The latest version of Eurosport's Cube (Discovery) arrives at Tokyo 2020

The extended reality studio Cube is the focus of Tokyo 2020 coverage by Eurosport (Discovery).

This interactive space benefits from various advanced graphics solutions to represent an exhaustive analysis of the day in great detail. Cube, an initiative led by Eurosport, is capable of offering up to seven different locations of immersive real-time video and shots beauty 360 degrees with Tokyo as a backdrop. Likewise, it offers other common features in this type of studies, such as cameras capable of moving through the digital environment and panoramic shots of the virtualized space.

Scott Young, senior vice president of content and production at Discovery Sports, has called Cube “an incredible piece of immersive technology.” It is not the first time that it will be used for sports coverage, as it was tested at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games and in several broadcasts of Grand Slam tournaments.

Sports analysis

Greg Rutherford, Olympic gold medalist in the long jump at London 2012, has been able to see first-hand the potential of the tool: "The use of this enhanced augmented graphics technology is very exciting. What it has shown me about the technical elements of my winning jump at London 2012 is amazing. I had no idea about these cool things."

“I could clearly see how my penultimate stride, crucial in the long jump, was much longer than it should have been from a technique point of view; and I did a “clutch jump,” which could have been potentially disastrous, since I had previously torn my hamstrings from this jumping position,” he notes, giving an account of the visualization options of the Cube system.

Tokyo 2020 coverage

Eurosport is offering extensive coverage of Tokyo 2020 through platforms such as discovery+, Eurosport y Eurosport App. The “Discovery Team” is made up of nearly 150 experts and presenters. With 84 Olympic medals in 198 Olympic Games appearances, the team will operate both in Tokyo and from local centers “in the country.”

In the words of Andrew Georgiou, president of sports at Discovery: "Our goal for Tokyo 2020 is to unleash the power of the Olympic Games. Innovative, immersive technology like Cube is one of the ways Discovery will enable audiences to take this journey with us. Cube will be an important part of what makes our coverage unique, along with an unrivaled lineup of sports stars and experts, spanning our key markets."