The NBA and NextVR completed the first season of regularly scheduled broadcasts of live games in virtual reality last week, providing access to virtual courtside seats to fans around the world.
After the groundbreaking first season, what’s next in the collaboration between the NBA and NextVR could make the VR experience for watching games even more realistic. With advancements in technology, there could be ways in which fans putting on headsets would mean they could feel even more so as if they were inside of the arena.
“And in fact, at some point you’ll be able to get up and physically walk around inside the experience — whether it’s recorded or live — like you’re there,” NextVR CEO and co-founder David Cole told Warriors TV host Laurence Scott.