Virtual reality will guide football refs, says Manchester sports tech expert
While VAR was the big talking point of this year’s World Cup tournament in Russia, a Manchester sports technology expert claims the future for the professional game will be much more about virtual reality.
“In four to five years time, professional football could be using satellite tracking to create fully immersive VAR for referees – meaning they could become the player at the centre of any chosen incident in a virtual sense,” said Dave Horrocks, a world-renowned sports researcher and senior lecturer in football coaching an... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
