Over the past two years, the NBA has been the leading U.S. major professional sports league when it comes to experimenting with virtual reality and leveraging it to enhance the fan experience. Earlier this month, as part of the 2016 NBA Global Games in China, the league and BesTV (part of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group) […]
The Sacramento Kings will not only tip off the NBA’s season-long schedule of live virtual reality broadcasts for their first regular season game at Golden 1 Center on Thursday, but also feature VR before the game against the San Antonio Spurs. The Kings in partnership with VOKE VR will share a Facebook Live steam of […]
900lbs of Creative debuted its own virtual reality goalie simulation game for Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas. The game immerses a user in a penalty shootout situation from the viewpoint of the goalie. Using infrared sensors, the game tracks the user’s movements in real-time as they dive across the goal to block incoming shots. 900lbs released the […]
Notre Dame and Stanford will square off Saturday in their annual college football matchup. Yet this year, the rivalry game will include a new wrinkle for the Fighting Irish faithful as fans will be able to experience highlights in virtual reality. NextVR, a virtual reality broadcasting company which produced the first NBA games with the new […]
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