WWE Testing Augmented Reality Experience
In a tweet posted by the WWE Performance Center, WWE has shared a possible augmented reality experience they’re testing. This would show the current Titantron videos as well as the occasional CGI props as objects in whatever room you happen to be watching wrestling in. The sample features the colorful graphics of the New Day alongside a virtual stack of pancakes.
Proof-of-concept from new @WWE Content Innovation Lab – #AR TV experience syncs with on-screen in-ring content. Superstar entrances explode into your living room with #AugmentedReality jumbotron, pancakes, unicorns and rainbows. With partners @eyecandylab and @NeoPangea #XR #MR pic.twitter.com/1yXUIpgf62
— WWE Recruit (@WWERecruit) April 15, 2019
WWE currently has a VR program with NextVR. Virtual Reality users can log in and watch highlights from past main event matches with a ringside viewpoint.
Walter and Dunne Rematch Set For This Weekend
At this weekend’s NXT UK tapings, former WWE United Kingdom Champion Pete Dunne will be trying to reclaim his gold against Walter. The championship changed hands WrestleMania Weekend during NXT TakeOver: New York.
https://twitter.com/WWEUK/status/1117831204848508928
Dunne comments in the embedded video that he wants his title back after holding it for nearly 700 days. Before his defeat, he was the longest reigning champion in all of WWE.
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