The Winter Olympics’ first-ever drone light show has earned Intel the title from Guinness World Records for the “most unmanned aerial vehicles airborne simultaneously.” There might be an asterisk in the record book, however: The show didn’t actually take place at today’s opening ceremony for the PyeongChang Olympics in South Korea. Instead, it was pre-recorded last December for broadcast during the event, just to make sure that bad weather or a technical glitch didn’t spoil the view. The synchronized flight of 1,218 Intel Shooting Star drones broke Intel’s previous record of 500 drones, flown simultaneously in Germany in 2016. The… Read More
LAS VEGAS — First, it was Deion Sanders and Satya Nadella. Now, it’s Tony Romo and Brian Krzanich. During Intel’s big keynote at CES in Las Vegas on Monday, the company brought out Romo, the former Dallas Cowboys star quarterback, on stage to tout its “True View” technology — previously known as “freeD” — that lets fans experience the perspective of professional athletes during games. A funny moment came just before Romo appeared on stage, when Kraznich, Intel’s CEO, accidentally referred to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady as “Tony Romo” while showing a clip of Brady. He apologized to… Read More
You can now watch MLB games in virtual reality. Starting June 6, MLB will launch a VR livestream of one out-of-market game each Tuesday in June. It’s part of a new 3-year deal with Intel, which is helping power the experience via its Intel True VR app and 4K-resolution camera pods set up at various stadiums around the league. The feed, which is free to access and available on Samsung Gear VR headsets, will let viewers select from five camera angles — home plate, first base, third base, center field, and a special pitcher-batter view — that offer 360-degree views of the live action. Or,… Read More
The San Francisco 49ers president. A virtual reality guru helping Intel. And the executive heading up U.S. operations for sports data giant Sportradar. We’ve just added more fantastic speakers to our second annual Sports Tech Summit on June 21-22 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. You can buy tickets here — remember to use the discount code GEEKWIRE15, which will knock off 15% from early bird rates that end this week. Get your tickets today at the registration page. TICKETS Learn about our recently-added speakers: Dr. Uma Jayaram is the co-founder of VOKE, a virtual reality startup that Intel acquired in 2016… Read More
Intel continues to push forward with its virtual reality technology in the sports world. The tech giant today announced a partnership with the PGA Tour to live stream the action from The Players Championship this weekend — specifically, at the famous “Island Green” on hole 17. The company’s “Intel True VR,” its new VR brand that builds off the acquisition of virtual reality startup Voke last year, will power the stream, available to users with Samsung Gear VR headsets and the new PGA Tour VR Live app throughout the 4-day tournament that kicks off Thursday. There will be three cameras — on… Read More