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All the Ways Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are Shaping Sports

ARVR

It has been a year since ESPN’s President Jimmy Pitaro announced in an interview with the Wall Street Journal: “We’ve been leaders in the virtual reality [VR] and augmented reality [AR] space for a long time now… we do not believe that AR and VR is a fad. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4.

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NextVR Is Broadcasting NBA Games Live In Virtual Reality Every Tuesday

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Although, Keens indicated that owners of other headsets, such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, should expect to hear more concerning apps for those systems “in the next couple of weeks.” ” The first NextVR broadcast will be the San Antonio Spurs at the Sacramento Kings. It tips off October 27 at 7:30 pm PST.

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NBA Will Live Broadcast One Game a Week in VR

VRScout

The NBA have always been early adopters when it comes to embracing virtual reality. This is a first of its kind deal for VR, boding well for the future of virtual reality as a sports and entertainment medium. But you’ll need a $200 subscription to watch. You’ll be able to watch on the NextVR app for Gear VR.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. Samsung VR is now somewhat similar to the App Store or Google Play store in that it’s where you can find the latest content for virtual reality products.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report wrapup, we cover the pulse on PlayStation VR, USA Today’s parent company premieres VR news show, the NBA to stream 1 game/week in virtual reality with NextVR, Google wants YOU, investment & funding wrapup, and more… PLAYSTATION VR: TAKING THE PULSE.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. The notoriously secretive mixed reality company Magic Leap has acquired parts of Dacuda , a B2B computer vision software company.

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Helping Firefighters Douse Blazes Around the World, with RiVR’s Alex Harvey

XR for Business Podcast

Today we have Alex Harvey, CEO and creative director at RiVR, a virtual reality training and visualization company based in the UK. Alex: RiVR is “Reality in Virtual Reality.” You have to have every employee travel to a place that has this physical space, where virtual reality, it can be anywhere.