Patent-pending XR baseball training • Beta development

XR Baseball Training for the Eye, Brain, and Body

Zone Performance LLC builds extended-reality training systems that help hitters visualize pitch movement, understand the strike zone, and connect swing decisions to biomechanical feedback.

Zone XR is currently being used by the Houston Astros as part of beta testing. No endorsement is implied.

Demonstration of an early beta version of Zone XR, tested at Brain and Barrel Hitting in King of Prussia, PA.

We don’t just measure the swing. We train the decision that creates the swing.

Zone XR turns pitch data into visual, repeatable training reps. Zone IQ turns those reps into coach-friendly insight.

The problem

Pitchers use advanced tools to design harder-to-hit pitches. Hitters still have to translate scouting reports, heat maps, and cage work into split-second decisions.

The missing link is not more data. It is a better way to experience the data.

The Zone XR answer

Zone XR is designed to train the full hitting decision loop: see the pitch, make the decision, move the body, and review the rep.

The hitter sees real hands, real bat, real training space, and XR pitch simulation layered into that environment.

Two complementary products. One training loop.

Zone XR creates the immersive training experience. Zone IQ helps coaches and organizations understand what happened and what to work on next.

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Zone XR

Extended-reality pitch simulation, real-space strike-zone visualization, gaze and head behavior, swing context, and replay feedback for hitter training.

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Zone IQ

The intelligence layer for session summaries, player trends, swing-in-context insights, training recommendations, and coach-facing development guidance.

Informal beta-testing highlights

Zone XR in action

A few quick clips showing specific features under active development. These are not polished commercials. They are little windows into the working system.

Voice-controlled strike zone

The ABS strike zone adjusts for selected hitters, with voice feedback confirming the player name.

Head-movement feedback

Virtual graphics help coaches and players see head movement and stability during the swing.

3D swing trace

A virtual bat swing creates a 3D trace of the sweet spot through the hitting zone.

These clips show early beta functionality and development testing. The final product experience may differ as Zone XR and Zone IQ continue to evolve.

What Zone IQ adds

Zone IQ is designed to turn training sessions into simple, coach-friendly insight. The goal is not to drown players in numbers. The goal is to help coaches see what happened, spot useful patterns, and choose what to work on next.

Session summaries

Summarize reps, trends, and key takeaways so coaches can review a session quickly.

Swing in context

Connect swing behavior to pitch location, timing, and decision-making instead of treating the swing as an isolated event.

Focused development

Highlight a few useful coaching priorities at a time so players get direction without metric overload.

Train the skills that happen before contact

1

See

Recognize release, trajectory, movement, and strike-zone relationship.

2

Decide

Train timing, pitch selection, and visual attention under pressure.

3

Move

Connect the hitter’s body and swing to the pitch being attacked.

4

Review

Replay the rep with pitch path, swing context, and feedback overlays.

Built for serious baseball environments

Zone XR and Zone IQ are being developed for player-development workflows where portability, coachability, and data privacy matter.

Pre-game prep

Train against opponent pitch shapes and decision windows.

Player development

Turn scouting and analytics into repeatable reps.

Portable deployment

Designed for cages, training rooms, road environments, and affiliates.

Team-controlled data

Support workflows where sensitive performance data remains under team control.

Built by inventors, engineers, and baseball people

Zone Performance combines experience in product invention, XR systems, motion sensing, baseball coaching, and player development.

Currently in beta development

Zone XR is currently being used by the Houston Astros as part of beta testing while we refine usability, accuracy, training value, and real-world deployment.

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