NEW YORK — Within the VR headset, I look down and see a home plate and two batter’s boxes, as one would expect in any old baseball video game, but when I look right, I see the aquarium embedded into the backstop of Marlins Park. Looking left toward the outfield, the infamous monstrosity circus prop […]
Causeway Media Partners, a growth-stage venture firm focusing on sports technology, sports media and related companies, recently closed an oversubscribed investment round of $211.3 million for its second fund, well above its $175 million target. Founded by Wyc Grousbeck, Mark Wan and Bob Higgins, Causeway raised $130 million for its first fund in 2013, investing in such […]
Intel has confirmed plans to shutter its wearables business after an unsuccessful few years trying to get it off the ground, but it remains heavily invested in the sports industry generally. After spending hundreds of millions of dollars over the past five years attempting to build a wearables business that saw it dabbling in fitness […]
Time to add “have your face replaced by a pigeon” to the list of things that can now happen to you if your mug makes it on the video board at the ballpark. It looks just like a Snapchat filter, but these dog tongues, emojis, and animated hockey masks are developed by Game Changer MVP, […]
Imagine walking through an NBA arena, and the most exciting game going on isn’t actually on the court. You pull out your phone while heading to get a hot dog, open up an augmented reality app and search for virtual collectable coins during halftime. Find all 10 and you get to meet your favorite player. […]
