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Melbourne Stars Launch New Augmented Reality Experience For Fans

The Melbourne Stars, an Australian cricket team, have announced the launch of a new augmented reality experience. Fans who download the Stars AR app will unlock a multitude of in-match AR offerings. These include the National Storage boom boom stick game, scannable AR logo markers and much more. Don’t forget to download the Stars AR […]

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U.S. Ski Team Trained In Virtual Reality For Pyeongchang Olympics

As athletes from the U.S. Ski & Snowboard team descend upon Pyeongchang, South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, they’ll be doing so with months of training in virtual reality that have provided them with an unprecedented number of mental reps on a course many have never seen. In early 2017, the ski team […]

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Inside Intel’s Plans To Capture The Olympics In Virtual Reality

NEW YORK — Over the next few weeks, roughly four dozen Intel employees will descend upon Pyeongchang, South Korea in a massive undertaking that will see the technology company transformed into a mobile production house with field crews, producers and virtual reality cameras. In what will be the largest-scale virtual reality event to date and […]

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Star India To Stream IPL Cricket Matches Live In Virtual Reality

Star India, the media rights holder of the Indian Premier League, has announced that it will broadcast live matches in virtual reality on the Hotstar video streaming service this year. Fans in India watching in virtual reality will be able to select different camera angles and from the commentary language of their choice with customization […]

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