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CrossFit Games Breaks Facebook Record by Putting Fans in Charge

In late-March, the CrossFit Games gave fans on Facebook a chance to choose what final workout to put athletes through at a qualifier tournament in Iceland. The result: the Games shattered its streaming record on Facebook, pulling in more than one million viewers and more than 300,000 comments. For the first time ever, Dave Castro, the […]

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Overwatch League, Sansar Add Virtual Reality to Esports

The Overwatch League players and fans are going from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional. On Wednesday, Sansar, a free social virtual reality platform, announced it had been collaborating with the league to enable gamers to more intimately interact with fans in virtual spaces. Sansar says it has been working with multiple professional teams from the […]

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Mapbox Acquires Fitness AR To Build Augmented Reality Apps

Weeks after Fitness AR used Mapbox technology to build digital 3D maps that help endurance athletes on Strava visualize trail routes, the augmented reality activity-tracking app has been acquired by Mapbox to build all sorts of sports, fitness and consumer apps for clients. As part of the deal, Fitness AR co-founder Adam Debreczeni will help […]

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