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Olympics become tech showcase with NFC rings and Galaxy S7 Edge
The Rio Games will spotlight new tech from Visa and Samsung. Visa provides 4000 NFC terminals and 59 athletes with payment rings for tap-to-pay, while Samsung ships Olympic edition Galaxy S7 Edge phones to 12,500 Olympians and 2016 public units. NBC and Getty push VR and 360 imagery with Gear VR and Oculus platforms. NBC plans 85 hours of VR coverage. Comcast NBCUniversal promotes X1 voice search for on demand Olympic content and live-event navigation by country and sport.
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