We’re three days into the 2014 World Cup, and it’s turning out to be the online and social media extravaganza everyone expected — and there are some good games as well. Twitter(s twtr) reported that the opening game of the World Cup, hosts Brazil versus Croatia, racked up 12.2 million tweets (I contributed eight of them) from 150 countries.

The best way to participate in the World Cup is to actually watch it, preferably with friends and beer (body paint optional). If you haven’t found it already, Gigaom’s Janko Roettgers has prepared the definitive guide to watching the World Cup online if you’re located in the U.S. or other Anglophone countries. But there are other ways to experience the World Cup from your PC, smartphone or even wearable gadgets. Here are few of the compelling ones we found:

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There’s a wealth of information on each World Cup match…