Oculus Quest 2 owners can watch over 50 live NBA games for free

Date:
Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:33:17 +0000

Description:
Meta and the NBA are teaming up to give VR users the ability to watch over 50 of this season's games live for free

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Meta has announced that itll be continuing its partnership with the NBA, and that it's giving basketball fans the chance to catch 52 live matches in VR
for free during the 2022-23 season.

If you have a Meta Quest Pro or an Oculus Quest 2 headset youll be able to dive into either XTADIUM (a US-only app) or Horizon Worlds to watch the games as they happen. Horizon Worlds will also offer players the chance to compete in interactive minigames, and watch game highlights and recaps from matches theyve missed.

If you want to check out these free games then the lineup for January is: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Detroit Pistons: January 23, 4 pm PT / January 24, midnight GMT / January 24, 10 am AEST Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans
Pelicans: January 24, 5 pm PT / January 25, 1 am GMT / January 25, 11 am AEST Denver Nuggets vs. Milwaukee Bucks: January 25, 5 pm PT / January 26, 1 am
GMT / January 26, 11 am AEST Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder: January 27, 5 pm PT / January 28, 1 am GMT / January 28, 11 am AEST Los Angeles Clippers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: January 29, 4 pm PT / January 30, midnight GMT / January 30, 10 am AEST Miami Heat vs. Cleveland Cavaliers: January 31, 4 pm PT / February 1, midnight GMT / February 1, 10 am AEST

If you cant catch any of these, there are games happening until April 9 so
you have plenty of time to catch a few before the season ends; the full schedule can be found in the official Meta Quest blog post .

Whats more, five of the NBA games (Meta hasnt announced which yet) will be available to watch in 180-degree immersive VR with celebrity broadcasters giving you their commentary on the action. This more immersive view will put you courtside as you watch the game unfold making it feel more like youre at the event itself rather than simply seeing it on a TV screen.

And if that still wasnt enough b-ball for you, Meta will be hosting some
WNBA, NBA G League, and NBA 2K League games as well. (Image credit: Meta)

But, before you get too excited, there are some restrictions youll need to watch out for. For a start, youre going to need to be in a region that has access to Horizon Worlds Metas metaverse platform which is currently only available to users in the US, UK, Canada, Ireland, Iceland, France, and
Spain.

Though, even if you are in one of these regions your access isnt guaranteed. Meta warns that some content wont be accessible in every region (kinda like how Netflix US and UK have different catalogs based because of how rights are distributed) and that some viewers that live near the stadia the games are taking place in may be locked out from watching the games. Meta is, unfortunately, a little vague on exactly who can and cant watch a match, so you might need to try watching a game or two for yourself to know if youre locked out or not.

That said its definitely worth giving it a try. VR concerts and sports arent yet a replacement for attending the actual live event you dont get the true sense of the atmosphere for one but theyre still an absolute blast, especially if theyre free to attend like these NBA games.

If you're looking for other stuff to do with your VR headset, check out our picks for the best Oculus Quest 2 games you can download and play today.



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/oculus-quest-2-owners-can-watch-over-50-live-nb a-games-for-free


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