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The NBA Now Comes Live in VR Once a Week This Season

posted by janrinok on Sunday October 23 2016, @07:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-what-I-expected-for-VR dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Soon you'll be able to watch NBA games in virtual reality every week. Basketball fans will now be able to really get up close to watch LeBron James slam it home.

In a high-tech alley-oop, NBA Digital and NextVR are teaming up this season to show one game a week in virtual reality. The multiyear deal, announced Thursday, also marks the first time games will shown in VR by a pro sports league on a regular basis.

The tip-off broadcast takes place when the Sacramento Kings host the San Antonio Spurs at the Kings' new tech-splashy arena, the Golden 1 Center on Oct. 27. The games will be available on the NBA's League Pass subscription service, and a full VR viewing schedule will be announced later this month.

Additionally, VOKE VR will stream the Kings-Spurs pregame show on Facebook Live. The Kings own part of VOKE.

Watching these games won't be quite the same as gathering round the big-screen TV or parking yourself in the crowd at your local watering hole. The VR experience requires strapping on a headset that closes out the rest of the world as it pulls you into the action.

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 23 2016, @05:10PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday October 23 2016, @05:10PM (#417892) Homepage

    Sacramento has always been a Wigger-infested dump, but I'd rather our state capitol be there than in San Francisco or L.A.

    On another note, it's good to see that sports (like porn) are ahead of the curve with science and novel ways to bring their media to consumers. And basketball is actually pretty fun to play, even if legendary baseball player Ty Cobb once called it "A bunch of goddamn niggas playin' a faggot's ball-game in underwear."

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 23 2016, @07:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 23 2016, @07:16PM (#417929)

    If Pete Rose had played as a contemporary to Ty Cobb, etc he would've made the HoF easily. They were all like Pete back then.

    • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday October 23 2016, @07:33PM

      by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday October 23 2016, @07:33PM (#417935) Homepage

      Man, your mere mention of Pete Rose brought up all kinds of good baseball memories. My day couldn't have been much better except for the mention of Lenny Dykstra. [wikipedia.org]

      Goddamn shame I can't mod you up, I gave away 3 points mod-bombing Chromas -3 in this [soylentnews.org] discussion.