The National Football ague are producing the league’s first virtual reality video series. The upcoming nine-part VR show will debut its first episode on the NFs YouTube channel on Thanksgiving Day. Before the end of 2016, the series will also be in the NFVR app for ’s upcoming Daydream View headset. The entire series is being filmed with ’s mp virtual reality capture system.
The NFsees this unnamed series as a way for viewers to experience a behind-the-scenes look at the NF It will provide a “360-degree perspective of life in around the NFfrom players, to coaches, to executives, to cheerleaders, to the fans themselves—detailing how each prepares for game day.”
That suggests this will not be an episodic story line that you might see in an NFthemed show like Hard Knocks. Instead, it sounds more like a series of nine st alone episodes.
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The first episode, ling on November 24, features the defensive line of the iladelphia Eagles during their week-long preparation for game day. The episode will also take you to the sidelines during the actual game. Other episodes will feature the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders, football fans in Green Bay, the management offices of the San Diego Chargers.
The story behind the story: The NF its teams are showing a lot of interest in both VR augmented reality. The Dallas Cowboys signed a deal to use VR headsets during pre-season training in 2015. Earlier in 2016 the NFprovided VR demos of live game footage to fans leading up to the Super Bowl. The NFalso held a discussion panel with Microsoft on the “Future of Football” that centered around how the Holons could bring new experiences to the game, such as viewing a game or key plays on your living room coffee table.
