39 XTREME Esports & Mixed Reality
here’s always innovation in esports. It challenges expectations of what competitive sports can and should be. It
THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING IN-CAMERA WITH LED VIDEOWALLS ANDMIXED REALITY TRICKS
judges athletes on how good they are instead of how well backed they are and, as an industry, is always evolving and embracing new technology. Last year’s Omen Challenge by HP saw eight of the world’s best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) players battle it out for a $50,000 prize. Six were pro gamers, but two were quality amateurs
who had earned their spots at the tournament through a series of qualifying rounds. They were trained by coaches in order to compete with their heroes in one- on-one bouts and death player matches, all
fought within a custom-built arena. Extra money prizes were awarded for bounties, such as knife kills and first blood. The 2019 Omen Challenge was also the first time mixed reality was used in
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