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 […]
Networking solutions giant Extreme Networks announced Wednesday its recent acquisition of the LAN (local area network) business from Zebra Technologies, a tracking technology company. According to Ed Meyercord, President and Chief Executive Officer of Extreme Networks, “A part of this acquisition is Zebra’s full wireless LAN portfolio, which will become a part of the existing ExtremeWireless product […]
Daytona 500. Premier Boxing Champions. 2016 U.S. Open. Now, No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 14 Oklahoma. Over the last two years at FOX Sports, there has been an heightened focus on producing sporting events in virtual reality, with the broadcast company offering NASCAR, boxing and golf experiences for its viewers earlier this year, among others. […]
In recent months, sports fans have had the new opportunity to view some of the biggest sporting events through virtual reality thanks to NextVR. To name a few, events such as NCAA’s March Madness, the 2016 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, and select International Champions Cup games have all been available to watch through their app and technology. […]
Table Tennis, or ping-pong. No matter how the game is referenced or how seriously it is taken, there is now a robot designed to help players improve their skills. The Kyoto, Japan-based corporation, Omron, first debuted their table tennis robot in 2013. Last week, Omron announced FORPHEUS has officially been named the world’s “First Robot Table Tennis Tutor,” […]
