The PGA Tour has published an augmented reality experience that lets fans take a virtual tour of the TPC Scottsdale golf course with Hololens. And now the league is accelerating those efforts with the launch an iOS augmented reality app this spring. The PGA TOUR’s Hololens app, which recently became available for free in the […]
A newly-launched nonprofit is seeking to solve a dilemma faced by the many sports fans weighing whether to cut the cable cord: it’s offering to stream local broadcast stations in high definition to users’ smartphones for free. That includes the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Locast.org, founded by longtime communications attorney and Sports Fans Coalition chairman […]
When the New York Times broke a story about sexual harassment in Silicon Valley last summer, Precursor Ventures founding partner Charles Hudson blasted out an email to his portfolio companies letting them know behavior of that sort would not be tolerated. The San Francisco venture capital firm, he said, had zero tolerance for sexual harassment or […]
MELVILLE, N.Y. — In a mid-sized office building in the suburbs of Long Island, a company called LBi Software, with its sports-focused division LBi Dynasty, has been stealthily building scouting software for Major League Baseball since the late 1990s. Now, after moving to a shiny new office in November meant to accommodate a growing team […]
Genies, a startup formerly known as Blend Systems that builds animated emojis that look like their users and react to popular culture and current events, has secured an additional $3 million in strategic funding and added a second pro athlete to its list of investors. This week upon the official launch of the Genies app, […]
