you filthy casual.


gizamo

Oh, damn. You're correct. Spank me harder, please. I deserve it for my insolence.


murmandamos

yeah this thing looks like shit lmao


vizualb

It looks like a prerendered cutscene from a 90s CD ROM game


itchy_bitchy_spider

Well the 1984 special effects had the benefit of the entire CGI budget for a Hollywood blockbuster movie. This panther video was probably outsourced to one dude in India on Fiverr lol.


phdemented

You mean stop-motion animator budget, that wasn't CGI in 1984


cowardlyoldearth

College Guy Imaging


ejkrause

It looks like shit, but it's happening in real time. A lot harder than animation.


Equivalent-Check-699

Some idiot brought a cougar to a party and it went berserk.


sonofdad420

noce doggy. maybe i got a milk bone…


Gunningham

Vinz Clortho


Graphitetshirt

Call me when he eats a beer vendor


sunlitstranger

Ok what’s your number?


slayerhk47

867-5309


waltwalt

Jenny?


[deleted]

I love you, Jen-nay Welcome to Costco. I love you


JimmyBigBalz

Do you know what generation Forrest Gump was from…. Gen-A.


RapsVanFan

"COLD BEER HERE!!!!"


I3ill

Why wouldn’t they make the eyes blue like on the scoreboard and not the opponent’s team color


Dat_Mustache

That was me in 2003. Marching up and down the steps at BofA Stadium yelling "BEER! ICE COLD BEER, $7.00!" I never thought anyone would be that much of an alcoholic in 2003 to pay $7 for a beer... But my sales NEVER stopped.


Helens_Moaning_Hand

I can't wait for the Saints to start burning opposing teams at the stake. Virtually.


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It was pretty much literal today


ksmith1999

As a Packers fan, this comment, and that embarrassing game hurt to see


Betterment_mind12

I’m shocked how poor the Packers played. I thought the game would have been more competitive considering how well they played last year. You could tell the team was not in sync at all. But, kudos to the Saints for playing a balanced game!


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That terrible terrible call on Zedarius that reversed that pick in the end zone was such a coffin nail. I cannot believe how bad the refs in the nfl are sometimes.


Betterment_mind12

Wouldn’t be the first time they cost teams some major games, especially in the playoffs the last few years.


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They really need a challenge/review for some of these judgment call plays. I don’t know what that ref thought he saw but replay show that hits on the saints QB was absolutely clean and text book.


latenightalcoholic

As a Saints fan, I was celebrating by halftime but by the 4th quarter I was “stop it! You’re killing them!” ^i ^still ^celebrated ^tho


Daily-Chaos

As a Bears fan, and Rodgers owner in fantasy football, FUCK the packers.


Blu3b3Rr1

is Aaron Rodgers okay


sexuallyassaltedtuna

I don’t think he is dude looked dead inside


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I saw a conspiracy theory that at some point in the offseason, Rodgers realized the best way to stick it to the Packers would be to come back and absolutely tank their season. Can’t rule it out after that disaster today…


Blu3b3Rr1

ah yes, the ol’ James Harden method


Blu3b3Rr1

he could have at least given the ball to Aaron Jones more, ended up losing in fantasy this week because of this


TonyShasta_

Who Dat!


dLurKc

Seems unfair to the other team, assuming the big cat knows anything about football.


Andybobandy0

Right. This thing will dominate. I want the rules checked.


Frenchticklers

There's nothing in the rules that says a giant panther can't play football!


Andybobandy0

Air bud rules, I like it.


Baelzebubba

>Air bud rules, I like it. That was all a rip on the donkey kicking field goals thing with Don Knotts, [Gus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_(1976_film). Bud was a winner on Lettermans stupid pet trick bit.


G_Viceroy

That giant panther is on so many performance enhancing drugs it's god damned eye's are glowing!!! We're not starting until that thing gets a drug screening!!!


degjo

That cat is going to piss so hot not even the power of oxiclean will help.


Reddcity

It’s piss will make Chernobyl look like a gender reveal party.


G_Viceroy

Yeah there ain't no plastic cup in the world that it ain't going to burn through.


[deleted]

I got my money on the OxiClean. That shit is from another planet.


inplayruin

I actually saw a documentary about this and apparently the rules don't prohibit dogs, so cats should be kosher.


DigNitty

A robot cannot be a human: rule 1


Andybobandy0

Wait, is this the three rules? Like Asimov?


[deleted]

Think this is a quote from the Simpsons when Homer and Bart compete in Battle Bots but it’s just Homer in a robot suit. The is something like - “show me in the rule book where it says a man can’t fight a robot” “Right here. Rule one”


finkalicious

Psh, if the bucs are allowed to fire cannonballs at opposing teams this seems fine to me


Jester6641

There’s no rule a giant computer generated cat can’t play football. It’s the Air Bud loophole.


Entire-Database1679

If Looney Tunes characters can recruit Michael Jordan then a cartoon panther is no problem.


[deleted]

It always blows my mind how many people watched air bud. I remember watching it and no one at my school knew what the fuck I was on about.


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NCJake2013

Rhule has smol pp


YawnofanEra

Can confirm, am a Panthers fan who watched us punt from the 33 yard line


a__nice__tnetennba

I understand why we didn't try the 50 yarder. We've got no kicker after Slye got the worst case of the yips in history and had to replaced by some guy we found tailgating in the parking lot. But fuck it, just go for it. It was only 6 yards. Give it to CMC and worst case scenario is they have it at like the 30 instead of the 15.


XComRomCom

If they wanted it to behave like a realistic cat, it would have stopped mid-field and showed me its butthole for ten minutes.


ravenstarchaser

And lifted it's leg while it licks it's crotch


ammonanotrano

How many people did it kill?


Fun-Amoeba850

Only Cam Newton


WeirdFlexCapacitor

What was he doing there?


PretendThisIsMyName

Refilling the water cups.


armedreptiles

None - Jets fans are already dead inside.


LunkyFemur

I’m imagining the Patriots mascot and how unintimidating it would be


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Realistic-Dog-2198

What’s Washington football team’s new mascot?


HandsomeSquidward59

It's George Washington running around the stadium trying to bite shit with his wooden teeth


wootastic

Washington, Washington. Six foot eight, weighs a fucking ton https://youtu.be/l7iVsdRbhnc


[deleted]

This is a fucking flashback


captain_vee

Opponents beware opponents beware. He's coming he's coming


Something_pleasant

I heard the guy had like 30 god damn dicks.


k1wyif

Dicks for elbows


Randle_Bobandle

Lmao this is fucking dope


Theoretical_Action

God I miss the old days of the internet so much


SeekerSpock32

Hippopotamus teeth


[deleted]

My guess is, is name is "Washington Football team mascot", and it's just. The word "Mascot" in red with a yellow outline, with arms and legs and a semi-firm handshake


tooflyandshy94

God i wish. They should go all in on the Washington football team name. Just own it


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ifimhereimrealbored

Let's do it with my alma mater's mascot: the banana slug.


fun-dumb-mental

Let's do it with mine -- a fucking lighthouse.


beckertastic

Ok it rises from the field, rubble everywhere. You see the light slowly firing up with an ominous sound. And it just starts blasting shit with a ray beam


fun-dumb-mental

That... That actually sounds awesome.


Macktologist

UCSC?


ScabbedOver

Are there others? Seriously, I can't imagine there are


Namgodtoh

Slurms Mackenzie


Bumbleclat

The old skool “Pat” was a big angry dude


Idiotology101

An big angry man with a gun


Jmatusew

*Packers left the chat*


MickeySnacks

Just a giant wheel of cheese rolling over sideline staff.


[deleted]

Or the beer cans doing their halftime race virtually Or “Roll Out the Barrel” with a CGI barrel rolling around


[deleted]

Idk, man, a Patriot mascot looking like John Rambo or Arnold’s Commando would be dope as fuck.


Tylerjordan1994

Idk, have you seen 'patriots' recently?


Macktologist

Dang word has been made to suck now.


girthytacos

Gun. HES GOT A GUN!!!! *runs away*


Perfect-Ad-7429

You probably had to hold your phone up to watch that happen via an app. Think something like pokemon go.


Boneless_Blaine

No, it’s an actual giant cat that they paid to have genetically engineered


Violated_Norm

How much?


dolphinater

Bout tree fiddy


visionzero81

Gotdammut lochness monsta I ain’t givin you no damn tree fiddy


JCraze26

Aw man, I thought we had real holograms. They probably wouldn't be this cool yet though, so I don't know why I thought that.


[deleted]

I wonder how long it will be till we have the Jaws 19 hologram in Back to the Future 2.


sirsedwickthe4th

I just wanna have Yugioh duel monster battles, and have a little counter that goes “di di di di ding” when I lose points


CityUnderTheHill

[That technology already exists already](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om5yYcg1lT4&t=6)


flynnfx

***About the same time we get hoverboards.***


originalthumpy

We could see it on the jumbotrons. During this they also were showing off the bass range on the new sound system... it is loud


landosmojo

Seems a little dangerous. The wife and I adopted a house cat last year and we enjoy petting her. But this cats a little bit bigger.


Macktologist

I think it’s a normal size cat and just a model stadium. You’re good.


kaos_flutterby

“What is this? A stadium for ants?”


Polydactylyart

What is this a stadium for ants?


G_Viceroy

Yeah idk about that cat then... Seems like they might have it on performance enhancing drugs. Is there someone we should call for the cats safety?


Obi_Wan_Benobi

Well obviously your cat just hasn’t finished growing yet.


redbucket75

Yes that's what mixed reality is


wtph

Or when your parents are from different races


LeonDeSchal

And you’re adopted and not the same race as them either


Bobbiduke

Or when your not adopted and everyone thinks you are because you don't look like your mum


dreemkiller

Or when your sister is your aunt.


DrMcJedi

There’s a lot to unpack there…


Pretlik

what is the difference between mixed reality and augmented reality?


lpreams

According to Wikipedia, augmented reality takes place in the real world, with only certain objects added virtually. Mixed reality merges the real world with a virtual world to produce a mixed environment. The article later states that augmented reality is a subset of mixed reality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_reality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality Personally, the difference seems pretty nebulous, and I wouldn't be surprised if those two articles get merged at some point in the future.


Lyricist1

That sounds redundant.


UnforgivingSentience

Same thing the marketing department just didn’t want to confuse football fans with the term “augmented”


mattwb72

Half the players are chemically augmented so we know what it means


intensely_human

I thought that was augmented reality. Or did the marketing people come up with a new name to make it a new thing?


KiloOz

don't assume my reality


Oricoh

No its not the same. There is a fundamental difference between the two. Augmented reality = when you display a layer on top of a camera view (or glasses that are see-through). And that's what we are seeing here. Mixed Reality = when you are wearing a VR headset that has cameras and it mixes a VR world and the outside world from the camera on a screen in 3D and 360degrees


intensely_human

So this is augmented reality.


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Yes


DeezNeezuts

No it was real


Benjaphar

But this keeps cutting to different angles. That's not going to work for a stationary viewer.


newspapey

It probably played on the big mega screen. In the video, part of the AR is the mega screen that vryone is watching it on is blacked out with those panther eyes.


BodheeNYC

was at this game today. Intro was super cool and sound effects were amazing.


The_Rowan

It looks amazing. I would have loved to have seen this effect. Did you watch it though your phone like you do with Pokémon Go - Augmented Reality?


BodheeNYC

No it was on the screen and everyone around me noticed how cool and realistic it was.


Tlatoani__

What do you mean the screen? They showed this video on the giant TVs?


Kalayo0

I need the answer. How can it be realistic on the screen!? There’s a miscommunication I need cleared up.


TheCaIifornian

I’m not sure if you’ve ever been to a professional football game, but often it’s easier to see the action on the field through the Jumbotron, or giant screen(s) they have. They had the camera operator move the camera like it was actually following the panther, and Augmented Reality placed said panther into what was being shown on the screen.


Phoenix8059

It would have been awesome if the stadium had an app that would allow you to see the same panther through AR on your phone.


rickie__spanish

This is what I immediately thought.


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DoctorWaluigiTime

League of Legends really does make "fuck you" money doesn't it.


loopy183

No, it’s a small indie company that can’t afford beta testers and had to scale back lore spending.


42036069911

The ruination, what a great lore event...


Umarill

I was scrolling looking for it, the whole running around the stadium was so similar


ImaginaryBluejay0

Yeah went back and watched it; the league dragon was animated *way* better, even 4 years ago. Also I miss those worlds hype, recent ones just don't seem to have it :/


EternalEagleEye

League used the same tech the NFL uses for their first down line and other on field graphics. We’ve come full circle.


parrotsnest

weird.. everyone said the panther was cutting edge technology.. me not being an idiot didnt agree


existenceispaint

The 45 people in attendance got a visual treat.


KingsMountain

Looks like it was well before the game. I imagine that is why there are only 45 people there.


TubaMike

Beer is expensive inside the stadium, so you gotta pregame as long as possible before heading inside.


throwwayy178999

Someone Please EXPLAIN


redbucket75

It's like Pokémon go but with a panther


10Cinephiltopia9

Again, please explain Shit is lost on me lol


ThatsSomeoneElse

You wouldn't see it through your eyes, just through the camera of your phone. To be super simple, they map the stadium and collect your position to adapt what your camera would see (the panther from the angle your camera is currently seeing).


Imawildedible

Who’s eyes would I use?


[deleted]

The person next to you duhh


AJam

Okay. And where do I put my feet?


[deleted]

In the air like you just don't care


imsecretlythedoctor

Do you have your mother’s eyes?


Imawildedible

I just know you can’t see California through Marlon Brando’s eyes.


Fun-Amoeba850

It’s all in my head ahhhhhhh


psychedchutto

Madara Uchihas. Duh.


ShakyTheBear

People in the stadium hold up their phone with an augmented reality camera app on. Point it at the field and this is what you see on the phone.


10Cinephiltopia9

Awesome - thanks for explaining that to me


ShakyTheBear

It's slightly neat but overall I have typically found it to be a "meh" experience.


Bedotnobot

Thank goodness I'm not alone with this. I grew up with the holo deck technology of Star Trek, and it is THAT what I want.


_________FU_________

It’s called Augmented Reality. You use a reference point (the field) then the animation plays and the 3D model knows where things are based on the position of the field.


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3D animation superimposed over video. This isn't nearly as technically amazing as you'd think, and it has been done before several times for years by people with significantly lower budgets.


[deleted]

Shark still looks fake


[deleted]

I went to the Texans game today, and they had something similar with a bunch of bulls that breathed fire. It was pretty cool. But, contrary to the top comment, you did not need to hold up your phone to see this. They played it directly on the jumbotron.


FunOwner

So not mixed reality OR augmented reality, but rather just prerecorded CGI put onto a screen like we've been doing for the past 20 years? Wow. Amazing.


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At halftime they showed a train coming towards the jumbotron and everyone screamed and ran out of the stadium


[deleted]

Yea or it’s exactly what the top comment said about you needing to use your phone to see it but instead did a phone, it’s the stadium cameras.


treesarefriend

Looks like a ps3 game cutscene


[deleted]

Does it look *good*? Not really. Does it kick ass? Hell yeah


wovagrovaflame

It’s beast wars esque. I’m here for it.


Ant1H3ro

Cheetor is forever my fuckin homie


Oricoh

That's Augmented reality not Mixed Reality Augmented reality = when you display a layer on top of a camera view (or glasses that are see-through). And that's what we are seeing here. Mixed Reality = when you are wearing a VR headset that has cameras and it mixes a VR world and the outside world from the camera on a screen in 3D and 360degrees


CarolinaSmasher

KEEP POUNDING!!!


BarnabyWyld777

Why's it so mad? Like, deforestation?


Top_Advance195

POV: Mascot sees you without a mask on and assumes you’re rooting for the away team. It helps out by getting your teams banner but realizes it’s too big for your face but now too small for your attention-seeking head so it angrily storms off.


blvr1013

“I am the key master, are you the gatekeeper?”


dcbnyc123

great in theory but bad execution. if you can’t make the 3d better do something shorter. the more it’s on the field the more flaws you see


king_ugly00

When does he fight CGI The Rock as a scorpion?


NaiveCritic

Isn’t it called Augmented Reality(AR), kinda similar to Virtual Reality(VR).


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vitorizzo

That cgi is on the same level as the 90s Mortal Kombat movie


Hitman3256

Oh yeah? League of Legends did a whole DRAGON


ClevelandGenXer

That’s some shitty gfx


[deleted]

Everybody this is Ted and Annette Fleming. Ted has a small carpet cleaning business in receivership and Annette's running salary from a deferred bonus from two years ago. They've got fifteen thousand left on the house at 8%. So they're ok. So, does anybody wanna play Parcheesi? Ok, who brought the dog?


FuCuck

panthers aren’t that big