GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

This is the spectator view for fans watching NBA games “courtside” in Microsoft Teams: the live stream on one side, and your virtual cheering section on the other. I had one of the more memorable sports moments of my life last night, rooting for my favorite team in the crowd at an NBA game — without leaving my apartment.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Microsoft is becoming the de-facto virtual fan enabler for sports leagues. The tech giant revealed today that it is working with the NFL to host a virtual fan experience for games during the 2020-21 season, which kicks off tonight. For each NFL game, the home team will invite fans to the virtual experience.

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GeekWire

JULY 24, 2020

More than 300 fans will be shown on 17-foot video screens during NBA games this season, interacting with each other via Microsoft Teams. The NBA is installing 17-foot video boards surrounding the courts where games will be held with no fans due to COVID-19. Will your meeting suck less in a virtual auditorium? NBA Photos).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2023

(Sandbox VR Photo) After years of hype, virtual reality still hasn’t achieved mainstream consumer adoption. We spent a weeknight at Sandbox VR in Seattle, one of more than 45 locations worldwide where the San Francisco-based startup offers virtual reality experiences for groups of 2-to-6 people.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2023

Creating new revenue streams, identifying untapped audiences and better engaging fans onsite and all year-round are just some of the wins iconic Australian sporting events are chalking up thanks to human-centric digital innovation. Onsite, Infosys itself harnessed virtual reality in its fan zone activation.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Last season , one of the more curious additions to Fortnite was Guggimon, a terrifying-looking rabbit creature that also happened to be a virtual influencer with millions of followers on platforms like Instagram and TikTok.

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The Verge

MAY 14, 2020

Apple has confirmed it did indeed purchase virtual reality company NextVR, which specializes in recording live events like concerts and sports matches to be experienced in VR, according to Bloomberg. Photo: NextVR. The company’s confirmation arrives after 9to5Mac first reported the acquisition in early April.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The Seattle Seahawks are running another play from an evolving virtual fan engagement playbook, teaming with Microsoft once again , this time to connect fans in Microsoft Teams with players and coaches before a game. As the team is warming up, a video feed in Teams might show stars such as Russell Wilson tossing passes to D.K.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2020

The English Premier league is set to restart in the coming weeks, and Sky Sports is working with EA Sports’ FIFA division to create simulated chants and crowd noises designed for specific teams. Sky Sports viewers can choose to watch the channel either with the added sound effect or without.

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GeekWire

JULY 8, 2020

If you’re going to root, root, root for Mariners in Seattle these days, you’re going to have to do it virtually as baseball has taken on a whole new look in the age of coronavirus. COMING UP: GeekWire virtual event: The Future of Sports. COMING UP: GeekWire virtual event: The Future of Sports.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Games, games, games: Netflix first announced a foray into video games back in the spring of 2021. And when asked about Netflix’s well-reported interest in getting into sports , he answered with this: “Talk to us after we’re a big leader in games. We have a lot of investment to do in games.” Message received. That’s not true.”

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GeekWire

JUNE 30, 2020

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is prepping for the upcoming season at home, and while other videos have captured him working out with real life human teammate D.K. This might just be the answer to eliminating player injuries (and salaries!) in the National Football League. Send in the robots.

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GeekWire

JULY 17, 2020

The future of sports, just like many industries across the world, is up in the air as COVID-19 continues spreading across the country and world. For now, professional leagues are playing condensed seasons inside “bubbles,” while some colleges are slashing sports programs altogether to cut costs.

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The Verge

JUNE 2, 2021

A screenshot from Gran Turismo Sport. The Olympics is currently hosting its first-ever virtual sporting event series, the Olympic Virtual Series , where competitors can play in virtual versions of five different physical sports: motorsport, cycling, baseball, sailing, and rowing. Image: Sony.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2021

The auctions could mark just the beginning of even more eye-poppingly large video game sales. I think we’ll see more million dollar games, probably sooner rather than later,” Chris Kohler, editorial director at Digital Eclipse, a developer that works on rereleases of classic video games, tells The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2020

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is using Microsoft Teams’ new Together Mode to place basketball fans courtside in a virtual experience during live games. These virtual stands will include more than 300 fans using Together Mode to sit side by side with each other virtually in Microsoft Teams.

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The Verge

JULY 26, 2020

As part of an attempt to make Major League Baseball games in this weird, coronavirus-shortened season seem as close to normal as possible, Fox Sports decided to create virtual fans , digital versions of cheering people who would react to the games broadcast on Fox the way real fans do. So forgive us if we’re a little wary.

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GeekWire

MAY 21, 2021

(GeekWire video screen grabs). The Drunken Tenor returned this year to sing his way around Seattle and back to Pacific Science Center, the virtual home base for this year’s Awards. Seattle Storm star and WNBA legend Sue Bird took time away from video games (barely) to give a pep talk. Check out the videos: Drunken Tenor.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

This past weekend marked the first Sunday of the 2021 NFL season, and while it was full of exciting highlights, one may have towered over them all: the Carolina Panthers’ viral video of a giant virtual panther leaping around Bank of America Stadium. The video is ridiculous. The animations are intended to air live.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Amazon is also adding former NFL wide receiver Andrew Hawkins to its “NFL Next” show that debuted last season on Prime Video, with Super Bowl champ Chris Long, NFL Network’s Kay Adams, and Next Gen Stats Analyst James Koh returning. PT, “The NFL Machine” on Wednesday’s at 3 p.m.

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2020

Audi has dropped driver Daniel Abt in the all-electric racing series Formula E after he had a pro sim driver surreptitiously race for him during a virtual competition over the weekend. Abt said Tuesday that he thought the idea would be funny and that he had planned to release a video about the whole ruse. That would be super funny.”.

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GeekWire

JULY 27, 2020

Video boards surrounding an NBA basketball court will project images of fans watching from home. But 2020 is a different NBA fan experience thanks to the pandemic, and it doesn’t look like Jack Nicholson made it into a test of video technology at a recent practice. NBA Photo). — Artem Russakovskii (@ArtemR) July 26, 2020.

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GeekWire

JULY 31, 2020

NBA fans watching via Microsoft Teams Together Mode are projected on video screens during an earlier scrimmage game. The NBA returned to action on Thursday and brought along virtual fans in an experience powered by Microsoft Teams. That fan would be replaced by another fan in a virtual overflow room.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2023

.” In the Rec Room app, players can create and customize avatars, then use them to participate in a wide variety of user-created activities, such as sports, paintball, or simple social interaction. As of Thursday, this now includes official NFL merch.

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GeekWire

APRIL 1, 2023

GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Amazon has moved deeper into the sports world over the past several years. At the NHL showcase, AWS demoed a live cloud-based production of the game — a first for the NHL, and a new alternative to the traditional truck-based environment of live sports production.

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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

Deadline reports that the Premier League streams will also include Twitch chat, so expect to see thousands of fans shouting virtually from the sidelines and spamming emoji alongside the games. Amazon will also be streaming its Premier League games on Prime Video for subscribers.

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GeekWire

MARCH 3, 2021

How it works: NFTs use blockchain technology — similar to bitcoin — that tracks ownership of unique digital assets such as art, sports highlights, songs, and more. Tedman said Dapper Labs is in talks with major brands across sports, entertainment, and gaming to create similar products. Reuters: How a 10-second video clip sold for $6.6

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

. “ PAX West ” is typically a major event on the Washington state nerd calendar, drawing attendees and exhibitors from around the world to celebrate video games as a hobby. Last year’s show was a virtual event, which combined with two other canceled conventions to become the 9-day, 24-hour “PAX Online.”

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TM Forum

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The use case they have chosen for their solution is the sports fan experience. In this second phase, the aim is to show the creation of the underpinning network services/slices in the appropriate form (virtual network function/VNF or containerized network function/CNF) and their. Sporting chance. Speeding time to market.

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GeekWire

JUNE 10, 2021

University of Washington students this week presented demos of their augmented, virtual and mixed reality apps developed over the last quarter, ranging from a game of virtual dodgeball to a customizable zen garden. Like last year, the UW’s Allen School and Reality Lab held the capstone course virtually.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

It’s trendy these days to turn to sports data analytics for a deep dive into how a team is set up to compete and what metrics make the most sense for how players perform in a game. Game planning: Video analysis is key to the prep work that goes into analyzing talent or getting ready for an opponent.

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TM Forum

AUGUST 25, 2021

Later, a star player comes on the field and I get a text offering a video clip of that player’s game-winning goal from the previous night as part of the premium service. I get an exclusive video recap as part of my service. As I enter the stadium, a phone alert offers me faster, premium service for the game.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Mixed reality is making its way into the sports marketing world. The NHL’s Las Vegas Golden Knights, for example, wowed fans with their pre-game on-ice video from this season’s home opener. If you want to see a pre-game intro of a Knight fighting a virtual Kraken … #SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/e2KIfd77ZU — Ryan S.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Software maker Smartsheet ventured into sports marketing with a sponsorship of this sport: Cricket, Formula One, Sailing, Soccer. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is reportedly part of an investment group looking to bring what sport to the U.S.? Warning: Answers are provided in the video. 98point6: Virtual healthcare.

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GeekWire

JULY 7, 2020

Here’s everything you need to know to engage with this fun community event, presented by title sponsor Avalara in partnership with our coordinating partner Virtual Sports. You can also interact with friends and colleagues via AltSpaceVR , engaging in a virtual meetup of fans as you watch the tournament. Yes, absolutely.

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GeekWire

MAY 29, 2020

A Zoom screen grab of Sporcle Virtual Trivia participants. The answer is 2020, and it’s happening right now as the 13-year-old company, based in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, is learning in rapid fashion that an audience it cultivated in bars and restaurants across the country is just as hungry to connect virtually.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 4, 2023

All mainstage sessions will be professionally recorded and re-broadcast on Thursday May 11 th at the FutureIT | Canada virtual event for those who are unable to attend in person. The virtual event also features an informative and engaging networking event where you’ll want those cameras on! Al Koura, CISO at Ruby Life Ltd.

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