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Boom.tv raises $3.5 million for esports 3D livestreaming platform

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Boom.tv is announcing today that it has raised $3.5 million to build its 3D livestreaming platform for esports. The platform is intended to make it much easier to watch esports events from any point of view that the spectator chooses.

The Redwood City, California-based startup lets viewers experience gameplay from any perspective on any device. The platform builds a 3D experience from the player’s game stream in real time, enabling a fan to figure out the best vantage point for viewing a battle in games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.