In 2018, esports and traditional sports will continue to intersect, internet companies will double down on media rights, alternate realities will test how consumers watch sports and athletes train, and player-tracking data will be visualized in the NFL and NBA. If 2017 was the year that leagues started tracking player data, streaming companies started investing […]
UFC’s partnership with HEED was on display at AWS re:Invent in November, with HEED co-founder Mati Kochavi hosting a live demonstration to explain how the company uses AI IoT (Internet of Things) to revolutionize the way fans watch fights. A demo was conducted with two UFC athletes, Marc “Bonecrusher” Diakiese and Edson Barboza, participating in a staged sparring […]
PRINCETON, N.J. — Imagine watching LeBron James dunk up close via a 90-inch television that’s hanging 10 feet from your seat on the couch. Now imagine if you could watch seven other NBA games on big screens at the same time without having to cover your wall with flat screens. A new augmented reality headset […]
In sports technology, there are numerous gift ideas that could be a fit across a number of sports and work at the last minute. Here are six that could impress the tech-savvy athlete you’d like to send into the new year with a smile: Blast Motion Baseball The swing sensor backed by the World Series […]
Global Positioning Systems or simply GPS, have been rising in popularity in team field sports for over a decade. This wearable provides context to strength and conditioning coaches, sports scientists, athletic trainers, and sport coaches to understand and detect fatigue and fitness on a deeper level. Small devices often worn in sleeves or undershirts […]
