The 2020 Tokyo Summer Games could be projected as 3-D holograms* outside of Olympic venues in real time.

The groundbreaking system does not require competing athletes to wear motion sensors, nor do viewers have to wear 3-D glasses to view the events.

The Japanese company behind the system NTT says their technology will allow people in other venues to observe Olympic events as if they are in the arena. NTT said viewers will be able to see life-size representations of the competing athletes.

The system is called “Kirari! For Arena” and uses multiple cameras to track the movements of the athlete. The images are then transported to devices that show hologram figures in real-time in a different location.

NTT senior research engineer Kota Hidaka said: “From all four directions, you can see players projected in the field moving in 3-D.” Their technology will allow fans unable to watch a karate* match in an arena the chance to observe it via 3-D holograms of the fighters battling it out live.

The company explained that their new system reproduces everything that happens in the competition space. It does so through the combination of depth sensors that use laser lights and location tracking information.

(SD-Agencies)