Techfestnw '17: The Future Of Esports?

Malia Spencer, Biz Journals
Thu, 03/23/2017 - 11:39am

Can e-sports players garner the same fanatic following that traditional sports heroes? That big question kicked off TechFestNW 2017 with the opening talk by David Ortiz, founder of Emortal Sports, a Bellevue-based virtual reality/augmented reality game development shop. Ortiz and his team are building a platform to bring VR and AR into the growing word of esports. The term "esports" refers to professional video gaming where gamers play titles like “League of Legends” or “Dota 2” to packed…

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