The NBA is one of the most tech-savvy professional sports leagues in the world, and the Phoenix Suns are one of the teams leading the way with their use of virtual reality. The Suns’ experimentation with VR started with the gifting of season ticket holders with virtual reality kits in January. The kits gave fans virtual experiences of […]
Sports wearable and data and analytics company Catapult Sports announced Monday it launched a consumer product PLAYERTEK for footballers. According to Catapult, the player-tracking pod is the world’s first GPS-enabled performance wearable on the market for amateur footballers. In 2016, Catapult acquired PLAYERTEK as part of $63 million purchase between the former company and XOS Digital, […]
SAT-BOX has released VR Sports, a new virtual reality game for HTC Vive that includes a variety of sports that can be played on a variety of levels. VR Sports includes gameplay modes for bowling, homerun derby in baseball, soccer, basketball with a 3-point shooting contest, Japanese archery, clay pigeon shooting and boxing. Each sport places […]
You’re on the football field, and you collide helmet-to-helmet with a defending player. As you absorb the shock of the play, a coin-sized sensor in your helmet sends real-time data to the coach, who can monitor your condition. That device is a small, lightweight, plastic detector called the Cue Sport Sensor from Athlete Intelligence — formerly […]
In time for Opening Day 2017, the Milwaukee Brewers announced a significant upgrade to their MLB Ballpark app that will include Bernie Bot — an artificial intelligence (AI) service that acts as a liaison to guest services. Along with several upgrades to Miller Park’s concession offerings, the club revealed Bernie Bot — Bernie Brewer is […]
