Watch: Augmented Reality at AT&T Stadium

Nov 6, 2019

Samsung and AT&T have teamed up with Nexus Studios to bring Dallas Cowboy fans at AT&T Stadium a demonstration of 5G-enabled augmented reality.

The aim is to supplement the fan experience by offering game-related content through the smartphones that nearly every fan has in their hand. The videos below are a demonstration of the photo-realistic holograms, games, live stats and more that are superimposed over the field of play during actual gameplay.

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