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Sports Business Awards: Tech — Best in Extended Reality

Golf+

Golf+ with the PGA Tour

Golf fans wanting the PGA Tour experience got to live it through Golf+. Players visited virtual reality versions of famed links from their homes via Meta Quest headsets. Golf+, the official VR game of the tour, launched a VR FedExCup Playoffs in 2023, offering a similar qualifying experience to the pros as they navigated knockout play through the Tour Championship.

Immersiv.io

Immersiv.io

Immersiv brought a 3D track layout to viewers of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix this season. Those viewing through the apps of The Sports Network/Réseau des sports watched the race with augmented reality in their viewing space. The virtual track showed live positioning and let viewers select drivers as well as see live racing insights.

MLB

MLB Next App

Imagine sitting at a baseball game and taking in the action but watching with the help of 3D graphics and broadcast elements from any seat in the stadium. That’s what attendees of the MLB Home Run Derby and All-Star Game got through the MLB Next App, with instant transmission of play-by-play and advanced analytics.

NBA

NBA Space with Fabric

NBA Space made various league events more active experiences for attendees. Backboned by Fabric’s geospatial web platform, app users could compete against one another for points and prizes through a variety of gamified experiences. In 2023, the activation supported NBA Drop Zone Instant Win, NBA All-Star Rewards Program and the NBA Draft Challenge.

StatusPro

NFL Pro Era by StatusPro

It’s never been easier for fans to quarterback their favorite team thanks to NFL Pro Era. The first-person NFL experience in VR simulation form became the fastest-selling VR sports title on the Meta Quest platform. Created by StatusPro, the latest version, NFL Pro Era II, introduced multiplayer mode and mini games to continue challenging football-slinging fans of the game.

Stadium AR by ARound

Stadium AR isn’t about an individual AR experience: It’s about a shared experience for all. Features like towering player avatars pumping up the crowd at midfield or gamified experiences — like hitting a target — with thousands of others made communal moments for MLB, NBA, and NFL fans. ARound also supported the action with play-by-plays, stat visualizations and replays.

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: May 8, 2024

Start your morning with Buzzcast with Austin Karp: The NFL sets a date for its 2024 schedule release, while also dropping hints that it could soon approve private equity investment in teams; WNBA teams finally land charter flights; the F1 Miami Grand Prix delivers a record on TV; and Elevate lands in Happy Valley.

Phoenix Mercury/NBC’s Cindy Brunson, NBA Media Deal, Network Upfronts

On this week’s pod, SBJ’s Austin Karp chats with SBJ NBA writer Tom Friend about the pending NBA media Deal. Cindy Brunson of NBC and Phoenix Mercury is our Big Get this week. The sports broadcasting pioneer talks the upcoming WNBA season. Later in the show, SBJ media writer Mollie Cahillane gets us set for the upcoming network upfronts.

SBJ I Factor: Molly Mazzolini

SBJ I Factor features an interview with Molly Mazzolini. Elevate's Senior Operating Advisor – Design + Strategic Alliances chats with SBJ’s Ross Nethery about the power of taking chances. Mazzolini is a member of the SBJ Game Changers Class of 2016. She shares stories of her career including co-founding sports design consultancy Infinite Scale career journey and how a chance encounter while working at a stationery store launched her career in the sports industry. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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