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The Dallas Cowboys Will Train Their Quarterbacks With Virtual Reality Headsets 38

An anonymous reader writes: The Dallas Cowboys have signed a two-year deal with a virtual reality sports startup called StriVR Lab to train quarterbacks using a VR headset according to reports. The technology was originally developed by Derek Belch, a former kicker at Stanford, and it is credited with turning around the school's football program. Besides Stanford, StriVR also signed deals with: Arkansas, Clemson, Vanderbilt, Auburn and Dartmouth.
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The Dallas Cowboys Will Train Their Quarterbacks With Virtual Reality Headsets

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  • by Anonymous Coward

    ...the technology was credited with helping the school turn around its football season.

    It says season.

    The skeptic in me says that until there are more seasons played and more teams using this VR system, I gonna suggest Stanford just had a good season - it was nothing but a coincidence.

  • Uh-oh (Score:5, Funny)

    by Dave Emami ( 237460 ) on Monday June 08, 2015 @07:31AM (#49865843) Homepage
    Jocks and nerds, living together. Mass hysteria!
    • Re: (Score:3, Funny)

      by halivar ( 535827 )

      As it turns out, the lead programmer used to get atomic wedgies by Tony Romo in high school. Finally, at long last, he has a chance for revenge. But since Romo can't get any worse, he gets better anyways. No matter what, nerds lose.

    • Somewhat funny but the fact is almost every normal person under 30 today would be considered a "nerd" by the previous generation and the nerds of today are still way beyond the normal person. The goal has simply been moved.

      The technology used here is simple commodity hardware and software, there is nothing nerdy about it by today's standards.

  • Might as well get the state involved in this and throw a few of the more-expensive-than-God's-stereo system Lightning II HUD helmets and throw a punter's faceguard and a star on them, I'm sure DARPA wouldn't mind offloading some of them since they didn't pay for them or anything.

  • From what I saw, it looks like they are using the Oculus. It is more restricted than the normal view from a football helmet? I love my DK2, but it sure doesn't give me a whole lot of peripheral vision.
  • As a native Texan, we know that the Cowboys stadium is the first place to go in case of a severe weather issue, especially last Memorial Day weekend.

    No chance of a touchdown there.

  • Football... (Score:3, Funny)

    by CohibaVancouver ( 864662 ) on Monday June 08, 2015 @08:41AM (#49866235)
    Football?

    Oh yeah, that's the game where they mostly carry the ball around, right?

    ...and it's also the one where the ball isn't a ball?

    I think I remember now.
  • by Anonymous Coward
    Will that include how to make bail?
  • ...from a solenoid big enough to simulate getting slammed in the head by a 350-pound goon?

    • This is a good point. Without the muscle memory training to match the mind will be 3 steps ahead of the body. They may end up making the right decisions without the actual ability to act on them.
      • Yes, I'm sure they've totally forgotten about the actual physical aspects of the game, and will do this 100% VR.

        Just like pilots now exclusively use flight sims and don't fly real planes.

        Honestly, it's a tool. It's not the entirety of everything they will ever seek to do. Nobody is going to strap VR goggles to someone's head and then send them out to play football.

  • by BCW2 ( 168187 ) on Monday June 08, 2015 @09:45AM (#49866741) Journal
    Since they have a virtual Quarterback, it makes sense. If they had a real one...
  • by Anonymous Coward

    See subject: Nerds are GREAT (now I'm the guy I would've laughed @ then in the 80's, with a BIAS for sure on my part now as a "nerd/geek" ala APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-2 32/64-bit: http://start64.com/index.php?o... [start64.com] )

    So - why's my subject that?

    Ok - I played the sport of Lacrosse for a many time national or divisional champ (partial athletic/academic scholarship aid in room & board).

    I watched the equipment get SO MUCH BETTER in the timeframe I played the sport circa 1978-1988 roughly, it was UNBELIEV

  • They're virtually guaranteed to lose. No amount of tech is going to save that team except if they brought a robot in to shut Jones up and push him out of meetings about team strategy and player personnel.

  • Equipping quarterbacks with VR headsets may a good way to test their robustness. However, I'm sure that players will prefer their regular helmet, even during training.

  • by Tablizer ( 95088 ) on Monday June 08, 2015 @12:48PM (#49868933) Journal

    I'm creating the Flat-A-Tron to sell to the New England Patriots

  • Cleveland Browns spokesperson Big L Oser announced that the Browns are planning to use Virtual Reality training to their fans. The fans will use this technology to see the Browns win the Superbowl virtually. The spokesperson said, "This is probably the only way a Brown fan is going to see a Brown quarterback lift the Lombardi trophy in the next few decades".
  • So, how long before the virtual screen has white-out all over it?

  • You have fun with the High Tech VR stuff, and hope to the gods you do not play the Seahawks this year. Russel Wilson practices with Low Tech Real Life Technology.

    Go Hawks!

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