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How the NBA envisions its future with live virtual reality broadcasts

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NEW YORK — After New York Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek met with the media on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden, NBA Digital and NextVR distributed headsets in the press conference room to showcase the upcoming virtual reality broadcast.

To viewers, Hornacek appeared an arm’s reach away. The VR broadcast appeared from the vantage point of a person seated at the scorer’s table at midcourt and showed Hornacek yapping at an official after a second-quarter foul.