Rezzil Player 21 – Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation

July 26, 2021

Rezzil Secures $2.75M Investment for Oculus Quest Sports Training App ‘Player 22’

Rezzil, a UK-based VR sports training and analytics startup, announced that its secured an investment round of over £2 million (~$2.75 million), which will be used to promote its new consumer-focused sports training platform, Player 22.

Rezzil’s investors include soccer professionals Thierry Henry, Gary Neville, Vincent Kompany, Michail Antonio, Tyrone Mings, and Anthony Watson. According to Crunchbase data, this brings the Manchester-based company’s overall investment to £3.8 million (~$5.25 million).

Founded in 2017, Rezzil produces tools for post-match analysis, virtual training and rehabilitation with the ability to monitor and track player recovery. Now the company is getting ready to pitch its pro-focused tech to consumers with Player 22, an at-home training app compatible with Oculus Quest. Like its enterprise training tech, it was designed and tested by UEFA pro licensed coaches.

“Rezzil is at the forefront of the virtual reality revolution and enables people to experience sport like never before and athletes to train, crucially, without adding load,” investor and former English Premiere League player Gary Neville says. “This is a key consideration for managers that want to maintain the peak physical condition of their players, to ensure that they can perform to their optimum, on the pitch.”

When it launches on Quest July 29th, Player 22 will offer up a number of sport-based games designed to improve cognitive performance, concentration, reaction times, coordination and control. You can wishlist it on Quest here.

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July 23, 2021

Thierry Henry & Gary Neville Participate in VR Football Specialist Rezzil’s £2m Funding Round

Due out later this summer for Oculus Quest is the football-inspired fitness title Rezzil Player 22, from British virtual reality (VR) specialist Rezzil. Today, the studio has announced the completion of a new £2 million GBP funding round which saw some big names from the footballing world take part.

The round saw high profile investors including Thierry Henry, Gary Neville, Vincent Kompany, Michail Antonio, Tyrone Mings and Anthony Watson take part, all because they see VR as an evolution in training. The company started out with Rezzil Elite – previously know as Rezzil Player 21 – designed as a training and analysis tool for professional football clubs. You can find a free version of this called Rezzil Index on Steam for Valve Index and HTC Vive, with Vive Trackers required to track your feet.

Rezzil Player 22 for Oculus Quest will be even more consumer-focused, providing a range of activities all designed and tested by UEFA pro licensed coaches to get those energy levels up. As the headset can’t track your feet the core modes focus on improving heading skills so you can accurately nut one into the back of the net. Other modes also feature basketball and tennis-inspired drills.

“As a father, I can see the appeal of Rezzil for children and it’s exciting as a parent because the combination of e-sport and traditional sport means they’re being healthy and active when they’re playing as opposed to a sedentary game,” says Thierry Henry in a statement. “I’ve been involved in football for many years but I honestly believe Rezzil is one of the most promising technologies to enter the sport. In sport we’re always looking for an edge over the competition and Rezzil provides just that. There are so many applications, from training and rehabilitation, it was an easy decision for me to get involved.”

As a training aid, it can be used anywhere, which allows players of all levels, who may not otherwise have access to a pitch or others to work with, to train in their own time, at their own pace. There is so much potential for Rezzil, both within elite sport and as a consumer product and it aligned perfectly with my vision of having investments that I’m passionate about,” Neville adds.

As Rezzil continues to expand its VR training solutions and when it reveals the launch date for Rezzil Player 22, VRFocus will keep you updated.

January 19, 2021

Train Like a Football Pro With Rezzil Player 21

Rezzil’s virtual reality (VR) simulation platform for training professional football players has been used by clubs around the world for several years now. Today, that expertise is available at home with the launch of Rezzil Player 21 on Steam and Viveport.

Employed by elite clubs such as Manchester United, PSG and Arsenal, the Rezzil platform provides football fans with real-world drills and challenges which have been developed in collaboration with top sports coaches and physios.

Rezzil Player 21 is free on either store and features a ‘Finishing Challenge’ with 3-time limits – 30, 60 or 90 seconds and an ‘Endless’ mode which lets you take on a more casual practice session. To take the experience one step further the additional Color Combos DLC can be purchased, a drill taken from the pro-level version.

Adding to the authenticity you’ll be able to buy genuine Adidas boots and balls like the Predator Mutators or the official Mexico 86 ball. The more you practice and build up those stats you’ll earn achievements and XP to unlock new in-game kit.

“Rezzil has proven to be an essential training tool for many of the world’s top football clubs, and we’re delighted to be offering people at home the chance to play like the pros with Rezzil Player 21,” said Adam Dickinson, Development Director of Rezzil in a statement. “We’re very aware that the current pandemic has really affected both pro and amateur players and so Rezzil is a great way to help keep their fine footballing skills in focus.”

As Rezzil Player 21 is a football simulator you can’t simply slip on any old PC VR compatible headset to play. The software requires at least one Vive Tracker although Rezzil does advise two to get the full experience. Therefore support is limited to the HTC Vive/Vive Pro/Vive Cosmos Elite and Valve Index.

Rezzil Player 21 is free to download now, for any further updates on the latest VR simulators keep reading VRFocus.

November 3, 2020

Realistic Soccer Training App Rezzil Launches On SteamVR

Grab your Vive Trackers and get ready to hit the pitch – realistic soccer training is coming to SteamVR today, courtesy of Rezzil Player 21.

This is a new version of a VR training app designed for use at home on both the HTC Vive and Valve Index. It’s releasing for free with some premium DLC on the way. Whereas some developers have come up with novel ways to translate soccer to VR, including the headbutting antics of Headmaster, Rezzil requires players to strap a Vive Tracker puck (or ideally two) to their feet. This allows them to track their feet in VR and thus realistically handle the ball. Or at least as realistic as you can get kicking thin air.

Given that this is a training app at heart, the game features a number of modes that put your skills to the test in fun ways. In Finishing Challenge, you have to score as many goals as possible in quick-fire rounds, for example. There’s an Endless variation of this too.

That mode is available for free, but you can also pay to access the full experience with more professional elements. In Color Combos, you’ll need to kick the ball by matching with a corresponding color assigned to one side of each foot. A Steam listing says this mode is due in December. The game also features genuine Adidas shoes and balls, which you can purchase too.

Rezzil says support for other platforms in on the way, and we’ll be interested to see how the company gets around the lack of Trackers on other platforms. Until there are other solutions, there will only be a limited number of people that can try the full experience at home. Will you be checking out Rezzil? Let us know in the comments below!