🏀 Projective Geometry: Retrieving 3D Ball Location

Table of Contents 1. Motivation: sports analytics 2. Projecting a sphere: from 3D to 2D 3. Back-projecting a conic: from 2D to 3D 3.1. Parametrizing a cone 3.2. Back-projecting the conic 3.3. Dealing with noise 4. Retrieving the 3D ball location 5. Conclusion 6. References 1. Motivation: sports analytics We have explored in previous posts how projective geometry can be used to relate two different views of the same planar surface....

November 25, 2025