Virtual Eye News

Virtual Eye Golf had a busy July, covering the Open de France at Le Golf National, the Scottish Open at Gullane GC, the 144th Open championship on the Old Course at St Andrews, the European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre GC and the Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale Golf Club.

Virtual Eye Sailing literally brought a truckload of extras to the America's Cup World Series in Portsmouth in addition to our tracking graphics for broadcast television. Housed in the event hospitality area, a 6-screen interactive display can show a variety of camera feeds and information via touchscreen input. A multiplayer Oculus VR setup transports the user to the deck of the 1851 yacht America, aboard a modern AC48 catamaran, and also a view from a helicopter. Updated versions of our sailing simulators, which allow users to race AC45 catamarans, were also in situ.

Virtual Eye's month began with our Golf operators at the Nordea Masters in Sweden, before heading to the 2015 U.S Open at Chambers Bay GC in mid-June - those tournaments were closely followed by the BMW International Open in Germany and the U.S Seniors at the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento. Also mid-month was the latest round of the powerboat XCAT World Series in Cascais, and Virtual Eye was there providing our real time graphics.

On June 27th the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 finished in Gothenburg, Sweden - bringing to a close not only 9 months of global open ocean racing, but also Virtual Eye Volvo-tracking with our broadcast, desktop and browser-based 3D viewers. Congratulations to overall winner Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, and all competitors and crews.