It has become commonplace for broadcasters to use drones to capture footage of professional sporting events. For consumers, mini drones that lift off from the palm of your hand can also offer the ability to record video of games played at a smaller scale. DJI launched Spark last month, enabling users to have a 10.6-ounce […]
Video games have been the bread-and-butter of virtual reality. But a new king of VR is expected to emerge over the next few years — and it could change the way you watch sports. The consumer virtual reality market is expected to be worth $5 billion by 2021, growing at a compound annual rate of […]
You can’t start the game without the ball, so why not deliver it in style? After this guy rode into the Portuguese Cup Final on a hoverboard, it’s clear tech is leading this pregame tradition into the future with dramatic — and often wacky — spectacles. With all eyes trained on the field, ball deliveries […]
Even on the morning his company was acquired by Dallas-based sports management provider Blue Star Sports, Vasu Kulkarni still wasn’t sure if the deal was going to close. “They’re private equity guys, and we’re still a startup. Usually, those things don’t go together,” said Kulkarni, the founder of sports film analysis and statistics startup Krossover. “I […]
Can Greg Norman help change the golf course as we know it? He’s putting investment money behind that idea. Norman and Verizon Ventures — Verizon’s corporate VC unit — announced Friday that they had made a strategic investment in PlaySight to assist in the company’s global SmartCourt expansion into golf and other sports. The $11 […]
