Kansas City Chiefs kicker Cairo Santos took part in a unique ESPN Brasil talk show in virtual reality with the interview held among virtual avatars gathered in a virtual ESPN studio within a virtual football stadium to talk football. ESPN partnered with AltspaceVR for the live show Thursday, enabling fans from Brazil and the U.S. […]
Stanford University’s athletic department is utilizing virtual reality across a number of sports in an effort to enhance athletic performance and engage with fans. Most notably, Stanford’s fencing team made an interactive video that features a fencer fighting the viewer. In it, a virtual reality rig is set up facing the fencer as he or […]
NEW YORK — LiveLike CEO Andre Lorenceau recently argued that the latest technology advancement from the company is a feature that live virtual reality around sports needs as an overall broadcasting medium. LiveLike and FOX Sports are currently streaming a series of three CONCACAF Gold Cup matches live in VR including the championship match on […]
English Premier League team Stoke City announced that its goalkeepers will now be trained using virtual reality. The club is partnering with Dutch company Beyond Sports and will also use the company’s VR technology to analyze match performances. The company offers two different options for it VR training service, with a “plug and play” providing […]
The Sacramento Kings, whose new uniform design last season received rave reviews, are launching this year’s update with a twist — and a zoom and a spin and an in-home photo opp. Already ranked as SportTechie’s most tech-savvy franchise in sports, the Kings are launching their new Nike threads with an augmented reality feature in their […]
