Patent ID: 8817078

Claim:
A method for integrating a virtual rendering system and a video capture system for outputting a composite render to a display, the method comprising: receiving input data from a plurality of clients for modifying a virtual environment presented using the virtual rendering system; obtaining, from the virtual rendering system, a first virtual camera configuration of a first virtual camera in the virtual environment, wherein the first virtual camera configuration includes camera position data, camera field of view orientation data, camera movement data and camera characteristics data; programming the video capture system using the first virtual camera configuration to correspondingly control a first robotic camera in the real environment; capturing, from the video capture system, a first video capture feed of the real environment using the first robotic camera; obtaining, from the virtual rendering system, a first virtually rendered feed of the virtual environment using the first virtual camera, wherein the first virtually rendered feed shows the modifying of the virtual environment; rendering the composite render, based on a target broadcast region, by processing the first video capture feed and the first virtually rendered feed, wherein the composite render includes at least one other scene in a formatted layout, and wherein the composite render further includes a real sports field with at least one virtual player of a virtual game; and outputting the composite render to the display.