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Sydney Cricket Ground’s Esports Center Can Give Australia An Edge

Australia’s first Esports High Performance Centre will open this month at the famous Sydney Cricket Ground, providing a place for esports development alongside traditional sports teams in cricket, Australian rules football, rugby league and soccer. This facility will house the League of Legends Oceania champion LG Dire Wolves and mixed gender Counter-Strike team Supa-Stellar and […]

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Australian Kangaroos Launch Chatbot At Rugby League World Cup

SYDNEY — The 2017 Rugby League World Cup has kicked off across Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea with passionate crowds, large broadcast, digital and social numbers all coming through within the opening round of matches. The showpiece tournament featuring 14 nations has also seen the addition of many fan engagement delights both online […]

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Perth Stadium Makes Venue History With New LED Lighting System

At most stadiums and arenas, all of the action occurs on the field or court. However, that is not the case at Perth Stadium in Perth, Western Australia. The entire stadium will be putting on a show with 15,000 LED lights that can project team colors, or any colors, around the stadium’s seating area as […]

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AFL’s Adelaide Crows Use Team App To Livestream 360-Degree Video

The Australian Football League’s Adelaide Crows have announced another innovative technology advancement that is set to increase fan engagement. Fresh from announcing their purchase of an esports team in May, the Crows have now set their sights on venturing deeper into virtual reality by becoming the first AFL club to live stream video of the […]

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