The Australian Open has found an ingenious workaround for licensing conflicts on its YouTube livestream. The solution?

The ongoing 2025 Australian Open has taken a unique approach to its live broadcasts on the official YouTube channel. Rather ...

Nvidia unveiled a prototype AI avatar at CES 2025 that lives on your PC's desktop. The AI assistant, R2X, looks like a video ...

Several fans pointed out that the animated avatars representing the players on the Australian Open's YouTuber steaming look like Wii characters. Tennis fans watching the Australian Open on YouTube ...

Produced in-house by Tennis Australia, video game-like recreations of live matches featuring digital player avatars have been taking over the internet.

While the Australian Open TV YouTube channel is broadcasting matches live, it doesn't hold the broadcast rights for the ...

The solution? Animated players. The tennis tournament has replaced iconic sports stars with custom avatars that mimic their movements using mocap technology and I daresay I enjoy it more than the ...

The Australian Open has introduced animated avatars to stream matches on YouTube, due to broadcast licensing restrictions. This innovative approach, called AO Animated, uses real-time data from ...