The National Hockey League will start hosting a series of Centennial festivities in the new year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the league’s first games. The celebration will officially begin in Toronto with the Scotiabank NHL Centennial Classic outdoor game featuring the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. The NHL Centennial Fan Arena […]
STRIVR Labs, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company that excels in training NFL and college football players using virtual reality, announced Wednesday it has raised $5 million to enhance its sports offering and expand to new markets. The company plans to use the investment led by Signia Venture Partners to hire more people in order to move […]
Before their game against the Detroit Lions this past Sunday, the Chicago Bears kicked off a new four-year partnership with Visa, the team’s exclusive credit card sponsor. Yet the franchise activated the sponsorship using a new technology cutting at the intersection of sports in 2016 — virtual reality. The out-of-the-box creative initiative not only allowed […]
BAE Systems is probably best known in the UK as the company that provides much of what the country uses for defense, whether that be aircraft, ships or even cyber security measures. But when the Rio Olympics begin in August, those in support of Team GB might hear athletes and media throw around BAE System’s name on […]
Founded in 2012, Oculus quickly became the name in virtual reality, being bought out by Facebook in 2014 for a grand total of $2 billion. But it wasn’t until Tuesday that their flagship product, the Oculus Rift, finally shipped out to the pre-order consumer audience. Until then, the Rift was only handed out for demos […]
