/news-archive/tag/marcus-johnson-jr/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 08 Mar 2017 23:42:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2017/03/08/trojans-sun-belt-championships-vr-experience/ Wed, 08 Mar 2017 23:42:40 +0000 /news/?p=66535 ... Trojans fans celebrate Sun Belt Championships with VR experience]]> 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]]> /news-archive/2016/10/19/trojans/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 21:00:16 +0000 /news/?p=65543 ... Trojans men’s basketball team picked to finish second in Sun Belt]]> The University of Texas at Arlington is the preseason pick to win the Sun Belt, receiving 10 of 12 first-place votes. The Trojans received one first-place vote, as did third-place pick Georgia State. Johnson is a Preseason First Team All-Sun Belt selection after a junior season that saw him average 12.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.8 steals per game. He led the Sun Belt in 3-point percentage (.466) and shot 47.3 percent from the floor and 78.3 percent from the foul line. His 75 made 3-pointers led the Trojans and ranked fifth in the Sun Belt. The Charlotte, N.C., native was voted All-Sun Belt Second Team and All-Sun Belt Tournament in 2015-16. Defending Sun Belt Conference Champion Little Rock returns three starters and eight lettermen from last year’s record-setting squad. The Trojans became the first team in league history to win 30 games and captured Sun Belt Conference regular-season and tournament titles. The Trojans’ upset fifth-seeded Purdue in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Round of 32 for the first time since 1986. The Trojans’ home attendance grew 167 percent last season, the largest percentage growth in the nation.]]>