The State of Origin series for Australian rugby league football will feature Catapult Sports, as every player will wear special RFIDs in competition to enable the monitoring of workloads and broadcaster Channel Nine to provide data to fans. When the three-game series kicks off Wednesday in Brisbane, Australia, the debut of the wearable player-tracking devices will […]
Professional sports teams owning an esports group has made its way to Australia as the Adelaide Football Club acquired Sydney-based Legacy eSports, it was announced Wednesday. AFC is the country’s first mainstream professional sports team to enter the emerging space in such fashion. According to Crows Chief Executive Officer Andrew Fagan, esports allows the club to reach […]
Sports fans will go a long way to show support for their favorite teams. The NSW VB Blues, part of the NSWRL (New South Wales Rugby League), express their fandom with blue wigs. That’s right, the fan group known as The Star Blatchys Blues has its members don the iconic blue wigs during every game. Since the […]
The use of virtual reality, especially in sports, has become more and more commonplace. Last month, PCCW Global and Ideal Systems provided another VR first. The two collaborated to create a live 360-degree, multi-camera broadcast of the 2017 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament. The official host broadcaster of the event, Now TV, routed six streams […]
The World Rugby Sevens Series – a series of international rugby tournaments – is giving fans a whole new perspective into the game through a DHL Match Ball Delivery Van. The little van is operated by a remote control, and it has included a camera that provides 360-degree video so that viewers can get a look […]
