Picture yourself watching a soccer match in VR quality with friends — without a headset.
That’s what San Francisco-based startup LiveLike promises as it teams up with Fox Sports to show three Gold Cup games in virtual reality. The action begins with the US team taking on Panama on July 8.
LiveLike, which aired real-time game highlights and post-game coverage from year’s Super Bowl in VR, aims to push the boundaries of today’s virtual reality by showing one of soccer’s premier tournaments in real time in VR along with a “social experience.” This means you can watch Gold Cup matches with your Facebook friends in LiveLike’s “virtual suite.”
During a demo last week, LiveLike co-founder Miheer Walavalkar said this new feature would be the “first communal sports experience in VR.” In other words, Walavalkar said you’ll be able to watch the upcoming matches in 360 degrees using either a Samsung Gear VR headset or a cardboard viewer on the one hand, or with an iPhone or Android phone, even if you don’t have a headset.
Talk about a head-shaking move.
“You have the prerogative to watch with or without a headset, because either way this is going to be far more immersive,” he said. “And for those who don’t have a headset, they get to finally see what they’re missing out on in VR.
“It’s democratizing the interactive experience as much as possible,” he said.
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Source: CNET