NEW YORK — A new experience at the US Open will let fans play tennis in a virtual experience where they can “feel” an invisible ball as they swat it with their bare hands. Called Air Tennis, the American Express-sponsored game mixes together motion sensors that might remind most people of Kinect for Xbox One […]
NEW YORK — When Roger Federer celebrates a high-pressure point over the next two weeks of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium, IBM’s Watson cognitive computer will recognize that as a highlight in real time and alert the United States Tennis Association, which will then blast the highlight video out to fans through its […]
NEW YORK — On Wednesday, Zepp, the sensor-based training device and platform, launched the Zepp Tennis 2 Swing and Match Analyzer as an enhanced version of its tennis product. The Zepp sensor attaches to any tennis racket and tracks stroke type, spin, ball speed, ball spin and sweet spot accuracy. The data is sent wirelessly to […]
With most of the play at the U.S. Open conducted under heavy sunlight, fighting through the heat and using the proper equipment to do so plays a huge role in determining winners and losers. The objects used for sun protection can also inadvertently affect the actual game play directly, such as in last year’s U.S. […]
Amazon has won exclusive rights to stream the ATP World Tour in the U.K., outbidding Sky Sports, according to the The Guardian. Amazon Prime will stream nearly all of the elite men’s tennis events with the exception of the four grand slams, according to the newspaper. The contract includes the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 […]
