Australia’s swim team are using virtual reality to practice relay changeovers and cut fractions of a second off their times
ustralia’s Olympic swimmers are stepping into the realm of virtual reality to maximise their performances at the Paris Games in July.have started using virtual reality goggles as a new tool to improve their changeover times by the fractions of a second that can decide gold and silver medals.
Teams are disqualified if the electronic timing registers that a swimmer’s feet have left the blocks before the previous swimmer has touched the wall.Swimming Australia’s general manager for performance support Jess Corones said the team support staff were exploring new technology to optimise the speed of the changeovers.
“The last couple of years leading into Tokyo, we would just video and they would have a standard video on their phones, and they could go through and watch it,” she said. “It helps them with their anticipation, making sure they’ve got good awareness and making them as comfortable as they can be in that environment to execute the skill at a really high level. The VR goggles are taking that to another level where we’re trying to create an even more real environment.
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