MatchCam · new product
The cameraman is software now.
Two iPhones on a pole see the whole pitch. MatchCam stitches them into one panorama, follows the ball like a broadcast operator, cuts the highlights and counts the match — while everyone actually watches the game.
Phones you own + ~$260 of mounts vs. $1,299 + $799/yr for the leading AI camera.
Nobody has to stand behind a camera.
The rig is static — that's the trick. Both phones record fixed ultra-wide views; the “panning” you see afterwards is a virtual camera gliding across the stitched panorama, driven by the ball. Grandparents film sideways video; clubs pay for a camera operator or a subscription camera. This is the third option: hardware you already own, software that does the operator's job.
- · Whole pitch in frame for the full 90 — nothing off-screen, ever
- · Follow-cam AND the tactical wide view from one recording
- · Processing runs on your Mac — footage stays yours
Matchday · six steps
From kickoff to highlights
Mount
Two iPhones, landscape, in a $35 dual mount — or rubber-banded on a cardboard-box corner. Each turned ~42° outward.
Aim & level
Halfway line, 3–5 m back, as high as your pole goes. The app shows a level bubble and flags the wrong lens.
Lock & clap
One tap locks focus and exposure on both phones. Clap once — the two recordings sync themselves from sound, to the millisecond.
Record
Press record on both and walk away. Nobody pans, nobody zooms, nobody misses their kid's goal because they were filming.
AirDrop
After the final whistle, AirDrop both files to a Mac. Processing runs locally — footage never has to leave your machines.
Watch
Out comes a stitched panorama, a broadcast-style follow-cam, a highlight reel and the match's event timeline.
Analytics · measured, not promised
What it counts — and what it doesn't, yet
Every number below comes from our published benchmark runs on real amateur footage. Team-level stats are solid today; naming individual players without jersey numbers is research, and we say so.
In the box today
- Auto follow-cam — a virtual camera pans the stitched panorama like a human operator (critically damped, no jitter)
- Millisecond audio sync between the two phones (measured: a 1.400 s offset recovered exactly)
- Ball tracking — 96% of frames on our 1080p benchmark match
- Team possession split, pass and turnover counts, dribble runs
- Event timeline + auto-cut highlight reel (benchmark: 3 minutes of play → 4 clips, 48 s)
Next — after one-time pitch calibration
- Shots and goals against real goal boxes (six taps on a freeze-frame, once per venue)
- Pitch zones in metres: build-up areas, final-third entries
- Pressing intensity (PPDA) and distance covered per team
Research — we publish the numbers, not promises
- Player identity without jersey numbers: today the tracker holds a player ~7 s (median) before a crowd steals the thread; appearance re-ID stitching is the upgrade path
- Jersey-number reading where numbers exist: 25–50% of track segments at 1080p — improves sharply at 4K
- Substitution detection from bench-zone entries and exits
The whole rig fits in a backpack.
- · Two iPhones 11 or newer (the ultra-wide lens is the whole trick)
- · Dual phone mount ≈ $35 · 4 m light stand ≈ $135 · power banks ≈ $90
- · MatchCam app enforces the settings pros get wrong: locked exposure, 4K30, no stabilization crop
- · League already on EasyChamp? Match stats land next to your standings.