The Sports Industry is being Revolutionized with Virtual Reality
Ben Dickson from Crunch Network discusses the revolution of the sports industry with the use of Virtual Reality. Check out this great read!
Sports is one of the domains where technology is being put to use in the most effective and aggressive way. We’ve already become used to the presence of augmented reality (AR) in sports. Think about watching football without the projected first-down line or hockey without puck tracking.
Now, with the sudden leap that VR has taken recently, the sport experience is being amplified and becoming more immersive in nearly every possible field, ranging from consuming content to training and recruiting athletes.
Here’s how VR is revolutionizing sports, starting with the fan experience.
How virtual reality is transforming the sports industry
After a failed stint in the 1990s, virtual reality made its reappearance last year with headsets such as Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard and Oculus Rift. But this time, it’s here to stay and, in less than a year, it’s already drawn attention and investment from venture capitalists and tech giants such as Facebook, and has made huge impact across a great many industries, including sports.
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