As the sport of football grows increasingly competitive and the physical effects of the game more controversial, training methods have to change, adapt, and become more advanced. Gone are the days of just being on the field and watching game film. Instead, football administrators and coaches are always on the lookout for new ways to […]
Popular sci-fi novels and major motion pictures have used the basis of an increasingly technology dependent human existence, along with generational leaps in progression, and the void that is an unknown future of possibility and wonder, to conjure up worlds where technology not only makes life easier, but opens doors to new frontiers never before […]
Imagine being able to combine the last seconds of a championship sporting event with the comfort of your home. Now imagine being offered the authentic sights and sounds that television can’t offer. Founded in 2009, NextVR has been working to develop real-time virtual reality displays of sporting events; starting with the NBA and NHL. Using […]
Virtual and augmented reality took center stage at this year’s SXSports event in Austin, where audience members were shown demonstrations on how the technology is being used in sports. The differences between augmented and virtual reality are significant. Augmented reality is when information is overlaid onto a clear visor. Think about a fighter pilot’s cockpit […]
Defensive players across the National Football League all took a collective cringe Friday, as Saints’ coach Sean Payton offered up a training experience to aid NFL quarterbacks. Payton was speaking at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on the topic of coaching and innovations in data collection. He touched on methods his Saints use in […]
