Patent ID: 8269835

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; a system memory coupled to said processor; a playing surface having a plurality of optical fibers configured to display one or more images; one or more detecting devices in proximity to the playing surface, and used for detecting wireless signals and environmental conditions; and an application program within said system memory that provides the functions of: identifying a player in proximity to said playing surface during a sporting event; adding a graphical aura in proximity to said player to a real-time graphical image displayed on said playing surface during said sporting event; identifying an object included in said sporting event; and adding a graphical object trail to said real-time graphical image displayed on said playing surface during said sporting event, wherein said graphical object trail comprises a graphical indication of at least one previous location of said object and a current location of said object; wherein adding said graphical object trail further comprises means for at least one of: modifying said graphical object trail to depict a spin of the object in response to a movement of said object including said spin; and changing a visual appearance of said graphical object trail to correspond to a height of said object with respect to said playing surface in response to a movement of said object in a vertical direction relative to said playing surface.