We talk to Dr Nico Besombes, Associate Professor of Sociology of Sport at the University of Paris and Vice President of French National Esports Association Listen to Nico on the podcast on Spotify, Apple, Deezer, Google or Stitcher or watch it on Youtube Find the conference here https://ernconference.com/) Presented by Dr Stephanie Orme & Dr Brian McCauley The Esports Research […]
Tag: Esports
Innovation in esports: weavr.tv with Anders Drachen & Florian Block from the Arena Research Cluster
It’s always great when industry and academia collaborate esports is the perfect environment for productive and innovative projects. One example Weavr ( https://weavr.tv/ ) is a platform that uses live and historic data to create meaningful and personalised mixed-reality experiences for esports fans. On the podcast Steph & Brian talk to Anders Drachen & Florian Block from the Arena Research […]
Weavr.tv : The future of (e)sports broadcasting with Anders Drachen & Florian Block (ep 24)
Weaver ( https://weavr.tv/ ) is a platform that uses live and historic data to create meaningful and personalised mixed-reality experiences for esports fans. We talk to Anders Drachen & Florian Block from the Arena Research Cluster (ARC)at the University of York who work with companies like ESL to develop Weavr. The ARC (https://arc.york.ac.uk/) is a global community of researchers from […]
What are the Physiological Demands of Esports and What is the Role of Exercise? – Mitchell Nicholson
Mitchell Nicholson is PhD student at Queensland University of Technology in Australia – Investigating the physiological demands of competitive Esports Connect with him on Linkedin , Instagram or Twitter and you email him at: mitchell.nicholson@hdr.qut.edu.au There is very little research into the physiological demands of esports and there are currently no studies that investigate the role of exercise within this […]
Esports as sport and why ‘The International’ for Dota 2 will not happen in Sweden
Recently the Swedish Sports Federation voted not to accept esports into the sports federation despite the application by Svenska E-sportförbundet. As a result, visa issues for players, staff and attendees from outside the EU became a potential problem for Dota 2 publisher, Valve. Request to reclassify The International as an elite sporting event were denied. As a result the 40 […]
