![]() Replicating real club performance in a virtual game is a challenge, both technologically and politically. We’d love for you to be able to play a round with hickory clubs and have the physics match up with that.” Our goal is to represent every golf club we can, including clubs from the past. “In our next iteration in November, we’ll be releasing TaylorMade clubs into the game. ![]() Virtual Reality Golf: Endless PossibilitiesĬurrently, GOLF+ features Callaway golf clubs for its gamers. What do you think of virtual club demos? Or even virtual club fitting? So, with a fresh supply of new money, high-level big-name backers and the potential for some really cool Crenshaw-designed courses, where can GOLF+ go? “Everything that a golf architect has to get around, all those constraints are gone in VR.” What got him excited is that we could take those designs, which he said are some of his best, and build them in VR. “He has a bunch of course designs that never got built for one reason or another. I’m not even sure he has an e-mail address,” says Engle. “He’s not known to be a big technology person. And Mike Trout is a huge golfer and a big-time gamer.”Ĭrenshaw’s involvement, however, is a bit of a head-scratcher. Steph Curry is a great golfer and doing a lot to introduce golf to new audiences. “Rory and Jordan are two of the best ever,” says Engle. Since then, more than five million GOLF+ rounds have been played with more than 500 million shots.Įngle says the goal is to continue building the software to include more courses (two big-name courses are being added in November) and more functionality. The new app was updated and rebranded last November. GOLF+ has been in partnership with Topgolf since 2019. You can talk with one another as well so the potential for virtual trash talk is, no doubt, high. If you lip one out, you’ll feel the pain and your friends will be there.” “You’ll be out there on the golf course and you’ll see each other in avatar form,” says Engle. If you’re in Texas, you can join up with friends in Seattle, Boston and Guam and play one of the GOLF+ courses. Since you’re online, GOLF+ allows you to create a foursome with your buddies, no matter where on the planet they are. And you can attack a back pin and make the ball check or you can play it safe and shoot for the middle. You can manipulate your swing to make the ball fly high or low. And now your body, your mind and all your senses are telling you you’re on a golf course.”ĭepending on the skill level you choose, you can simulate real golf, and a real golf swing, to whatever degree you wish. ![]() “In our case, we transport you to a golf course. ![]() “You put on this headset and suddenly you’re transported to somewhere else,” says Engle. But calling it a video game is like calling Bethpage Black a muni. GOLF+ is the number one golf app in the virtual world. But if you dig a little deeper and peer into the future just a tad, the possibilities are intriguing. What, if anything, does all this mean to you as a golfer? Unless you’re a VR gamer, you might think it’s just another video game. “We believe this technology can make golf 100 times more accessible to people, especially younger people.” “What got them excited is our audacious goal and belief we can use this technology to double the size of golf as a whole,” GOLF+ Co-founder and CEO Ryan Engle tells MyGolfSpy. Additionally, big-money investors such as the Breyer Group as well as other financiers and hi-tech CEO mover-and-shaker types are kicking in funding. GOLF+ is announcing today that Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Mike Trout and Ben Crenshaw are all investing in the company. GOLF+, the leading VR game in the metaverse, is bringing on a slew of new investors. Virtual reality golf is getting a star-studded, real-world shot in the arm today. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |