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Watching sports in 3D with spatial audio.

> According to an exclusive report from The New York Post, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver “said the league is working with Apple to bring a tech-enhanced viewing experience” to its upcoming headset.

When asked about it, he told the outlet: “We’re working very closely with Apple.”

https://www.tomsguide.com/news/nba-games-could-be-apple-visi...

If there is one group that has a track record for laying down piles of money for hardware like giant televisions and expensive streaming services, it's sports aficionados.

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Floor seats will be less desirable...or floor seat patrons are wearing Apple Vision/goggles for the AR (joking! but maybe serious)...

I do agree, just watching a sporting event on a projector where the athletes are life-sized is excellent, on-field cameras already provide a better view of the game then any seat.

Now make it more immersive, and the trick of immersion is very cool. Like The Sphere, that immersion is next level.

Add sports-betting to the Vision experience, that is a great side-car app for this. (I am not pro-bet but see the usage).

Meta already has a deal with the nba for select games. Not sure what the usage is like.

With standard coverage of sports, they cut between cameras and zoom in/out, pan to follow the action etc. Even people attending the game will be watching big screens showing this content some of the time.

I'm wondering how that translates to VR.. do they just teleport you around the arena? That seems like it would be a bit jarring if not altogether sickening.

It could offer a couple options. One being the main view is like you are there. You see the court in a huge view in your main view. Then, similar, but way better than in person, you have several big views off to the side, for replays, stats, maybe following a view of your favorite player... I would think they we have a way to make it so your view (switches as the action on the court switches to the other basket). That will have to be a good design but just the idea of something like teleporting from your seat with a great view of this half of the court to now having it on the other half.

And for other sports even better I think. With say soccer/football and football (USA) you can have a big overview (like you are sitting at midfield) but then camera angles for closer view of the action...

I think sports viewing could really be incredible. Figuring out exactly how to do it well will take awhile. But it seems to me the kind of thing Apple could do very well.

I imagine some combination of a single location environment view, floating 3D panels that follow players the same as TV broadcasts, and a miniature arena where you can watch everything at once from a top-down perspective.

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