No official postings yet. But, Skinny Bob's has 2 big tournaments a year.
1) Texas Open, on Labor Day weekend, entries open the first week of June, held for 51 years.
2) Skinny Bob's Open, on President's Day weekend, entries open the first week of December, held for about 10 years. Now it is 9...
I do think you need a fixed camera position for the speeds and angles like PerformStars gets. They require one static camera on submitted videos. I suspect they define the table dimensions at the start of the analysis process, similar to what you did in one of your YouTube videos.
And, for an example of the money bringing more top players, I think I've heard that Appleton, Boyes, and others came to pool because of the prizes from the IPT.
You wouldn't need multiple cameras for ball tracking. Multiple cameras would be needed for the shot line stuff because of the 3D aspect of it.
And, I think you are making identifying the cue ball a bit more difficult than it needs to be. It's typically the first moving ball that would need to...
I am sure they are using OpenCV. It is an open source free library that has a lot of tools and functionality built-in for "computer vision" projects.
Here is an example of how easy it is to start building ball tracking app with it.
For those that aren't familiar with him, Nick was interviewed on the Pool Player podcast. After Matchroom announced the ranking points qualifications for the Mosconi Cup team, I heard someone mention that he was going to try to qualify. I think he is trying to play every point earning event...