The “Future of Technology for Sports” is a part of Georgia Tech’s Vertically Integrated Projects Program (VIP).  The VIP program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context.  Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams.

Future Technology for Sports GOALS: Explore the human technology frontier as it relates to technologies for sports, spanning the continuum from the athlete to the fan. Projects will include wearable technologies to empower athletes via advanced sensing and multi-modal real-time feedback via smart textiles, immersive technologies (e.g. augmented and virtual reality) to improve the fan experience in live sports venues and at home, and the use of computer vision, machine learning, and novel information presentation techniques to expand interest and participation in e-sports.

METHODS & TECHNOLOGIES: Sensors, Machine Learning, Wearable computing, and Smart Textiles, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Computer Graphics and Audio, Computer Vision, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Design

Georgia Tech Faculty/Staff lead:  Dr. Maribeth Gandy Coleman, Director, Interactive Media Technology Center & Wearable Computing Center