‘CourtVision’ Review: We tested Steve Ballmer’s attempt to transform the NBA viewing experience
LOS ANGELES — Augmented reality on sports broadcasts isn’t new. In fact, there’s a gold standard: the first-down line for football games, invented two decades ago. Imagine the chaos and confusion in homes and sports bars across the country if they took that away. More recent additions to the genre include the virtual baseball strike zone, and the digital arc tracing the flight of a golf ball. So what about basketball? Can augmented reality provide anything so indispensable that NBA fans would howl in protest if it were taken away? Not yet. But the technology is impressive, and the potential is… Read More
