With virtual reality and its intersection with sports still being relatively in its infancy, there hasn’t been much data potentially supporting its usage over traditional training and game preparation methods. Yet Menlo Park, Calif.-based STRIVR Labs — one of the companies at the forefront of the advancement in virtual reality around sports — is attempting […]
Top NFL draft prospect and former Alabama defensive end Jonathan Allen splits his time between battling 300-pound linemen in the trenches with engaging in gaming and virtual reality. A top-five projected pick this Thursday night in Philadelphia, Allen recently described how his interest in computers specifically started in high school but increased when he attended […]
The Kontinental Hockey League is the latest professional sports league to dive into live virtual reality broadcasts, and it did so with offerings of some of its top events. The Gagarin Cup, which is awarded at the conclusion of the KHL playoffs, was hoisted in VR last week after SKA clinched the championship with a […]
AbelCine, which provides products and services to the production, broadcast and new media industries, teamed up with the production house MediaMonks, VR creator Ben Schwartz, Oculus and the NBA to use the ultra-high-speed Phantom VEO VR solution for the first time. The high-speed stereo VR footage was produced during the Slam Dunk Contest in February. […]
Since the invention of the bicycle in 1817, cycling has remained a sport that involves a cyclist and his or her bike. Soon, thanks to West Yorkshire’s CityConnect, the activity may be adding Pokémon Go-style augmented reality into the mix. Funded by over £60 million from the Department of Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant, CityConnect aims […]
