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NBA’s Sacramento Kings and Nike Launch Augmented Reality App

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The Sacramento Kings NBA basketball team has launched an augmented reality app in partnership with Nike. The app lets fans personalize Sacramento Kings uniforms and virtually photograph themselves with star players. Above: You can use a mobile phone to access the Sacramento Kings AR app. Image Credit: Sacramento Kings.

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NBA is Broadcasting a Ton of Games This Season in VR on Quest

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The NBA announced it’s expanding the number of games it’s recording for Quest headsets by a wide margin, bringing a ton of 180-degree immersive games to NBA League Pass holders. Games on Xtadium have already begun, while games on Horizon Worlds kick off November 17th. Each app has it own perks.

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Sacramento Kings new NBA arena wired for VR instant replay with mobile headsets.

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This October, the Sacramento Kings will open up a brand new $507 million dollar arena boasting 84 ft long screen almost as long as the court itself. So great so now we can Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook at the game faster than ever. Yes, but there are also bigger plans for all this investment. Cats And VR.

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The Sacramento Kings participate in Xperiel $7 Million Series A to push their IoT and AR platform.

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Xperiel , inventor of the Real World Web (RWW) platform, today announced $7 million in Series A funding, which includes new investments from Scott Cook , Co-Founder of Intuit, Cyan Banister of Founders Fund, WTI and the National Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings.

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52 NBA Games This Season Will Be Streamed In Immersive 180-Degrees To Quest For Free

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52 NBA games this season will be streamed in immersive 180-degrees to Quest headsets in the US for free. 0:00 / 0:13 1× NBA games in Xtadium in immersive 180° The free NBA games come by way of an ongoing multi-year partnership between Meta and the NBA, which sees Quest continue to be "the official VR headset of the NBA".

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NBA Will Live Broadcast One Game a Week in VR

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Last year, the major sports league teamed up with NextVR to capture the 2015 All-Star Game and slam-dunk contest in 360° VR video. Today, NBA Digital has once again teamed up with NextVR, announcing that they’ll be broadcasting at least one game every week during the season in VR, which tips off October 25th. There is one catch though.

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Suns-Trail Blazers NBA Game Streaming Free Tonight Via NextVR

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The company live broadcasted the US Open , partnered with Notre Dame for a live showing of one of the home games , and set up a full schedule of live broadcasts for the NBA through the NBA League Pass subscription system. The package includes League Pass VR and all 30 teams will have VR games throughout the year.