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06-22-2017, 01:48 AM
MLB wants you to sit through an entire baseball game in VR
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Some media analysts are convinced VR video will soon be big—even though most people still haven't tried on a VR headset yet.*
That isn't stopping players like Major League Baseball (MLB (http://mashable.com/category/mlb/)) from jumping into a new partnership with Samsung to provide users with all the baseball-related VR content they can handle.*
SEE ALSO: Step into the octagon with a live UFC fight in virtual reality (http://mashable.com/2017/05/30/samsung-vr-ufc-live-nation-x-games/)
On Wednesday, the two an**unced the collaboration, which will initially give Samsung Gear VR (http://mashable.com/category/gear-vr/) users access (via the device's app) to 20 VR video experiences (https://samsungvr.com/channels/58091b25c94f9a001998e72f) that take fans behind the scenes of MLB sports events.*
But what about live events in VR? In a separate deal an**unced earlier this month, MLB launched a ****** of live games Samsung Gear VR users can watch via the Intel True VR (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/virtual-reality/true-vr-tech**logy-overview.html?cid=sem43700020450971354&intel_term=%2Bintel+%2Btrue+%2Bvr&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1rWonMvP1AIVmVYNCh0t0AqBEAAYASAA EgJJcPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) app. And while this all sounds great in terms of pushing VR forward, I'm skeptical about the chances of VR and professional baseball being a match.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/21/mlb-samsung-gear-vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Some media analysts are convinced VR video will soon be big—even though most people still haven't tried on a VR headset yet.*
That isn't stopping players like Major League Baseball (MLB (http://mashable.com/category/mlb/)) from jumping into a new partnership with Samsung to provide users with all the baseball-related VR content they can handle.*
SEE ALSO: Step into the octagon with a live UFC fight in virtual reality (http://mashable.com/2017/05/30/samsung-vr-ufc-live-nation-x-games/)
On Wednesday, the two an**unced the collaboration, which will initially give Samsung Gear VR (http://mashable.com/category/gear-vr/) users access (via the device's app) to 20 VR video experiences (https://samsungvr.com/channels/58091b25c94f9a001998e72f) that take fans behind the scenes of MLB sports events.*
But what about live events in VR? In a separate deal an**unced earlier this month, MLB launched a ****** of live games Samsung Gear VR users can watch via the Intel True VR (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/virtual-reality/true-vr-tech**logy-overview.html?cid=sem43700020450971354&intel_term=%2Bintel+%2Btrue+%2Bvr&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1rWonMvP1AIVmVYNCh0t0AqBEAAYASAA EgJJcPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds) app. And while this all sounds great in terms of pushing VR forward, I'm skeptical about the chances of VR and professional baseball being a match.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/21/mlb-samsung-gear-vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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