Six months after officially opening, and the Mark Cuban Center for Sports Media and Technology at Indiana University has its first virtual reality game, which was led by senior Catherine Onofrey. Onofrey, who is an intern with the Cuban Center, first became interested in virtual reality after taking a 300 level 3D Computer Graphics class in […]
How hard are the hits that cause concussions? A Minneapolis startup says the answers are in its $199 mouthguards. Prevent Biometrics has mouth guards that contain microcomputers recording the force, location and direction of head impact. They can then instantly transmit the data via a mobile app, alerting coaches, trainers or parents when an athlete […]
Japanese technology company Pixela Corporation has a live virtual reality app with a MagicVision feature that enables viewers to see three different angles simultaneously, and this was made available to viewers of a recent Nippon Professional preseason game. Pacific League TV subscribers could watch the game between the Chiba Lotte Marines and Yomiuri Giants on March […]
The following is a column by C.J. Watson, a guard in the NBA for the Orlando Magic who has played 10 seasons in the league. Watson founded the Quiet Storm Foundation with his family based around the core values of education, encouragement, hard work and faith. The foundation develops and implements community programs that support students, […]
CAMDEN, N.J. — After founding basketball apparel company AND1 in 1993 around the time he graduated with an MBA from The Wharton School and selling it to American Sports Goods in 2015, Seth Berger has continued to operate in the entrepreneurial scene, although in a quieter fashion. That changed when long-time childhood friend, former AND1 colleague and […]