For the third consecutive year, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors meet in the NBA Finals, but for the time first time, highlights from the series will be available in virtual reality. As part of NBA Digital’s partnership with NextVR, which included a regular schedule of live virtual reality programming this season through NBA […]
French telecommunications company Orange is showcasing a virtual reality tennis experience at the French Open that involves teleportation. Holotennis enables players wearing HTC Vive headsets and holding controllers to play tennis together on a virtual Philippe Chatrier court and interact with each other while they are in entirely different locations. Orange partnered with VR company Emissive and another […]
For the first time, FOX Sports will be offering the UEFA Champions League final live in virtual reality as Real Madrid and Juventus square off on FOX on Saturday. While prior virtual experiences across college basketball, college football and soccer have been produced by the sports network, for the UEFA final, FOX and its technology partner LiveLike will […]
Samsung has announced that VR Live Pass on Gear VR will launch this week and will include partnerships with the UFC and X Games that will enable the company to stream select events. That first live stream event in 360-degree virtual reality in UFC history will feature featherweight champion José Aldo squaring off against interim featherweight champion Max […]
Professional surfer Kelly Slater, an 11-time champion, is having his surf session in the South Pacific featured in 360-degree virtual reality. “It’s a new way of telling stories and the future of filmmaking,” surf director Taylor Steele said in a statement of virtual reality being included in the surfing film Proximity, which was filmed in conjunction with the […]
