{"id":11803,"date":"2017-06-21T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/06\/21\/intel-signs-on-as-an-olympic-sponsor-promising-virtual-reality-and-360-degree-video\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:07:00","slug":"intel-signs-on-as-an-olympic-sponsor-promising-virtual-reality-and-360-degree-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/intel-signs-on-as-an-olympic-sponsor-promising-virtual-reality-and-360-degree-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel Signs On As An Olympic Sponsor, Promising Virtual Reality And 360-Degree Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/06\/21\/533815940\/intel-signs-on-as-an-olympic-sponsor-promising-virtual-reality-and-360-degree-vi?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\">Bill Chappell<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/06\/21\/533815940\/intel-signs-on-as-an-olympic-sponsor-promising-virtual-reality-and-360-degree-vi?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/include\/images\/facebook-default-wide.jpg?s=1400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Intel says it will bring virtual reality, drones and 360-degree to future Olympics, after signing a deal to become a worldwide Olympic partner through 2024. The company says it will bring its technical prowess to the upcoming Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Intel &#8220;will accelerate the adoption of technology for the future of sports on the world&#8217;s largest athletic stage,&#8221; CEO Brian Krzanich said in a statement about the company&#8217;s plan.<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee and Intel announced the new sponsorship deal Wednesday. If the plans live up to high expectations, Intel&#8217;s participation could change the way we watch the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Some highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel will offer &#8220;the first live virtual reality broadcast of the Olympic Winter Games&#8221; to immerse fans in the action.<\/li>\n<li>360-degree replay technology will let viewers isolate moments and watch them &#8220;from every angle at the Olympic venues.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Drones will put on a light show that &#8220;will create never-seen-before images in the sky.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a sign that the recent trend of letting Olympics viewers to choose their own content will continue, Intel and the IOC say they will give fans &#8220;the power to choose what they want to see&#8221; and how they experience it.<\/p>\n<p>The technological changes aren&#8217;t the only thing that will be different about the Pyeongchang Games. In March, NBC said that it would <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/03\/29\/521913449\/the-olympics-tv-time-delay-is-going-away-nbc-says\">end its longtime practice<\/a> of broadcasting time-delayed coverage of events.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/06\/21\/533815940\/intel-signs-on-as-an-olympic-sponsor-promising-virtual-reality-and-360-degree-vi?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Intel Signs On As An Olympic Sponsor, Promising Virtual Reality And 360-Degree Video\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/06\/21\/533815940\/intel-signs-on-as-an-olympic-sponsor-promising-virtual-reality-and-360-degree-vi?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/06\/21\/533815940\/intel-signs-on-as-an-olympic-sponsor-promising-virtual-reality-and-360-degree-vi?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/include\/images\/facebook-default-wide.jpg?s=1400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Intel says it will bring virtual reality, drones and 360-degree to future Olympics, after signing a deal to become a worldwide Olympic partner through 2024. The company says it will bring its technical prowess to the upcoming Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Intel &#8220;will accelerate the adoption of technology for the future of sports on the world&#8217;s largest athletic stage,&#8221; CEO Brian Krzanich said in a statement about the company&#8217;s plan.<\/p>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee and Intel announced the new sponsorship deal Wednesday. If the plans live up to high expectations, Intel&#8217;s participation could change the way we watch the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Some highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intel will offer &#8220;the first live virtual reality broadcast of the Olympic Winter Games&#8221; to immerse fans in the action.<\/li>\n<li>360-degree replay technology will let viewers isolate moments and watch them &#8220;from every angle at the Olympic venues.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Drones will put on a light show that &#8220;will create never-seen-before images in the sky.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a sign that the recent trend of letting Olympics viewers to choose their own content will continue, Intel and the IOC say they will give fans &#8220;the power to choose what they want to see&#8221; and how they experience it.<\/p>\n<p>The technological changes aren&#8217;t the only thing that will be different about the Pyeongchang Games. In March, NBC said that it would <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/03\/29\/521913449\/the-olympics-tv-time-delay-is-going-away-nbc-says\">end its longtime practice<\/a> of broadcasting time-delayed coverage of events.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}