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Ericsson’s Augmented Reality Prototype Lights Up Coffee Table During Soccer Match

Swedish technology leader Ericsson imagined bringing coffee tables to life with sports data visualizations presented via hologram and then went out and did it. Earlier this year Ericsson unveiled its PIERO Augmented Reality software. PIERO’s feature set initially debuted with sports analysts, projecting three dimensional sports data visualizations onto the studio floor. For the home […]

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Recapping Day 1 Of The 2016 SFIA Industry Leaders Summit

Denver, CO. — Day 1 of the 2016 SFIA Industry Leaders Summit featuring many of the top executive minds of the sports and fitness technology worlds illustrated how rapidly technological shifts are taking place in the sporting industry. The day began with a sports and fitness startup challenge that was eventually won by Hookit, who beat […]

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Sports & Fitness Industry Association Launches Startup Challenge For Sports & Fitness Entrepreneurs

DENVER —  To kick off this year’s SFIA Industry Leaders Summit, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association added a new event to represent technologies continuing to impact the sports world. SFIA held the “Start-Up Challenge” competition Wednesday morning and highlighted five companies that were picked out of 56 applicants that hoped to get in front of the many […]

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X2 Biosystems Introduces Their Next Generation X-Patch Pro Head Impact Monitor

In 2014 we covered the X2 Biosystems concussion sensor that was quickly becoming a mainstay in pro and collegiate sports. Now almost two years later they are releasing their next generation monitor. At the 13th MIT Sloan Healthcare and Bio-Innovations Conference, which took place February 26th-29th, X2 Biosystems debuted their X-Patch Pro. The new wearable head […]

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The Reality of Virtual Reality In Sports

Imagine watching the Yankees play the Red Sox from the Green Monster, then seeing the Kentucky Derby from a front row box at Churchill Downs, followed by sitting courtside at Game 7 between the Warriors and Spurs, and ending your day in Las Vegas at the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight of the century … all from the […]

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