Home Tech & AI The viral Dansby Swanson play in Tokyo looks like AI but wasn’t. Exactly what you’re seeing, explained.

The viral Dansby Swanson play in Tokyo looks like AI but wasn’t. Exactly what you’re seeing, explained.

by Amanda Lee


Baseball social media lit up after a jaw-dropping first-inning grab by Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson during an international exhibition game against the Yomiuri Giants. But it wasn’t just the play — a routine yet athletic throw to first — that had fans talking. It was the surreal replay angle that followed.

The broadcast showed an ultra-high-tech view of Swanson’s diving grab—so advanced that, for a moment, it seemed AI-generated. However, a Major League Baseball spokesperson offered a simpler explanation in an email to Mashable:

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It’s a system called FreeViewpoint developed by Canon. It’s permanently installed in the Tokyo Dome with 160 cameras around the rim of the seating bowl. They essentially stitch video together to create these looks. It’s on the World Feed so every broadcaster will see these clips.

It’s so good that fans are clamoring for more.





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