This season, the NBA became the first major sports league to regularly produce live virtual reality content. NBA VP Jeff Marsilio gives a progress report on the NBA’s dive into VR and expanding the experience internationally.
Canelo Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. are scheduled to fight May 6, and before the boxing match in Las Vegas, they both tried out the virtual reality single-player boxing game Knockout League for HTC Vive. Wearing headsets and holding wireless controllers as they punched, Alvarez and Chavez took turns taking swings at a virtual […]
The EuroMillions Basketball League’s bpost cup final — the championship game for the highest Belgian professional basketball league’s cup competition — on Feb. 19 was reportedly the first Belgian basketball game to be live-streamed in 360-degree virtual reality. The title game between BC Telenet Oostende and Hubo Limburg United was filmed using six conjoining GoPro devices […]
The NBA will leverage technology to develop methods to train officials, including the use of virtual reality, the league announced Thursday. VR was part of the NBA’s plan to strengthen its officiating program in which technology will be used to enhance the performance, training, development and recruitment of referees. The NBA will also use a […]
Vive Studios, the virtual reality content development and publishing initiative from HTC VIVE, has launched the early access version of arcade-style boxing game Knockout League. Developed by Grab Games, Knockout League is a single-player game built for motion-control and VR, with gameplay that makes players use their body as they move, dodge and fight. “We’re […]
