Virtual event broadcasting

A computer-implemented method for broadcast augmentation, comprising:

• receiving, at an insight generation service of a broadcast augmentation computing system, dynamically-updating state information reported by a currently-executing application providing an interactive virtual event that is dynamically affected by control inputs provided to a player-facing device, the control inputs also affecting the dynamically-updating state information, the dynamically-updating state information at least including positions of avatars and objects within a virtual environment of the interactive virtual event, such positions being generated by the currently-executing application;
• computer-analyzing the dynamically-updating state information to automatically generate a plurality of insights for review at a broadcaster computing system;
• based on one or more relevance filtering parameters, filtering the plurality of insights to identify insights relevant for a current state of the currently-executing application;
• and
• presenting the relevant insights to a broadcaster of the broadcaster computing system for delivery to one or more viewer computing devices receiving a broadcast of the interactive virtual event, such that one or more of the relevant insights are viewable at the one or more viewer computing devices in conjunction with the interactive virtual event.

A broadcast augmentation computing system, comprising:

• a logic machine;
• and
• a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to:
• via execution of an application, provide an interactive virtual event enabling a plurality of players to compete in a virtual environment generated by the application;
• receive control inputs from each of the plurality of players at one or more player-facing devices;
• based on the control inputs, dynamically update a current state of the application, including dynamically updating positions of objects and avatars in the virtual environment that are controlled by the players;
• based on state information describing the current state of the application and historical records of previous interactive virtual events, identify a plurality of insights for review by a broadcaster;
• based on one or more relevance filtering parameters, filter the plurality of insights to identify insights relevant for the current state of the application;
• present the relevant insights to the broadcaster;
• based on broadcaster input, augment a broadcast of the interactive virtual event with one or more selected insights from the relevant insights;
• and
• distribute the augmented broadcast to a plurality of viewer computing devices for viewing by one or more viewers.