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SLIVER.tv and ESL to Launch 360° Experience at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2017

Next week the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) World Championship will be held in Katowice, Poland featuring Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, StarCraft II and League of Legends. For the event ESL and SLIVER.tv are collaborating to launch a virtual esports stadium experience for fans worldwide.

With IEM Katowice 2017 expected to surpass last year’s 113,000 attendees in the Spodek Katowice stadium, many more fans will be able to watch the matches through live streams and via virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays (HMDs). SLIVER.tv’s live interactive stadium is set to feature dynamic lighting that is synchronized and changes as the game is played, with viewers able see their avatars in the 360° VR stadium, interact with other live viewers through emoji’s, view each other’s gamer profile and access live stats, replays and scores in real-time.

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Ulrich Schulze, Vice President Pro Gaming at ESL, said in a statement: “The IEM World Championship is one of ESL’s most prestigious events and is coming back bigger than ever in 2017 with competitions taking place over two weekends for the first time. We always aim to echo the passion and energy of our fans in the stadium with our online viewing experiences and are excited to extend the feeling of being in the crowd to the IEM VR livestreams.”

“We’ve had an amazing product development partnership with ESL thus far and are thrilled to bring to market the first virtual stadium experience in 360° VR,” said Mitch Liu, co-founder and CEO of SLIVER.tv. “We’re excited to take this first step towards making esports spectating into a highly social, live, and engaging experience to CS:GO and LoL fans worldwide. This is an integral part of our mission to transform the interactive esports entertainment industry.”

To watch the proceedings in VR and 360-degrees, visit the SLIVER.tv website or download the SLIVER.tv Android and iOS apps and use Google Cardboard. The SLIVER.tv app can also be downloaded for Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

The Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) World Championship 2017 will take place from 25th – 26th February and 3rd – 5th March. For any further updates on SLIVER.tv, keep reading VRFocus.

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SLIVER.tv Live Streaming 14 Esports Tournaments from ESL One, Intel Extreme Masters and DreamHack in VR During 2017

In 2016 SLIVER.tv raised $6.2 million USD to promote eSports in virtual reality (VR), going on to partner with ESL to cover Counter-strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and League of Legends (LoL). Today the VR specialist has announced a broad-reaching 2017 partnership with ESL and DreamHack, which will see the company broadcast 14 tournaments this year.

ESL’s events like ESL One and the Intel Extreme Masters series, DreamHack’s DreamLeague, DreamHack ASTRO Open and DreamHack Masters bring together the best eSports teams and players in the world, for competitive games of CS:GO, LoL and Dota 2.

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Over the past three months SLIVER.tv has been beta testing its VR Live Cast tournament platform in collaboration with ESL, at events such as ESL One New York and Intel Extreme Masters. Using the company’s patented Virtual Camera array technology, spectators can step into and experience top flight eSports games in fully immersive 360-degrees. Most recently, the IEM event in Oakland drew over 130,000 unique viewers across SLIVER.tv’s web 360, mobile and VR apps platform claims the company.

Mitch Liu, founder and CEO of SLIVER.tv, said in a statement: “We are thrilled to be working closely with two of the largest esports tourney organizers in the world in 2017. Our vision is to forever transform the esports spectating experience by providing new perspectives and insights into live esports streams. In partnering with ESL and DreamHack across these 14 global events, we have the opportunity to showcase our 360 virtual reality, live replays and stats technology to millions of esports fans worldwide.”

“Our partnership with SLIVER.tv at ESL One New York and IEM Oakland last year exceeded our expectations, and our fans, teams and players were blown away by the first-ever live broadcast of CS:GO and League of Legends in VR,” said Stuart Ewen, Product Manager of ESL. “We are delighted to partner with SLIVER.tv this year across 7 events starting with Intel Extreme Masters in Katowice, Poland where in 2016 we saw over 100,000 attendees and nearly two million peak concurrent online viewers.  With the help of SLIVER.tv we hope 2017 will be even bigger and better.”

The full rundown of events and dates can be found below. To watch any of SLIVER.tv’s events, visit the company’s website or download the SLIVER.tv app for Android and iOS to view in 360 video or on Google Cardboard. For the best experience, download the app for Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

For any further updates, keep reading VRFocus.

SLIVER.tv – DreamHack 2017 Events
DreamHack Masters Las Vegas – Feb 15-19
DreamHack Masters – Q3 Date and Location TBA
DreamHack ASTRO Open Austin – Apr 28-30
DreamHack ASTRO Open Atlanta – Jul 21-23
DreamHack ASTRO Open Montreal – Sep 8-10
DreamHack ASTRO Open Denver – Oct 20-22
DreamHack ASTRO Open Winter – Nov 30-Dec 2

DreamLeague Season Seven Playoffs – Dates and Location TBA

DreamLeague Season Eight Playoffs – Dates and Location TBA

SLIVER.tv – Intel Extreme Masters 2017 Events
Intel Extreme Masters Katowice, Poland – Feb 25-Mar 5
3 Addtl IEM Global events – Dates and Location TBA

SLIVER.tv – ESL One 2017 Events
ESL One Cologne – Jul 3-8
ESL One New York – Sep 1-15
ESL One Addtl event – Date and Location TBA

 

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ESL and SLIVER.tv Broadcasting Intel eSports Event in VR

In September VRFocus reported on eSports company ESL partnering with 360-degree broadcaster SLIVER.tv to transmit the Counter-strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournament in virtual reality (VR). Today the companies have announced they’ll be combining efforts again, this time for the Intel Extreme Masters being held later this month.

SLIVER.tv will be live-streaming CS:GO and League of Legends (LoL) in VR, as well as integrating augmented live stats into the stream. By watching the tournaments in VR, spectators will get a enhanced viewing experience being able to get a birds eye view of the action, alongside first-person viewpoints. And with the new stats feature they’ll also be able to get real-time info on player KDS’s (kill-death-assists), event timeline with bomb plants, defuses, kills with various weapons and ‘key moment’ stats when players hit 2k, 3k and multi-kill streaks in a round.

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Mitch Liu, co-founder and CEO of SLIVER.tv said in a statement: “We’re thrilled to work with ESL to showcase our VRLiveStats technology. Our vision is to transform the eSports spectator landscape forever, and incorporating augmented live stats into our VR 360 live-streams of CS:GO and LoL is a nig step towards this vision. Fans around the world can now access valuable game stats and information in real-time, all within a natural, immersive VR experience.”

While George Woo, eSports marketing manager at Intel commented: “Each season we push the boundaries of innovation by adding new elements to make IEM more exciting and immersive for fans. This year you can experience IEM for the first time in VR through SLIVER.tv. Powerful and thrilling VR experiences like SLIVER.tv demand a high performance PC – and that is where Intel excels with its latest Intel Core I7 Extreme Processor. With SLIVER.tv IEM is going to be even more exciting for gamers and create new VR fans.

The Intel Extreme Masters will take place from 19th – 20th November 2016. The tournament will be viewable through a variety of media on SLIVER’tv’s platform. On mobile devices download the company’s app for iOS or Android, to watch in 360-degrees without a headset or use Google Cardboard. For the best experience download the app on Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

For all the latest VR eSports news, keep reading VRFocus.