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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Opinion
Belch: STRIVR is the first true, really good VR use case
“I don't want to say this arrogantly, but to be honest, what we're doing right now is the first true really good use case for virtual reality.”
Assertion Supported
Belch: Dallas Cowboys became one of STRIVR's first clients on the spot
“He bought it on the spot. So now you got four colleges, five colleges, and the biggest brand name in professional sports next to the Yankees who are your first clients.”
Prediction Held up
Belch: Spherical VR video camera hardware will be a commodity within a year
“Spherical rigs out there, but we were doing this, you know, 16 months ago when nobody knew what this stuff was, and here we are today, and it's gonna be a commodity in about a year”
Disclosure
Belch: STRIVR sacrifices video clarity for faster turnaround times
“So it's not quite Google jump because it is a full sphere. It's not as clear as Google jump is because it's Not the full algorithmic stereo, but that's okay, given the turnaround time that we have to deal with.”
Disclosure
Belch: STRIVR has signed six NFL and seven college football teams
“To date, we have six teams in the NFL, seven in college football. We do have a basketball and a hockey team in the NBA and the NHL, respectively”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Belch: 2017 VR headsets lack the visual clarity for non-football sports training
“We know that the headsets right now are not ready for any sport other than football because the clarity is just not good enough. You can't take a real video of a baseball player facing a pitcher And have it be good enough for a trained hitter's eye.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Belch: Four out of five pitched college teams bought STRIVR immediately
“So after spring ball ended, or in the, excuse me, in the middle of the two sessions that Stanford does, I went on the road, and I went to Auburn, Arkansas, Clemson, Vanderbilt, and Dartmouth. I went to those five schools in a seven-day period. Just got on a pl…”
Disclosure
Stanford coach David Shaw gave Derek Belch $30,000 to launch STRIVR
“By now, Coach Shaw sits me down in December and says, if I were you, I would stop coaching. And here's 30,000 dollars to get your company off the ground.”