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Re:Apple Vision by bryanlarsen on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:21AM (#36213236)
The Quest has live VR NBA games, and it's not selling a ton of $500 headsets for that use case, so I somehow doubt that it's going to move a lot of $3500 headsets.

https://about.fb.com/news/2023/01/nba-games-in-vr-on-quest/

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Re:Apple Vision by crazygringo on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:37AM (#36213489)
> Five games will feature celebrity broadcasters and be shown in 180-degree immersive VR, and WNBA games, NBA G League games and NBA 2K League games will be available to watch as well.

There's a big difference between just five games and all the games in a season.

I could totally see it moving $3500 headsets if it were actually all games. Also 180° is good enough for a lot of things but for this you'd want 360°.

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Re:Apple Vision by AuryGlenz on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @11:02AM (#36213888)
Eh, obviously all else being the same 360 would be better - but it’s a lot easier to make 3D camera rigs and streams that at 180 degrees.

People also probably don’t realize just how much bandwidth this takes. You need enough to stream to both 4K eyes along with enough buffer space wherever the head can turn so that there isn’t a delay when you move your head. A good portion of the world doesn’t have fast enough internet for that.

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Re:Apple Vision by flappyeagle on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:33AM (#36213416)
180 degree VR. This is not the same thing.
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Re:Apple Vision by bryanlarsen on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @10:48AM (#36213663)
How much do you look behind you at an NBA game? 180 degrees is fully immersive in my experience.
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