<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 20px;" data-mce-style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 20px;"><div style="font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 28px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;">XR-TSG 2025: From Tribal Grounds to the Metaverse – Are We Ready?</div><div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 20px;">Celebrating International Day for Traditional Sports and Games | 14 August 2025</div><div>On <strong>14 August 2025</strong>, the global community will gather to commemorate the <strong>International Day for Traditional Sports and Games (TSG)</strong> with a bold and timely discussion:</div><div style="font-style: italic; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0;" data-mce-style="font-style: italic; font-size: 18px; margin: 10px 0;">“XR-TSG: From Tribal Grounds to Metaverse – Are We Ready?”</div><div>This session is not about introducing Traditional Sports and Games into Extended Reality (XR). It is about <strong>discovering the potential</strong>, <strong>identifying the challenges</strong>, and <strong>learning from the journeys</strong> of pioneering creators who have successfully merged modern sports with immersive technologies. Their work offers insight into the processes, mindset, and tools needed to imagine how culturally grounded, geographically rooted, and linguistically diverse traditional games might evolve within the metaverse.</div><hr style="margin: 30px 0; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;" data-mce-style="margin: 30px 0; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 15px;">Learning from the Pioneers: XR Developers with a Vision</div><ul style="margin: 15px 0 15px 20px;" data-mce-style="margin: 15px 0 15px 20px;"><li><strong>Dr. Richard Kennard</strong> – Founder of <em>PozeAR</em>, an Augmented Reality Martial Arts Training platform</li><li><strong>Christine Schwarz</strong> – Co-Founder of <em>Virtual Round Ballers</em>, a mixed reality sports simulation experience</li><li><strong>Muhammad Hadi</strong> – Founder of <em>BaseX &amp; CricketX</em>, immersive XR environments for modern sport engagement</li></ul><div>These creators have developed their own paths for converging digital platforms, modern sports practices, and cultural touchpoints into immersive XR experiences. The <strong>TSG community</strong> stands to benefit by exploring:<ul style="margin: 10px 0 15px 20px;" data-mce-style="margin: 10px 0 15px 20px;"><li>How immersive technologies can be adapted for traditional, often undocumented games</li><li>What kind of technical capacity and conceptual understanding is required</li><li>What cultural considerations must be addressed when translating indigenous or region-specific games into the metaverse</li></ul></div><hr style="margin: 30px 0; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;" data-mce-style="margin: 30px 0; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 15px;">Discovery Through Dialogue: What Makes XR-TSG Possible?</div><div>This panel is a learning space. It will explore how games that are:<ul style="margin: 10px 0 15px 20px;" data-mce-style="margin: 10px 0 15px 20px;"><li><strong>Culturally motivated</strong> – rooted in rituals, beliefs, and social traditions</li><li><strong>Geo-referenced</strong> – tied to landscapes, villages, or seasonal events</li><li><strong>Language-driven</strong> – taught, transmitted, or performed in native languages</li></ul>...can potentially be <strong>experienced, played, and passed on through XR and metaverse platforms</strong>.</div><div>This is not just a technology session—it is an invitation to rethink how <strong>knowledge, memory, and motion</strong> might translate across generations using the most modern tools available.</div><hr style="margin: 30px 0; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;" data-mce-style="margin: 30px 0; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #ccc;"><div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 15px;" data-mce-style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 15px;">Key Questions We’ll Explore With Our Experts</div><ol style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;" data-mce-style="margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><li>What did it take to build immersive sports platforms from scratch?</li><li>How can culturally sensitive games be adapted to a global XR audience?</li><li>What minimum understanding is required to begin XR development for TSG?</li><li>How do language and local rules translate in immersive environments?</li><li>Can geolocation be used to anchor virtual traditional games in their original context?</li><li>What do developers need to avoid in order to respect cultural integrity?</li><li>What skills and technologies are critical to beginning XR design for heritage sports?</li><li>How can XR experiences reflect the values of traditional communities?</li><li>Where do we start if no digital data exists for a traditional game?</li><li>How does this XR movement align with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals?</li></ol><div style="margin-top: 10px;" data-mce-style="margin-top: 10px;">💬 <strong>Do you have a question for the panel?</strong><br>📩 Submit it to: <a style="color: #0000ee;" href="mailto:communications@traditionalsportsgames.org" data-mce-style="color: #0000ee;" data-mce-href="mailto:communications@traditionalsportsgames.org">communications@traditionalsportsgames.org</a></div><hr style="margin: 30px 0; 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Join us on 14 August for an XR-TSG panel exploring how traditional sports enter the metaverse with expert insights from global digital creators.

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