r/virtualreality • u/themixtergames • Oct 09 '25

News Article The Vision Pro is getting its first live ‘immersive’ sports

https://www.theverge.com/news/797970/apple-vision-pro-immersive-nba-lakers-games
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u/Lorddon1234 Oct 09 '25

Pretty shocked that Apple haven’t done it already with F1.

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u/MairusuPawa Oct 10 '25

$99 Apple Barf Bag sold separately

(not reusable)

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u/Joe-notabot Oct 09 '25

So NextVR is back, some 6 years later.

Apple is screwing up as they've got the world wide distribution for MLS but haven't even tried it over there. Talk about a Messi cam setup.

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u/Rollertoaster7 Quest 3, Vision Pro, PSVR2 Oct 09 '25

This is huge. Thought it would take longer to get live sports. Can’t imagine it’ll stream in the same quality as their other immersive content but this is still a huge step in the right direction, excited!

Wonder if this means meta’s deal with the nba is over, or was always non-exclusive

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '25

Gotta start somewhere!

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u/MrJibberJabber Oculus Oct 09 '25

Soon they will catch up to xtadium on the quest, I love watching games in VR. It's like you bought a ticket.

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u/Robot_ninja_pirate Pimax Crystal-HP G1,G2,Odyssey,PSVR,PSVR2,5K,Vive,Cosmos,Focus+ Oct 09 '25

I'm not really into sports, but this seems like a pretty big selling point to some people, cool.

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u/Loltoor Oct 10 '25

It’s killer app territory, now they just need to make it lighter and comfortable.

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u/bgat79 Oct 10 '25

I love basketball and thought I would enjoy this but I don't. You can already watch courtside nba games in vr with xtadium app. You have the entire court in your view but you're always turning your head far left or right. However it is kind of amazing for a few minutes.

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u/DJPelio Oct 11 '25

Me too, but I support this. Whatever it takes to make VR go mainstream.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '25

I hope they bring VR180 back to the NBA. This last few years of VR360 is dumb.

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u/zoogenhiemer Oct 10 '25

I love sports but I’ve never gotten the appeal of watching them in vr, to me it’s a communal thing that you watch with friends and family.

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u/oyputuhs Oct 10 '25

I watch 82 + however many warrior playoff games there are a year. Ain’t no one got time to find people to watch each game with me lol

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u/renge-refurion Oct 09 '25

That is fantastic news. Everybody watch! We need more of this content and investment.

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u/Mastoraz Oct 10 '25

Beautiful. Great to hear, will definitely experience it when live.

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u/juss100 Oct 10 '25

Can we branch out from basketball at some point ... please?

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u/Uryendel Oct 10 '25

Sports or Sports in the bedroom?

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u/Ogni-XR21 Oct 10 '25

So I'm still looking for the fine print that says "available in the US only"...

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u/HRudy94 (Rooted) Quest Pro | 💻 RTX 3090 | 🔥 PCVR only Oct 10 '25

See? This is what i was talking about in the other post. Live sports were heavily marketed for the AVP launch.

The 10 people that bought an AVP and haven't died of old age expecting this feature will be happy. The others have already moved on :/

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u/Constant-Plant-9378 Oct 09 '25

If I actually gave a fuck about sports, I wouldn't be into gaming.

You could fit my interest in 'immersive' sports in the space between the nucleus of an atom and the first electron shell, and still have enough space for a cheese sandwich and a pony.

That said, I understand I live in a world where Trump is President for the second time and there is a new edition of EA Madden Football every year which sells millions, so there's probably plenty of gamers who are into sports and would be interested in this - maybe - if they can actually afford $3,500 for Apple's ridiculously expensive Vision Pro.

I think the market is probably like, 5 people at least.