This summer, the Olympics will get a tech makeover as the eSports committee gets ready for its second Olympics eSports series. By adding virtual sports to the event, organizers aim to attract a ...

Nevertheless, IOC President Thomas Bach was positive regarding the announcement. “The first Olympic Esports Week marks an important milestone in our ambition to support the growth of virtual sports ...

Riot Games has announced the Virtual Pass — a new effort to support the esports teams that participate in both League of Legends and Valorant. In a blog post, John Needham, president of esports at ...

The pinnacle of motor racing will run a virtual racing series alongside the real thing starting next month. Formula One is viewed as the pinnacle of motor racing, touring the world, pushing forward ...

Recreational fields, with an electrifying atmosphere during a Friday night flag football championship, have turned desolate. Squeaking sneakers on the basketball courts on the second floor of the ...

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Matthew Jewell and Tyler Abels strapped into treadmill-like contraptions, donned their headsets and took a game controller in each hand. They then ran around a virtual universe shooting robots and, in ...

TIPTON COUNTY, Ind. (WTHR) — It's a brave new world. Tipton High School has a new virtual reality and eSports lab. It's fun, and the students are learning a lot and making new friends along the way.

The soon-to-be billion dollar esports industry is tapping into a number of markets to create a strong future, and that future appears to include virtual reality, mixed reality, and other similar ...

Competitive videogames may have moved closer to becoming an official Olympics sport after the International Olympic Committee announced plans to hold a virtual esports event ahead of the Tokyo Games.

Andy Miah is Board Member of the British Esports Association and Commission Member of the Global Esports Federation. Each of these roles is advisory and voluntary. Elite sports events are still ...