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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 24 2016, @01:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 24 2016, @01:49AM (#418006)

    So where are the cameras (either physically or virtually) for this VR programming? If they are just in some good seat and let you turn your head to follow the action (or check out the cute guy/gal a few rows over) that isn't going to be all that exciting. Now, if the cameras were on the players (special hats or head bands?) that would be something. I want to be in the middle of the action and be able to choose to "look through the eyes" of different players.

    Kind of like in-car cameras have been doing for car racing, for many years now -- maybe they will be next with VR broadcasting?