In the back of every athletes mind is the haunting risk of injury. Sport related injuries can occur as a result of physical contact with another player or due to improper movement or technique. PhysiMax, an Israeli sports technology company, is a new start-up dedicated to helping athletes prevent and recover from movement-based injuries, while […]
“An excellent multi-functional app providing the amateur golfer with the feel of playing pro tournaments while improving, enhancing, and standardizing golf day scoring.” That’s how judges of the Sports Technology Awards described United Kingdom-based company VPAR, when it won the honor for “Best Sports App for a Single Sport” in 2014. The name, VPAR, itself, […]
In another interesting development in the collision between virtual reality technology and sports, former NFL lineman Akim Millington has been announced as Next Galaxy Corp’s newest director of Virtual Reality for Sports and Entertainment. Akim was a high school all-American athlete in both track and football, and was even recognized as a top high school […]
World No. 1 and Wimbledon defending champion Novak Djokovic breezed past the first round of Wimbledon today with a straight-sets win against German Philipp Kohlschreiber. Strangely enough, this victory is thanks, in part, to a physics professor at the University of Manchester and Scotch tape. Why? Novak Djokovic’s racket, given to him by his sponsor […]
Virtual reality is taking over the world. A concept that has been around since the 1950s, the idea of a virtual reality has always been a fascinating one. In recent years, the application and production of viable means to achieve a VR experience have exploded. With the looming release of the Oculus Rift, a virtual […]
