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NFL legend Joe Montana is launching his own virtual reality football game

Joe Montana is getting back into video games. The Hall of Fame quarterback who won four Super Bowl rings is behind a new studio called Superstar Games that will soon launch Montana 17, the first virtual reality football game that will launch on Google Daydream and Samsung Gear. Montana 17 gives users an immersive on-the-field experience from the quarterback’s perspective. The game is passing-only and featured seven-on-seven gameplay with four quick quarters. For Daydream, you control the QB with an external controller; on the Gear, you use the pad on the headset itself. Montana 17 is also the first VR game to be licensed by the NFL… Read More

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Hall of Fame QB Joe Montana loves VR, wishes it was around when he was playing

LAS VEGAS — Former San Francisco 49ers star quarterback Joe Montana is just one of the many attendees at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show who is enamored with the idea of virtual reality. Montana, who runs a seed-stage venture capital firm by the name of Liquid 2 Capital, spoke on a panel today at the big tech expo, gushing about the prospects of how VR can transform sports, both for fans and players. “Especially, for a quarterback, the biggest part of that is mental preparation, and what you see and how you see it, and the views that you are… Read More

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