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New DJI Racing Goggles Help Users Pilot Drones, Robots

DJI, the company behind the Phantom 4 consumer drone, unveiled new higher-quality goggles this week targeted at drone racers that enable users to activate a real-time first-person-view from their aircraft up to 7 kilometers (~4.3 miles) away. The goggles, which are an enhanced version of DJI’s previous goggles, are fed a low-latency external video transmission […]

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Sony’s Hawk-Eye Technology Delivers Precision-Based Video Results For Sports

Considering its roots as primarily a state-of-the-art ball-tracking technology, developed initially for tennis, soccer and cricket, Hawk-Eye Innovations continues to deliver game-changing results across the global sports market. Hawk-Eye, which was developed in 2001, became a wholly owned LLC of Sony in 2014. Since then, the many ways that the technology has developed and progressed […]

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Richard Sherman’s Video Content On The Players’ Tribune Finds Success

NEW YORK — Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman seems to enjoy talking into the camera while he brushes his teeth. It’s an authentic, all-access look that Sherman is providing this season as he self-records first-person narratives using Samsung devices for The Players’ Tribune as part of a first-of-its-kind content series called Out Of Context. The […]

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Facebook Remains Publicly Coy About Sports Rights But Hints Interest

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn’t directly answer a question about his company’s plans for bidding on sports rights but distilled their very ethos and mass appeal when describing the content he would like to include under the social media site’s Watch tab. “We’re going to focus our products on all the ways to […]

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AS Roma Gives Fans New Way To Watch Highlights With SmartReplay

Letting fans decide what highlights they want to watch seems trivial. In fact, it sounds like something most teams already do. However, the AS Roma soccer club is taking content consumption a step further with SmartReplay. The platform uses a fan-first approach to give users an easy way to find the highlight they want. Think of the usual […]

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