It’s STRIVR’s splashiest deal yet: a partnership with Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, to train and educate 150,000 Walmart employees each year. But don’t think the virtual reality company is giving up on its roots. STRIVR, founded by ex-football coach Derek Belch, who wrote his college thesis on how virtual reality training could help improve […]
The Hungarian national hockey team has launched a motivational 360 virtual reality experience to inspire the next generation of ice hockey players in the country. In the experience, the team sings along with a stadium full of Hungarian fans to the national anthem and is intended to inspire younger players by seeing fans encouraging the […]
Instead of watching Pekka Rinne via a 2D linear experience or through short snippets on social, why not be able to journey alongside the Nashville Predators netminder as he enters Bridgestone Arena, walks through the player tunnel, suits up and takes the ice? Wes Burtner described the “A Day in the Life” virtual storytelling as a way to […]
With the Champions Trophy kicking off this week, Intel has announced a new partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to provide a host of new in-game data points to fans watching live broadcasts of the games from this event. On the pitch during the competition, Intel will be using its coin-sized Curie compute module that […]
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 […]
