Real Madrid is facing off against Juventus in the UEFA Champions League final Saturday in Wales, and it’s a football club that possesses a tech-centric mindset. Over the past few years, the top LaLiga football club has been an early adopter of emerging technologies and innovative ideas changing the global sports landscape. Last year, Real’s team mobile […]
Major League Baseball will provide virtual reality experiences, including a weekly live stream of an out-of-market game beginning next week, via Intel True VR, Intel announced Thursday. The Intel True VR Game of the Week enables users to control their vantage point by selecting from up to four 4K-resolution camera angles per game — including the […]
Success in professional sport has become a finer art and one drawn up by even smaller margins. There is no greater example than soccer, where endless answers are sought in the hopes of gaining a deciding edge. Many clubs in Germany’s Bundesliga have been the source of an endless line of talent, and the reasons […]
French telecommunications company Orange is showcasing a virtual reality tennis experience at the French Open that involves teleportation. Holotennis enables players wearing HTC Vive headsets and holding controllers to play tennis together on a virtual Philippe Chatrier court and interact with each other while they are in entirely different locations. Orange partnered with VR company Emissive and another […]
For episode 17 of the SportTechie Podcast with Bram Weinstein, Jesse Lovejoy and current New York Jet Kelvin Beachum join Bram to discuss the innovative STEAM education project housed at the 49ers home, Levi’s Stadium. Plus, a robot brings kids in a KC children’s hospital directly to an MLS pitch, the latest on the innovative […]