There are few things more fun or nostalgic than a traditional handball game. Now, one video game publisher is putting a rather futuristic twist on the pastime. CCP Games, a developer of virtual reality video games, will release Sparc, a virtual reality handball-like game, on PlayStation VR on Aug. 29, according to a press release. The […]
This college football season, some quarterbacks will practice their dropbacks and throws contending not with an imposing linebacker but instead with a hologram of one. Those players, and indeed players at every position on the field, will be using VAR Football’s virtual and augmented reality technology to get in necessary off-the-field practice and train themselves […]
The Boston Red Sox added to its virtual reality offerings this season with a VR batting cage at Fenway Park , partnering with virtual reality company STRIVR on an experience that enabled fans to take swings in a familiar virtual world. “You are literally at home plate at Fenway Park taking batting practice on the field,” […]
Rickie Fowler is the sixth-ranked golfer on the PGA Tour and has won over $4.5 million just this year. One could say he’s enjoying success on the links. That success, and Fowler’s overall career, has perhaps propelled Fowler to become a coach with Success Series, a new platform that connects the average person with sports […]
Virtual reality technology company STRIVR seems to have helped $64 million man Ian Mahinmi and his free throw woes last season. Though his overall percentage fell from 58.7 percent in the 2015-16 season to 57.3 percent in his injury-riddled 2016-17 season, Mahinmi’s free throw percentage was more than 30 points higher during the weeks he […]
