Robotics, Augmented Reality, Drones Rule Super Bowl 2024

Coverage of Super Bowl LVIII from Las Vegas will be nothing short of what you’d expect from a Las Vegas production. 

CBS Sports’ broadcast technology for the game incorporates everything from HD to 4K zoom to augmented reality (AR) cameras covering every angle and giving viewers a closer look than ever before. In fact, Super Bowl 2024 will mark the first time CBS Sports telecasts a Super Bowl game in 1080p.

Taking advantage of the Las Vegas landscape, the CBS coverage will also include three sky cams, two fly cams including a “trolley cam” and three drones offering views between Allegiant Stadium and areas along the Las Vegas Strip including the now-famous Las Vegas Sphere. 

Twenty-three augmented reality cameras will be used in combination with the CBS broadcast, Nickelodeon’s presentations and on the strip. CBS will also integrate AR graphics into its coverage. 

Plus, 24 live robotic cameras will be mounted inside the stadium and throughout the stadium.

Snickers, a Mars company, is also launching a Super Bowl-themed AR experience to the Apple Vision Pro headset. Fans who own a headset can enter the virtual experience where they can practice kicking field goals and visit ‘football oracle” T.J. Watt of the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

Viewers can also access the experience on their smartphones and can submit embarrassing moments for the chance to win an at-home football viewing set-up.

Drone Free Zone

Aside from Drone views from CBS cameras, don’t even think about flying your drone near the Super Bowl or be ready to face hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines. 

The FAA has imposed temporary flight restrictions over Las Vegas prohibiting all drone flights from within a 30-mile radius of Allegiant Stadium, and essentially the entire Las Vegas metropolitan area.