Rafael Nadal’s tennis academy has announced three winning startups from a competition it held to uncover and support sports technology companies. The competition, supported by Movistar and Telefonica’s “Open Future” initiative announced the winners as iAltitude, Vilynx and Spinn Technologies. The event was held at the Rafa Nadal Academy, with “The King Of Clay” in […]
Tennis fans can now take control of how they watch matches from the French Open, ahead of the finale this weekend. Mojjo, a Paris-based startup, uses technology which summarizes tennis matches and is enabling fans to watch the best action from the matches played at the tournament from a website that is publicly available. It […]
It seems every day now we hear about another brand or sporting organization, regardless of size, jumping into the virtual reality space with their own bespoke experiences. However, Movistar, a brand under the Telefonica umbrella, decided to turn this trend on its head and called in tennis player Rafael Nadal to help out. In a […]
French telecommunications company Orange is showcasing a virtual reality tennis experience at the French Open that involves teleportation. Holotennis enables players wearing HTC Vive headsets and holding controllers to play tennis together on a virtual Philippe Chatrier court and interact with each other while they are in entirely different locations. Orange partnered with VR company Emissive and another […]
Tennis superstar Serena Williams announced Wednesday that she has joined the SurveyMonkey board of directors. Williams, who is one of the most successful athlete entrepreneurs with a signature clothing line offered through HSN and several major brand sponsorships, was named to the leading online survey platform’s board with Intuit CEO Brad Smith. They’re replacing Hewlett Packard […]
