MANKATO, Minn. — Vikings coach Mike Zimmer might be regarded as old school, but he’s embracing the team having gone high tech.

The Vikings are using a virtual reality camera system during training camp at Mankato State Minnesota and likely will continue to in practices throughout the season. A camera placed on a stand on the field films at 360 degrees, and players later can put on goggles and watch everything that has occurred around them.

Zimmer initially was skeptical about using the system. But after STRIVR Labs, the Palo Alto, Calif., company that developed the technology, reached out to him, he was intrigued.

“It’s a little bit of the jury’s still out, but I think with the age of guys that we have (on the team) now and the video games they have now and all of the things they have,” Zimmer said. “Teddy (Bridgewater) really liked it when the (quarterback) saw it and the people we’ve talked to really liked it. It’s really another way for them to get a bunch of reps.”

The Vikings have two cameras, but have only have used one so far since they have just one stand (a second is on the way). Zimmer said the technology could be quite helpful for a player such as Bridgewater being able to see on film everything happening around him.

“You put these goggles on and you’re in a room and you look to the right and see the right corner, the safety, and you see the receivers running the route,” Zimmer said. “And you look to the left, same thing. You see everything moving just like you would be on the field.”

The Vikings are the fourth NFL to use the STRIVR’s technology. The others are Dallas, New England and San Francisco.

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