Eliud Kipchoge made history on October 12, and so did RCS and Singular! While Kipchoge was becoming the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours, Singular powered the INEOS 1:59 Challenge live stream of his accomplishment with a first-of-its-kind enhanced, interactive viewing experience.The interactive digital overlay package – built by Reality Check Systems using Singular.live’s technology – featured clickable buttons over the video feed that allowed viewers to immerse themselves even more within the event, displaying live data. Users could choose to see Kipchoge’s current speed, the remaining time and distance, Kipchoge’s projected time, the current weather at the event, analysis from Twitter, a map displaying Kipchoge’s position on the track, and a list of the active pacemakers running alongside Kipchoge. What’s more, users could choose to display the overlays in one of six different languages, making the historic event equally accessible to viewers from around the globe.This unprecedented level of interactivity during a live sports event was made possible by Singular’s revolutionary local rendering technology. The overlays rendered within the browser on each device it was viewed on, allowing every user to have their own customizeable viewing experience.This interactive display was available for viewers on computers, tablets, and mobile phones, with the size and positioning of the overlays adapting to the screen size of each device so users could view and engage with the content more easily.On top of the Singular package, RCS also provided a full Viz package for the event, data integration, a control application triggering both Singular and Viz, design work, and a Twitter integration app – a full service solution for all of INEOS’ coverage.RCS and Singular’s interactive adaptive overlays created a revolutionary experience for this record setting event
