The Weavr R&D team is bringing new audience experiences to esports fans at the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC). The DPC is a professional online tournament for competitive Dota 2. The circuit includes 96 teams playing in six regional leagues and culminates in an international final with a prize pool of Read more…
Weavr and ESL UK have been shortlisted in the Fan Engagement category at the Sport Tech Group Awards, a celebration of technology-led innovation across sport globally. The Fan Engagement award recognises technology that enables better engagement between fans and sports entities of all types. The Weavr and ESL UK team Read more…
As part of the latest chapter in the Weavr story, the University of York research and development team is creating a new analytics package for an FPS (first-person shooter) title, applying expertise in data and machine learning to a new genre of video game. Researchers are undertaking interviews with professional Read more…
Published on 24 November 2020 We caught up with Dr. Brian McCauley, part of the Media, Management & Transformation Centre at Jönköping International Business School in Sweden, and founding member & Vice-Chair of the Esports Research Network (ERN), about working with grassroots organisations, the future of esports and his views Read more…
Check out these three interesting papers that we think are worth a read.
Academics at the University of York have launched a global community for researchers and industry stakeholders who share a focus on innovation in esports and sports. The Arena Research Cluster (ARC) aims to facilitate knowledge exchange and inspire collaboration and innovation amongst researchers and industry professionals. Forming a distributed think Read more…