Instead of Cleveland Cavaliers fans just watching the video board at Quicken Loans Arena, they can now interact with it throughout the NBA Playoffs via a virtual pop-a-shot feature. As part of a pre-existing relationship with Pittsburgh-based mobile app and software developer YinzCam, which has built and hosts 23 of the league’s team apps, the Cavaliers […]
For episode 11 of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein, Austin James Smith of VAR Football joins Bram to discuss training football players with virtual and augmented reality. Plus, with the NBA playoffs in full swing, Kevin Durant rejects social media – except for YouTube, esports gamers go to college, and a fitness app that […]
Raising the amount of money required to run a top-class athletic program is no easy task. For this reason, universities are trying out new and innovative ways to increase donations. The Mountaineer Athletic Club, the professional fundraising organization that helps to support men’s and women’s varsity teams at West Virginia, is trying to stay ahead […]
As one of the youngest coaches on every sideline he inhabits, Austin James Smith has always sought to challenge the traditional way of doing things. In fact, Smith was barely older than his players when he began developing the framework for the company now known as VAR Football. VAR Football is a Virtual and Augmented […]
When baseball fans at Incheon SK Happy Dream Park hold up their smartphones on opening day Friday, they will be able to use augmented reality to see real-time data on batter vs. pitcher matchups overlaid onto what’s happening on the field. It’s batting average and OPS and Pokemon GO, too in the Korean Baseball Organization. That’s […]
