The recently celebrated Super Bowl 2024 in Las Vegas witnessed a groundbreaking use of ten freshly developed Antelope Nucleus Pico 90° 4K cameras. This development represents a novel iteration of the Nucleus Pico 4k ultra slow-motion camera, designed to discreetly fit into confined spaces like goalposts, pylons, and net posts, capturing hitherto unseen perspectives of sporting events.

At Super Bowl LVIII, a pioneering move saw six of these cameras strategically positioned within the goal posts, famously dubbed as “doink” cameras, offering innovative viewpoints on crucial field goals and extra points. These devices featured a built-in zoom extraction system, enabling digital zoom effects at key moments within the live feed and slow-motion replays.

Discussing the genesis of the ‘Doink Cam,’ CBS Sports VP of Remote Technical Operations, Jason Cohen, highlighted the collaboration with Antelope and their development of the Nucleus camera. Gert Kappes, CEO of Antelope System, emphasized the significance of the Nucleus Pico 90° camera, foreseeing its potential to revolutionize sports broadcasting by providing viewers with a more immersive experience.

In addition to their role at Super Bowl LVIII, additional Nucleus Pico 90° cameras were strategically positioned within the pylons on the sidelines, capturing intricate details of player movements, ball trajectories, and reactions in super-slow motion.

This newly developed video cam device, affectionately termed as ‘Doink Cam,’ due to its deployment at the 2024 NFL Super Bowl, boasts a slim design with a mere 36 mm depth, facilitating its concealment in various locations on the playing field or TV studio sets.

This innovative camera offers all the features of its predecessor, the Nucleus Pico, but in a sleeker form factor. Its versatile mounting options, including a newly developed durable flanged mounting system positive lock (PL) mount or a traditional C-mount, further enhance its adaptability and utility in broadcast settings.