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Sony’s Beyond Sports is collaborating with ESPN, Disney, and the NBA for Dunk the Halls, the first-ever real-time, animated alternate presentation of an NBA game. The special Christmas Day alternate presentation of the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs game 12 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Dec. 25 will use data processing and real-time visualization technology from Beyond Sports, as well as optical tracking technology from Hawk-Eye Innovations, to insert iconic Disney characters into the game action using 3D animation, while the two teams play in real time. Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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