[CAMPBELL, CA. 7/12/2024] – FOX Sports and YBVR today announce an immersive VR experience for the Copa América Final on Meta Quest, revolutionizing how fans engage with sports broadcasting. FOX Sports will bring the Copa América Final to virtual reality (VR) on YBVR’s Xtadium platform. Produced in immersive 180-degree format, it will enable fans to experience the excitement and intensity of the match from multiple perspectives within the stadium.
Ventura, CA – June 25, 2024 – Xtadium presents an unparalleled viewing experience for extreme sports enthusiasts. The X Games Ventura will be broadcast live from Friday, June 28th to Sunday, June 30th in immersive 180° and multicam formats, exclusively for mobile devices.
ESPN today announced Meta as the fourth member of the ESPN Edge Innovation Center. The collaboration is focused on bringing an ESPN-branded virtual reality (VR) sports experience to Meta Quest. Immersive VR sports highlights will be available in the free Xtadium app on Meta Quest, and coming later this summer, ESPN will launch an immersive, ESPN-branded experience in Meta Horizon Worlds.
Xtadium has received recognition at Meta Connect 2023, where prominent figures in the technology industry praised its contribution to the world of Mixed Reality (MR) for its fantastic use case that enhances the experience of watching sports from the comfort of home.
Whether you regularly sit beside the world-famous Octagon® or just catch the occasional high-profile match up, professional mixed martial arts is among the most thrilling sports in the world to watch live. And today, we’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with UFC to bring the MMA action home to the Meta Quest Platform. Now, thanks to the immersive magic of VR, you can experience the drama and excitement of live MMA action featured on UFC FIGHT PASS from the best seat in the house in Xtadium from YBVR and coming soon to Meta Horizon Worlds.
July 28, 2023. This summer, DAZN is bringing the spectacle that we have all been waiting for. MMA star Nate Diaz, will make his boxing debut against social media mega star Jake Paul, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. With a capacity of more than 18,000, the venue is expected to be filled to the brim with fans, celebrities and combat sports aficionados. But not everyone that wants to go will be able to, which is why DAZN has partnered with Xtadium, the VR App by YBVR, that will stream the full fight Live in VR inside the DAZN room.
The 2023 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four takes place this weekend in Lithuania, and fans from multiple countries around the world will be able to live the EuroLeague Basketball Final Four in a different, innovative way, thanks to the partnership between EuroLeague Basketball and YBVR.
“I’m so close!” Came from the voice of a die hard Knicks fan experiencing a new and innovative way to watch the NBA live from home. On Monday, February 27, hundreds of fans put on their Meta Quest headset and enjoyed watching the New York Knicks take on the Boston Celtics. We are extremely happy to see our first live NBA game impact many people who watch sports daily. A post from House of Highlights on Instagram demonstrates our new technology we at YBVR push to bring to the future of sports. Many comments from this post state “I NEED THIS”, “This is the future” or something funny like “Millionaires who spend $15,000 on Court-Side seats hate this one trick….Xtadium.” This event represented a great standard for where the technology currently is and where it will be headed in the foreseeable future. This was also a great way to give sports fans a first dive into Xtadium; the sports streaming app for VR that allows users to tailor the experience to their own needs and desires by giving them the chance to choose between multiple 180/360 camera angles. Fans also have the ability to create private watch parties with friends and family and to see statistics in real time. The full schedule of immersive games is the following: Looking to read more?
Telefonica, Miss Caffeina and YBVR perform a Music VR experience, using Edge Computing technology and Adaptative FOV. Telefónica and Spanish band Miss Caffeina combined music with technology in Music At The Edge, an initiative of Telefónica’s Global Innovation area that allowed over 100 people to live an immersive 360º video music experience. This experience was deployed using Edge Computing technology in Telefonica’s network and YBVR technology for the Virtual Reality experience in Movistar Riders offices in Madrid. Music at the Edge involved streaming a concert by Miss Caffeina recorded in the highest quality 360º video format (8K@60fps) for the musical TV show Sesiones Movistar+, using YBVR technology. YBVR platform used Edge Computing putting the content closer to the users and improving response time for FOV adaptation. This allowed to the users to have the highest video quality using streaming video delivery. As David del Val, Director of Core Innovation at Telefónica, pointed out, “new video formats such as 4K, 8K and videoVR/360° are beginning to become a reality. Telefónica wants to be at the forefront of technology, which means developing new services and video content, and also being prepared to meet the expected demand for these new formats. For this reason, we have begun to transform our network by betting on virtualization and Edge Computing, technology that we have been developing for nearly two years and users have experienced today”. VR users could use instant camera change feature, choosing the camera to watch the experience, then the user could move from the center of the group to any of the other 4 cameras around the singers, without any stop or split in the experience. From the home menu, the user feels at the center of the stage, surrounded by the artists, with 6 songs available to be enjoyed in the VR experience. VR video, evolving sound and instant camera change, offered a stunning experience of immersive music. Next step is to extend this streaming experience to the home, when VR headsets become a popular gadget for entertainment.