The NFL is back and I don’t know about you but I’m pretty excited about a seeing a bunch of new players – including 49ers rookie QB Trey Lance, who threw for a TD on his first pass attempt – making their debuts on the first Sunday of the 2021 season.
What I didn’t expect to see today, however, was the debut of the Carolina Panthers’ mixed-reality panther. (Yes, that is a sentence I didn’t think I’d ever write but here we are.)
I was just scrolling through Twitter when I ran across this video from the Panthers of their panther jumping around the stadium and I was in awe. I was also wondering about my level of sobriety.
I mean, check this out:
Check out our new mixed-reality panther that debuted today 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/8DwEvam9KM
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 12, 2021
Wild, right? I don’t know what I just watched but I do think it was pretty cool. Apparently fans in the stands could see it on the Jumbotron and it was created by a company called The Famous Group.
Cool stuff. More of this stuff, please.
NFL fans watching from home had reactions:
I want one of these for every NFL and College Football Stadium. I want to see how weird we can get with this. https://t.co/jQralPEKZa
— Jake Myers (@JEM326054) September 12, 2021
No lie this is one of the coolest things i ever seen https://t.co/uRztdJmi8T
— Mark Tucci (@MarkTucci23) September 12, 2021
Wtf that’s sick https://t.co/JUE75BpmNz
— 𝐓𝐘 (@TMcCarthy1999) September 12, 2021
what in the world did I just watch?
— Jordan Moore (@iJordanMoore) September 12, 2021
More of this content plz https://t.co/Y4ZLbFKUnt
— Kaitlyn (@MsKaitlynMiller) September 12, 2021
This is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/QrXfD4faj8
— leon saunders (@lrsaunders3) September 12, 2021
I can’t stop watching this, also crypto Panther!? https://t.co/9j7ZArwXEf
— cynthia frelund (@cfrelund) September 12, 2021
— Björn Ge (@BjrnGe2) September 12, 2021
