Virtual Reality

Read the central idea statements below.

1. The Leaders Sport Business Summit met to discuss the future of mixed reality.

2. The development of mixed reality has the potential to transform sports.

3. New technology can help athletes train and simulate their experience for fans.

4. New sensors are making it possible to train athletes in sit-down sports as well.

Which two statements accurately reflect the article's central ideas?

• 1 and 3

• 1 and 4

• 2 and 3

• 2 and 4

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Read the two details from the article.

"If you want to have the stress of the baseball player while he gets to the plate, you can have a heartbeat added to the sensation on the seat and then you can feel it, boom, boom," she explained.

However, headsets and the development of VR suits hold out the possibility that fans around the world could one day physically experience every tackle, touchdown and goal from their favorite player in real time.

Select the option that BEST explains how these details develop a central idea of the article.

• Both details illustrate the likelihood that most stadiums will incorporate VR in the near future.

• Both details contribute to the understanding that VR shows how stressful it is to be a professional athlete.

• Both details highlight the perspective that more development is necessary before VR will be useful for fans.

• Both details reflect the view that the development of new VR technology can let spectators feel like athletes.

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What role does D-BOX Technologies play in the development of mixed reality in sports?

• The company pioneered the first virtual reality suits and headsets that were used to train athletes.

• The company designs moving seats that use data and sensors to recreate the experience of live sports.

• The company premiered plans for augmented stadiums that will overlay graphics on stadium fields.

• Both details reflect the view that the development of new VR technology can let spectators feel like athletes.

Which of the following ideas did the author develop LEAST in the article about how virtual reality is changing sports?

• the opinions of experts in the field

• its out-of-reach cost for most people

• the sensory experience it can provide

• its potential to improve even more

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