For episode 4 of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein, we welcome NextVR executive chairman Brad Allen to the show. Allen has helped transform NextVR into a virtual reality industry leader that captures and delivers live and on-demand virtual reality experiences. Just this past July, NextVR was reported to have an $800 million valuation and even played a […]
FOX Sports Eredivisie, a premium television service offering coverage of the Dutch football league, used virtual reality images to enhance a live broadcast of the Feyenoord-PSV Eindhoven match Sunday. FOX Sports Eredivisie collaborated with VR company Beyond Sports on using a virtual cameraman wearing an HTC Vive in order to see and record the game from multiple angles. The […]
NTT Group collaborated with Kei Nishikori to develop a system that enables anyone to experience the vibrations of facing serves from the Japanese tennis star. With the Nishikori VR experience as an example, the Tokyo-based telecommunications company announced it would look to develop a system that was useful for training in a variety of sports. Get The […]
Professional basketball players have been incorporating virtual reality free throw shooting into their training. At NBA All-Star weekend in New Orleans, fans got a little taste of what that experience is like. Bud Light, the official beer of the NBA, took over 211 Royal Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter and brought fans an experience […]
NextVR as part of its multi-year partnership with the NBA will offer live regular season games in virtual reality internationally — except in China — beginning Thursday when the Portland Trail Blazers face the Orlando Magic. Fans can watch the eight remaining NBA games scheduled for a live VR broadcast with an NBA LEAGUE PASS […]
