Racket:Next will unlock the true global potential of racquet sports.
Think about what the coming of mobile phone technology did for world phone use.
Racket:Next will have the same impact on racquet sport play:
Yes,
We are hard at work right now on Racket:Next venues in Meta’s Horizon Worlds, Horizon Venues, and Horizon Workrooms.
We will provide everything from coaching and training sessions to planning and tournament management meetings to social meeting places and lounges.
Here’s a look:
Racket:Next provides all of the actual racquet play of conventional racquet sports, except conventional serves.
It also provides an intense lower body workout because of the relentless 360 degree movement necessary to contact the ball and to aim effectively at the constantly changing target array.
Other differences are:
1. Play is continuous, with no ball pick-ups or pauses between points.
2. There is no running or diving, for obvious reasons.
3. As referenced above, the target picture is always changing, in response to the players efficiency and accuracy.
4. Racket:Next can be played FULL OUT anywhere there is a two or three meter circle… ANYWHERE.
5. The VR headset and controllers are the ONLY equipment the player will EVER need.
6. There are no fees or access costs [commutes, etc.] whatsoever.
We believe that this is true because there is an almost universal human athletic instinct – even a compulsion – to HIT something AT something WITH something, which is the essence of all racquet sports and many other sports besides: baseball, cricket, hockey, and more.
We focus on racquet sports because they are undeniably similar to each other and to Racket:Next.
It simply means being the biggest, most played. and most viewed sport in the Metaverse, just as is Soccer [football] in the conventional world.
It will be that because:
1. There are millions more racquet sports players in the world today than there are soccer players, and they will want to play in the Metaverse.
2. Soccer will never be either played at all or played by masses of people in the Metaverse. The technical problems are too great and even if they can be overcome, years from now, the costs of providing ANY athletic [not simulated] soccer VR game will place it out of reach of all but a very few people.
3. No other VR racquet sports simulations are viable because their play space is much larger than the space that most have available in their homes. This means that play motion must be simulated, which distorts play and, for many people, induces nausea.
4. Racket:Next is the Secretariat of the VR racquet sport horse race… the best by far… and getting better all the time.
Yes… absolutely it can.
The International Olympic Committee [IOC] has laid out the base requirements for an electronic game to enter the Olympic Program.
IOC President Thomas Bach laid out these requirements in the Summer of 2018.
This chart describes what he said, and how virtual sport can respond:
The bottom line, we tick all the boxes, and now we have the endorsement of an IOC-recognized international sports federation: The International Racquetball Federation.
They are not in the Olympic Program yet, but this year’s Olympic Virtual Series included at least one federation – the FIA [auto racing] – that is also not in that program.
So, can we do it?
Absolutely.
What we need is lots of people playing Racket:Next all over the world.
So, get busy… get in and get your friends in.
We can make history together!
Yes and no.
Racket:Next is the new name that we at the Virtual Sports Association use [with One Hamsa’s permission] to refer to the same great game.
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