Projectile object rendering for a virtual reality spectator

A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by at least on computing device, cause said at least one computing device to perform a method including the following operations:

• receiving at least one video feed from at least one camera disposed in a venue;
• processing the at least one video feed to generate a video stream that provides a view of the venue;
• transmitting the video stream over a network to a client device, for rendering to a head-mounted display;
• wherein processing the at least one video feed includes,
• analyzing the at least one video feed to identify a projectile object that is launched in the venue,
• responsive to identifying the projectile object and identifying a virtual location of a user of the head-mounted display in the venue, then replacing the projectile object in the video stream with a virtual object, using the identified virtual location of the user to adjust a path of travel of the virtual object toward the virtual location of the user of the head-mounted display in the venue, and animating the virtual object in the video stream so as to exhibit the path of travel to be towards the user of the head-mounted display as the video stream is rendered to the head-mounted display.