Japan, Sept. 25 -- Canon Inc. announced that it conducted a demonstration on September 18 of a live remote sports viewing experience in which participants used mixed reality (MR) devices to watch a basketball game in 3D from freely selectable viewpoints. The demonstration combined Canon's volumetric video technology with its MREAL mixed reality system and IOWN All-Photonics Network (APN), led by NTT.1 The experiment marked the world's first2 initiative to recreate a competition venue as 3D spatial data at a remote location and provide live viewing through MR (Mixed Reality) devices, allowing spectators to watch events from freely chosen viewpoints.For the demonstration, approximately 100 cameras captured a basketball game at Aichi Internati...