With England rugby players still operating in Covid bubbles during the men’s Six Nations, O2’s 5G mobile network was able to project Ellis Genge, Henry Slade and Jack Nowell as 4k holograms to surprise a group of schoolchildren with a virtual rugby PE lesson.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020, England rugby players have had to operate under strict Covid restrictions, meaning that they have been unable to meet fans and the British public in person.
So ahead of England’s crunch game with Ireland at Twickenham on Saturday March 12, O2 teamed up with the men’s England rugby team to give a group of schoolchildren in Bristol a PE lesson they’d never forget.
Using Portl, a high-spec device that uses hologram technology to project users in 4k resolution, England players Ellis Genge (born and brought up in Bristol), Henry Slade and Jack Nowell gate-crashed a standard PE lesson at Summerhill Academy thanks to O2’s 5G mobile network.
The primary school has had limited exposure to rugby so the players took the schoolchildren - a mix of boys and girls aged between seven and 11 - through a variety of introductory training drills concluding with a touch rugby match with the stars shouting instructions and encouragement from the futuristic device at a separate location.
The virtual rugby PE lesson is a great example of how the latest technology, powered by O2’s 5G mobile network, can help connect elite level athletes to help inspire the next generation of rugby players through unforgettable experiences.
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