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Betfair to use Google Glass during live TV betting slots

on Jul 4, 2014 | 0 comments

By Natalie Mortimer

Betfair is set to become the first betting brand to use Google Glass live on air this weekend as part of a wider strategic plan to develop bespoke products for Glass over the coming year.

On Saturday (5 July) Betfair’s spokesman Barry Orr will wear the Glass headset live on screen at 2:30pm as he reports from Leicester for the horse racing channel.

Orr will use Google Glass to update viewers with real-time notifications around race results, non-runners, jockey changes, and the resulting price (odds) changes.

Betfair’s director of product innovation, Alex Deacon, said: “Glass has only recently arrived in the UK, so Read full story ›

Source: The Drum