OT MLB "virtual ballpark" will stream first-ever regular season game

When: Today, Wednesday September 20th, Tampa Bay Rays vs Los Angeles Dodgers, 3:30 PM Pacific Time

click on this link to watch the game:
https://www.mlb.com/fans/virtual-ballpark


How to Join

1. Get ready to sign in with your MLB Profile. If you don’t already have one, it’s fast and easy to create one here.
2. In advance of first pitch, come back to mlb.com/virtual-ballpark at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT on September 20 and customize your avatar with your favorite team apparel, find friends and get to exploring the ballpark grounds.
3. Be sure to visit all of the interactive fan stations to earn XP and participate in a Sorare scavenger hunt for a chance to win actual Sorare cards.*
4. Hang out and watch a Gameday 3D representation of the Angels @ Rays game taking place on the field in the virtual ballpark.
5. Sign up to be part of future events and help us name the new ballpark.
6. For the best experience, use a desktop or laptop. For mobile access, use Safari with the most up-to-date iOS or use Chrome on Android.
7. We recommend headphones or earbu

The game will be presented in computer-generated graphics which show the stadium, players and fans. The real game will be shown on the floating Jumbotron as seen here.



The computer-generated players will copy the actions/movements of the real players in the live game.

What's the point of watching a representation of the game when you can watch the real game?

The virtual game allows you to watch the game angles that you choose, some of them previously impossible. That's very cool (to me).

Also, you can interact with other fans in some capacity.

There will be (virtual) scavenger hunts in the stadium.

"Syncing with Gameday 3D for this first test, fans from anywhere in the world logged into the virtual ballpark can watch a three-dimensional representation of the game and interact with each other as it’s being played. In addition to watching the game up close from previously impossible angles, fans can talk with each other using spatial audio, explore the virtual ballpark to play trivia games and participate in a scavenger hunt. Fans can also watch the traditional broadcast on the digital videoboards of the virtual ballpark. This experience is available on any internet-connected personal device including computers, tablets and smartphones."

"Gameday 3D transports fans into a fully immersive three-dimensional baseball environment, offering a unique opportunity to experience the action live, from any angle in the ballpark. MLB launched Gameday 3D earlier this season to provide fans with an alternate viewing experience of select games online. The first-of-its-kind immersive animation leverages the industry’s most advanced tracking data and the latest computer vision technology. By utilizing the same Sony Hawk-Eye cameras in each Major League ballpark that provide Statcast data, Gameday 3D incorporates the position and orientation of each player and then generates a 3D re-creation of the game in real-time. Fans will be able to access the virtual ballpark directly on MLB.com/virtual-ballpark from their device of choice."

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-virtual-ballpark-first-regular-season-stream

I can't find much in the wasy of videos about it except a few shorts.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SH6v6S_vDLQ?feature=share

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DeJY_nEajaU?feature=share

 

Sorry, reality cannot be enhanced, replaced, nor improved with virtue reality.

 

I would like to the ability to watch from different angles that I choose.
Maybe not in live action, but re-watching the game.

 

Might be interesting, but why the hell at the Trop? That stadium is about to be imploded.

 

The stadium might be a dump, but the organization is said to be an early-adopter of technology.

 

The location of the baseball stadium is really bad. I don't think they'll ever draw a lot of spectators.
It's in the south end of the peninsula where St Petersburg is. Getting there from Tampa means driving across long bridges.

The football stadium is right next to the international (Tampa) airport, and the hockey arena is on the waterfront in Tampa.

 

Rays expected to announce deal for new stadium in St. Petersburg
By Evan Axelbank and FOX 13 News Staff
Published September 18, 2023 2:31PM
Tampa Bay Rays
FOX 13 News

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - After continued discussions over the future of the franchise, the Tampa Bay Rays are expected to announce a deal for a new stadium in St. Pete that will open in 2028.

Sources confirm to FOX 13 that the Rays will be playing in a new, $1.2 billion stadium starting in 2028. According to sources, at least half of the new stadium will be funded by the Rays and a collection of investors.

The team is expected to officially announce Tuesday morning their deal to build the new stadium on the Tropicana Field site, with the team's lease on the field set to expire in 2027.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/tamp...field-baseball-field-ballpark-pinellas-county

 

By the way, the real game will be seen in a floating jumbotron.

It is scheduled to begin at 3:40 pm tomorrow, Mets at Rays.

 

Am I missing the info about where we can watch this?

 

I'll look into it.

 

This link seems to have all the information:

https://www.mlb.com/fans/virtual-ballpark


LA Angels @ TB Rays
Gameday 3D Watch Party
6:40 p.m. ET, September 20, 2023
Come experience Gameday 3D displayed in the virtual ballpark for the first time, and be part of our interactive Watch Party for the Angels @ Rays game.

Secure your spot to be among the first to explore this immersive experience in MLB’s virtual ballpark.

Be part of baseball’s future!

How to Join

1. Get ready to sign in with your MLB Profile. If you don’t already have one, it’s fast and easy to create one here.
2. In advance of first pitch, come back to mlb.com/virtual-ballpark at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT on September 20 and customize your avatar with your favorite team apparel, find friends and get to exploring the ballpark grounds.
3. Be sure to visit all of the interactive fan stations to earn XP and participate in a Sorare scavenger hunt for a chance to win actual Sorare cards.*
4. Hang out and watch a Gameday 3D representation of the Angels @ Rays game taking place on the field in the virtual ballpark.
5. Sign up to be part of future events and help us name the new ballpark.
6. For the best experience, use a desktop or laptop. For mobile access, use Safari with the most up-to-date iOS or use Chrome on Android.
7. We recommend headphones or earbuds

 

And below that was:

* The first twenty-five (25) fans who participate in the Sorare virtual scavenger hunt during the Angels @ Rays game on September 20, 2023, and collect all eighteen (18) virtual Sorare cards will receive one (1) digital Sorare card giveaway. Exact digital card to be determined by Sorare in their sole discretion. Must be 18+. Recipients will receive an email from Sorare to the email address provided at the time of registration with details on how to redeem the giveaway. By participating you acknowledge that your email address will be shared with Sorare for purposes of prize fulfillment. Must have a Sorare account in order to redeem. If recipient does not already have a Sorare account, it is free to register for one. Additional terms and conditions may apply.

 

I downloaded the MLB app for my Apple devices but it looks like the virtual game will not use the app, but a browser instead, which is why they recommend a computer/laptop.

1. For the best experience, use a desktop or laptop. For mobile access, use Safari with the most up-to-date iOS or use Chrome on Android.

 

I need to upgrade my baseball CPU.
Jason Giambi is the best player in my PS2 game, and you got to go into Free Agents and sign the nearly retired Ken Griffey Jr. to a vet minimum.

 

Can't get into the game thingy. It looks like this.

 

This is as much as I can see. (edit: so much for that YouTube link.)