Riot Games is holding its second annual scouting combine for League of Legends Championship Series later this month in Los Angeles followed by its first player draft. That process will include training and practice before a round-robin tournament, but a startup vision technology company is hoping to introduce new objective measures into the realm of esports […]
Virtual reality sports games today put you right on the field where you can visualize yourself swinging a tennis racket or hitting a ball with a bat with a generic controller. Imagine, though, perceiving an actual racket in your hands while you prepare to serve up an ace. Nawafuji, the operating name of Japanese engineer […]
The CEO of Diamond Kinetics, a leading bat-sensor company, said his company will release its first product that tracks the throwing motion in early 2018. While appearing on the SportTechie podcast this week, Diamond Kinetics’ co-founder and top executive, CJ Handron, told Bram Weinstein that its next offering would focus on improving arm action rather […]
Retired soccer star Frank Lampard has been unveiled as a brand ambassador for nanoM, a company which has founded a specialist facility to help current and former athletes with performance and injuries. nanoM’s athletes-focused facility of 17,000 square feet is based out in Dubai and claims to be one of the first in the world […]
IMeasureU, a wearable tech company focused on limb fatigue identification, is introducing a new product. Tuesday marked the official release of IMU Step, a motion-sensing wearable designed for professional and collegiate athletes. Already in use by the NBA/G-League, Pac-12 schools and Harvard, IMU Step measures “bone load,” or the amount of stress placed on athletes’ […]
