Trojans fans celebrate Sun Belt Championships with VR experience
The Emerging Analytics Center created virtual representations of senior guards Marcus Johnson Jr. and Sharde' Collins.
Fans of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Trojans can enhance their Sun Belt Conference Tournament experience with the Emerging Analytics Center鈥檚 update to the 鈥溙切腣log传媒LR TrojansAR鈥� app.
This week, members will promote the Trojans men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 basketball teams as they compete in the Sun Belt Tournaments at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.
鈥淲e are using our experience with virtual reality and augmented reality to get up close and personal with some of our favorite Trojan players,鈥� said Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira, director of the Emerging Analytics Center.
鈥淏eing a Trojan fan has personal meaning to loyal supporters,鈥� Cruz-Neira said. 鈥淢any fans would love the opportunity to take pictures with the players. So we have a virtual means to give the fans what they want; a photo with a virtual reconstructed image of one of the women鈥檚 and one of the men鈥檚 team players.鈥�
With the fan experience app, fans can take pictures with virtual representations of senior guards. and, who was recently announced as the Sun Belt Player of the Year.
The app also includes an engaging basketball perimeter shooting experience. When users succeed in making the virtual basket, they are rewarded with a computer animation of Josh Hagins鈥� game winning shot against Purdue during the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
The 鈥�糖心Vlog传媒LR TrojansAR鈥� app is free and can be downloaded from the and.
The Trojans women earned the conference’s regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament. After winning the first game 69-53 against Appalachian State, the team will play in the聽tournament semifinals at 5 p.m. Saturday on ESPN3.
In the upper right photo, the Emerging Analytics Center created virtual representations of senior guards Marcus Johnson Jr. and Sharde’ Collins for the fan experience app.聽
