Virtual Reality NFL games

[T-REX]

This is something I can get behind!
Imagine sitting in your living room but watch the game like your sitting in the stands.

http://fortune.com/2016/01/08/nextvr-brings-vr-to-super-bowl/

Super Bowl Fans To Get A Taste of Virtual Reality
John Gaudiosi
Updated: Jan 16, 2016 6:53 PM EST | Originally published: Jan 08, 2016
NextVR, which sponsored Turner Sports’ CES Sports Business Forum on Thursday, is ready to capitalize on the advances announced at the show, according to Brad Allen, executive chairman at NextVR.

NextVR worked with Qualcomm (QCOM, -0.61%)to test its new 820 chip, which is shipping this quarter in new smartphones. Allen says these new phones will provide a more vibrant virtual reality experience by adding head-tracking capabilities and a 4K display that will enhance even lower-level devices like Google (GOOGL, +0.91%) Cardboard.

That will open up an even broader access point for NextVR as it livestreams entertainment and sports events this year to owners of Carboard, Samsung (SSNLF, -12.28%)Gear VR, Facebook's (FB, +1.17%) Oculus Rift, HTC (HTC) Vive, Sony (SNE, +0.09%) PlayStation VR, and other devices.

Next VR has worked with the NFL this season, capturing three football games (Jets vs. Titans, Ravens vs. Steelers, and Dolphins vs. Patriots). The company will have a booth at the NFL Experience, which is the fan convention during the Super Bowl at the San Francisco Moscone Center. Fans will be able to watch these games from four or five different camera perspectives in virtual reality.

“We’re ready to livestream any event today,” Allen says. “If the NFL says yes, we could do it next season.”

Allen says the NFL is still very much in the experimental stage with virtual reality, whereas the NBA has been the most aggressive of the big leagues.

 

[Psycho_X]

I was actually thinking about this the other day. How about watching the game as if you were right behind the QB? Or hell even as the QB? Position one of those hanging cameras behind the QB. You could watch the entire play develop and look side to side at receiver options as the QB sees it. Hit a button and switch to a camera in the QBs helmet to literally see what he sees as it happens. Hit another button and switch to one in the MLBer... or the deep safety. Hit another button and switch to a view from the 50 yard line in the stands.

This VR shit is about to get AMAZING for sports fans I think. Especially for football where it leads to a lot of opportunity to exploit first person viewing. The NFL has a real opportunity here to possibly double their income... that's right I said double which is insane considering how much they make now.

Quit making deals with shit companies like directv and offer their own streaming package with variable packages. You want to just watch the Rams, every game, live.... offer a $75 streaming package for just your team and nothing else. Or pay $250 for every game for that season. Or you want that AND VR access like described above pay $500 for a whole year. The NFL could make a serious step forward in entertainment.

 

[T-REX]

View: https://youtu.be/d67KbrKt7Kw

 

[Faceplant]

I got the Samsung Gear VR for x-mas and that thing is pretty amazing for a portable, phone driven headset. One of the first things my fiends and I talked about was how cool it would be to have an NFL players (particularly the QB's) experience in 360* VR. That shit would be unreal. I can only imagine how far they are going to take this technology....the possibilities are almost limitless. There is already HD, 360* VR Porn.......or so I have heard.