3D player — overview
The 3D player is what makes SportsTrackLive special. It renders your activities on a real-world 3D globe — actual terrain, satellite imagery, altitude that you can feel — and lets you play them back, follow any athlete, and analyse the flight.
The same player powers three things:
- The web viewer at sportstracklive.com.
- The 3D replay embedded in the iOS and Android apps.
- Live events such as the Red Bull X-Alps, with dozens of athletes at once.
Feature tour
| Area | What you get |
|---|---|
| Globe, terrain & layers | 3D terrain, satellite/road/topo layers, 2D⇄3D toggle, place labels. |
| Timeline & playback | Play/pause, variable speed, scrubbing, live mode and "resume to live". |
| Camera modes | Follow, first-person, free camera, compass and gyroscope control. |
| Athletes & statistics | Athlete list, per-athlete live stats, show/hide tracks, off-screen indicator. |
| Weather & air layers | Thermal maps, Meteosat satellite, wind vectors, netto-vario. |
| Charts & analysis | Altitude and speed graphs, polar diagram, units toggle. |
| Recording a video | Capture an MP4 of the replay to download and share. |
| Augmented reality | On mobile, point your phone at the relief to see peak names, weather beacons and other pilots overlaid in real time. |
Just one thermal to look at?
For a single thermal, glide or task leg you don't need the full player: the 3D segment replay opens that segment alone, in 3D, directly on the activity page.
Who it's for
While anyone can use it, the 3D player is especially powerful for free flight — paragliding, hang gliding, sailplanes — where altitude, terrain clearance, thermals and wind are central. It also has dedicated modes for sailing and for contests/races.
Live vs. replay
- In replay, you control the timeline freely.
- In live mode, the player follows each athlete's current position in real time, and a single click resumes to live if you've scrubbed back into the past.