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ePlay Nears Launch Of Augmented Reality Fantasy Sports Game

The creators of ePlay’s forthcoming augmented reality game are taking players’ headshots and molding them onto 3D models to create life-size avatars that will be dispersed throughout streets, shops and cities. Hold your phone up to see Stephen Curry and higher still to see the much taller LeBron James, or at least a reasonable digital […]

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Chicago Bulls Use Rise Science Sleep Program To Improve Rest, Recovery

Ensuring proper rest for its marquee players has been one of the most pervasive issues affecting the NBA the last several seasons, prompting a lengthening of the schedule and a reduction in games on back-to-back nights and the elimination of stretches with four games in five nights. While that league-wide initiative will aid every team’s […]

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Dribblers FC App Uses Comic Adventure To Teach Kids Soccer

On the day that the U.S. men’s soccer team was eliminated from qualification for next year’s World Cup, inciting an array of condemnations about how the sport is taught at a youth level, a new Kickstarter campaign launched that aims to use technology to encourage more children to play soccer and have fun while learning […]

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How Technology Will Factor Into 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics

Los Angeles is in a unique position to host the 2028 Summer Olympics, according to Casey Wasserman,  because of its seat in the capital of entertainment and technology in the United States. But with 11 years to prepare for the Games, what role will current and emerging technologies play? Wasserman, the founder and CEO of […]

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Monsterful VR Enters Performance Training With New Balance Prospects

Monsterful VR announced a partnership with New Balance’s Program 15 and its Future Stars Series as the start-up virtual reality company makes its first foray into performance training. New York City-based Monsterful VR had previously installed an entertainment product, Play The Pros, at the Detroit Tigers’ Comerica Park geared toward enhancing the fan experience. This […]

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