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<\/a><\/p>\nESPN, Disney, Pixar and the National Hockey League (NHL\u00ae) are teaming up to bring fans an Inside Out Classic. This will be a real-time, animated NHL telecast featuring the Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers on Sunday, April 5 at 7 p.m. ET. ESPN+, Disney+, Disney Channel, and Disney XD.<\/p>\n
Inside Out Classic will feature virtually created real-time animation of the action between the Washington Capitals and the New York Rangers modeled after characters on Pixar\u2019s award-winning franchise Inside Out.<\/p>\n
Inside the mind of Inside Out character Riley\u2014Hockey Island will host the animated presentation where Riley\u2019s Emotions will skate alongside animated versions of the NHL players.<\/p>\n
Inside Out voice talent will also be featured in the animated presentation, including Phyllis Smith (Sadness), Lewis Black (Anger), Tony Hale (Fear), and Maya Hawke (Anxiety).<\/p>\n
The animated telecast will leverage tracking technology to present the action on the ice in real-time while featuring Inside Out characters skating alongside animated versions of the NHL players. Highlights for this year\u2019s animated telecast:<\/p>\n
The presentation will blend two types of tracking technologies \u2013 NHL EDGE positional data (NHL Puck and Player Tracking) and Sony\u2019s Hawk-Eye Innovations\u2019 optical tracking \u2013 to create more dynamic player and character movement to help fans better visualize detailed limb and stick movement and mannerisms.<\/p>\n
Using Sony\u2019s Beyond Sports\u2019 Virtual Commentator technology, the ESPN commentators calling the action on the animated telecast \u2013 Drew Carter, Kevin Weekes and Arda \u00d6cal \u2013 will wear virtual reality headsets for motion capture, immersing them in the animated environment of Hockey Island in Riley\u2019s Mind.<\/p>\n
The real-time animated telecast will be produced in association with ESPN Edge Innovation Center and NHL partner, Sony\u2019s Beyond Sports. Driven by Sony\u2019s Beyond Sports\u2019 proprietary virtual recreation technology, the broadcast transforms tracking data from fellow NHL partner Sony\u2019s Hawk-Eye Innovations into animated action on the ice.<\/p>\n
Inside Out Classic will be available internationally on Disney+ in Latin America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand, South Africa (live, no replay), and Europe. Video on demand will also be available in most markets, including the United States and its territories, on Disney+ shortly after the real-time telecast.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t forget! Get ready for the Inside Out Classic between the Capitals and Rangers on Sunday, April 5 at 7 p.m. ET on Disney+, Disney XD, Disney Channel and the ESPN App.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! Disney and ESPN collide for an animated, exciting and fun Inside Out franchise event…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-587402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}