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FrostPath is an adaptive simulation platform for sports broadcasting

Physics-accurate simulation and adaptive deep reinforcement learning that predict play as it happens — live shot tracing, strategy insight, and broadcast overlays for complex sports, starting with curling.

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The problem

Sports analytics can't keep up with live play

Existing analytics rely on rules-based and static machine-learning models, so real-time prediction simply isn't available to broadcasters — and viewer engagement is more important than ever.

Static models can't predict live

Regression and static ML limit predictive accuracy in real time. Complex sports like curling can't be forecasted without models that adapt shot to shot.

Hardware-heavy tracking doesn't scale

Existing solutions such as golf shot tracking are hardware-intensive, costly to install per event, and hard to extend to other sports.

Broadcasters need engagement

Streaming has fractured audiences. Broadcasters lack scalable, AI-driven overlays and insights that deepen fan engagement across multiple sports.

Platform

Simulation, learning, and visualization in one pipeline

FrostPath fuses a full-fidelity physics engine, computer-vision intake, adaptive DRL agents, and broadcast-ready 3D graphics — a complete path from live camera feed to on-air insight.

Full-Size Physics Engine

A detailed 40 m curling sheet model computing 24,000 stone-and-pebble interactions per second, built on the most widely accepted friction physics research.

Computer Vision Intake

Overhead-camera rock position capture — developed in partnership with the Grand Slam of Curling — feeds real games straight into the simulation, no on-ice hardware required.

Adaptive DRL Agents

Two deep reinforcement learning curling agents with an adaptive framework that re-learns conditions end to end — and even shot to shot.

Broadcast-Ready 3D Graphics

A 4K curling arena VFX model built in Blender, Unity, and NVIDIA Omniverse, ready for live broadcast integration.

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Technology

Why curling needs adaptive intelligence

Curling is uniquely hard to model: the playing surface itself changes throughout the game, and the value of a shot is rarely obvious. That's exactly why it demands adaptive deep reinforcement learning.

The ice never stays the same

Sheet mechanics change every broadcast, game, end — even rock to rock: pebbling, temperature, ice maintenance frequency, directional sweeping, individual sheet lean and tilt, and shot-lane usage all shift conditions continuously.

Shot value is uncertain

Draw, hit, raise, or freeze? The optimal call requires subtle strategy, and true shot value can only be computed after the end is scored — 16 shots later. Adaptive agents learn to evaluate options where static models can't.

Broadcast

Overlays that change how fans watch

In development with broadcast partners — television overlays and advanced graphics driven live by the simulation:

Shot tracing & live velocity

Predicted and actual rock paths with on-screen speed as the stone travels, rendered live.

Broadcast view down a curling sheet toward the house full of stones, with the arena jumbotron and seating behind.

Shot forecasting and sweeping impact

Quantify what sweeping is really doing.

Broadcast forecast overlay: an overhead view of the house full of red and yellow stones with a predicted red shot line into the rings, an END FORECAST panel showing shot expected value +0.672, and a live scoreboard.

Shot options & points gained

Strategic choices and their expected value.

Trajectory preview with ranked recommended shots — Hit and Roll, Raise, Tap, Double Peel — each scored by expected points gained.

Sponsored overlays

Advertisement placements integrated into broadcast graphics.

Overhead broadcast view of curling sheets with a sponsor's brand rendered directly onto the ice.

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Roadmap

From live games to a full analytics platform

1

Camera-trained models

Incorporate overhead-camera match datasets into the adaptive DRL training loop.

2

Broadcast overlays

Continue development of TV overlays and advanced graphics — in flight now.

3

Live streaming integration

End-to-end live streaming integration test with broadcast partners.

4

SaaS analytics platform

Advanced curling analytics for coaches and professional teams.

Contact

Broadcasters, leagues, and teams — pilot with us and lead your sport.

hello@frostpath.ca