Eric Paulier, founder and CEO of Vatom, spoke at the UNESCO sports conference “Change the Game” in Paris. His speech offered a future vision of the Olympic Games for Esports, including “virtual sports,” competitions involving technologies such as AI and NFT.
Esports Olympics: Eric Pulier’s Vision for the Future of “Virtual Sports” with AI and NFT
Erik Pulier, CEO of Vatom, spoke at the UNESCO “Change the Game” sports conference in Paris. His speech offered a vision of the future of the Esports Olympic Games, inclusive “virtual sports”, competitions using technologies such as AI, visual recognition and NFT.
In practice this is the case for Paulier A new way to organize the Olympic Games will enable real-time remote competitions. Not only that, Paulier specified that these games require a physical and mental excellence no less than that of contemporary Olympic sports.
At the same time, the future vision of the Olympic Games for Esports will provide the opportunity for this promoting inclusion across all geographic areas and economic conditions.
Paulier also spoke about the rise of the Global Esports Federation (GEF)with its 173 affiliated federations, as the leading body in the sector.
In this regard, Pulier will chair the GEF’s Digital Transformation Commission (DTC), which brings together key members of the global technology sector and bridges gaming, esports, sports, music, entertainment and technology.
Olympic Games Esports: Promoting inclusivity through AI and other technologies
In addition to Pulier, more than 600 personalities and executives from Fortune 500 companies, as well as ministers and officials from around the world, attended the UNESCO event in Paris.
Paul J. Foster, CEO of the Global Esports Federation (GEF), Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Director General for Social and Human Sciences at UNESCO, and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Yunus Sports Hub and Grameen Bank, also intervened.
The future vision of the Olympic Games for Esports also sees the participation of Vatom, Pulier’s platform that will lead the GEF CTO Office. In this regard, Vatom will ensure its interoperable fan engagement platform (GEFx) is supported and partners integrated globally.
Not only that, for the occasion Vatom will develop a global token using the new NFFT format that combines artificial intelligence and embedded game designs.
In this connection, Paul J FosterCEO of the GEF, commented:
“We are excited to welcome Eric Pulier and Vatom Corporation to our #worldconnected mission. As the world moves from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to Vatom’s birthplace for LA28, GEF’s combination of world-class technology and global reach will allow us to serve billions of esports fans around the world and create a positive generate impact in the countries and communities of GEF’s 173 member federations.”
The game based on Tezos Blockchain
At the end of July, before the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, TapNation’s Athletics Rush was launcheda digital athletics game based on Tezos Blockchain.
The new game promises an engaging experience with global competitions, different game modes and blockchain rewards for players around the world.
Athletics Rush offers players the opportunity to jump, run and launch on mobile, through various challenges, and travel across different countries, as well as compete in global rankings.
In fact, the integration with the Tezos blockchain will take place at the end of August, when the Olympics are already over.