{"id":1917250,"date":"2023-01-24T06:53:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1016567-4521551.cloudwaysapps.com\/plato-data\/nba-deepens-multiyear-partnership-with-meta-bringing-more-ways-to-watch-live-games-on-quest\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T06:53:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:53:48","slug":"nba-deepens-multiyear-partnership-with-meta-bringing-more-ways-to-watch-live-games-on-quest","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/plato-data\/nba-deepens-multiyear-partnership-with-meta-bringing-more-ways-to-watch-live-games-on-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Deepens Multiyear Partnership with Meta, Bringing More Ways to Watch Live Games on Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress-1016567-4521551.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nba-deepens-multiyear-partnership-with-meta-bringing-more-ways-to-watch-live-games-on-quest.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"> <\/aside>\n<p> <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.0--><\/p>\n<p>The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Meta announced they\u2019re extending a multiyear partnership which is set to bring a few new ways for basketball fans to enjoy NBA League Pass games on Quest.<\/p>\n<p>First signed in 2020, the deal essentially made Meta (ex-Facebook) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/facebook-signs-multiyear-deal-nba-making-oculus-official-vr-marketing-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an official marketing and VR headset partner<\/a> of the NBA, Women\u2019s NBA (WNBA) and NBA G League.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with the extension, the companies are set to bring a new space to Meta\u2019s <em>Horizon Worlds<\/em> platform called the \u2018NBA Arena\u2019, which will play host to live NBA League Pass games in VR throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>The new NBA Arena space promises to serve up 52 live NBA games in addition to five games captured in 180-degree monoscopic (2,880 resolution) specifically captured for VR users. In addition to shared viewing, the new NBA Arena also includes mini-games.<\/p>\n<p>The companies announced that NBA League Pass access is also coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/experiences\/quest\/7281839885191361\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Xtadium<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;in the coming weeks, a US-only VR sports hub app that also offers shared watching.<\/p>\n<p>At some point Meta is also set to roll out NBA-licensed apparel in its Avatar Store so fans can support their favorite NBA or WNBA teams. Avatar apparel also spans avatars on Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger in addition to <em>Horizon Worlds<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the preliminary game schedule for the NBA Arena:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jan. 24<\/strong>: Denver Nuggets vs. New Orleans Pelicans \u2013 8 p.m. ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. 25<\/strong>: Denver Nuggets vs. Milwaukee Bucks \u2013 8 p.m. ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. 27<\/strong>: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder \u2013 8 p.m. ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. 29<\/strong>: LA Clippers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers \u2013 7 p.m. ET<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jan. 31<\/strong>: Miami Heat vs. Cleveland Cavaliers \u2013 7 p.m. ET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out all of the VR-accessible NBA games up to April 9th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/blog\/nba-basketball-2023-season-xtadium-meta-horizon-worlds-vr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"plato-post-bottom-links\">\n<li class=\"plato-post-bottom-link-amplifi\">SEO Powered Content &amp; PR Distribution. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amplifipr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Amplified Today.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"plato-post-bottom-link-platoblockchain\">Platoblockchain. 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Knowledge Amplified. <a href=\"https:\/\/platoblockchain.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Access Here.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"plato-post-bottom-link-source\"><span>Source:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/nba-partnership-meta-league-pass-games-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.roadtovr.com\/nba-partnership-meta-league-pass-games-2023\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1917251,"template":"Default","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","type":"","auto_type":false,"post":"","stream":"","stream_url":"","waveform_data":[],"duration":0,"start":0,"end":0,"bpm":0,"downloadable":false,"download_url":"","purchase_title":"","purchase_url":"","post-count-all":0,"like_count":0,"download_count":0,"editor_note":"","copyright":"","captions":[],"sources":[]},"genre":[10309],"station_tag":[4397,3629,13775,3880,10996,3761,18340,4722,3821,43816,3989,13523,8803,5738,10055,5415,13083,18477,24510,4725,44471,25175,4375,41333,3889,4155,7123,40158,11930,40504,40012,453,12628,25989,40057,3902,4566,44139,40184,3650,13086,19265,11736,4275,11043,13273,13214,11365,4451,6328,5176,18534,10997,25081,9091,7713,4921,4660,20482,5073,11191,4096,460,7454,4455,3861,7457,8453,9642,8570,11181,14508,6167,28075,5406,40227,26865,40194,3976,4026,4221,20806,3779,11458,3977,41542,9255,4832,4032,3669,14103,13215,39845,9614,19267,3755,12835,4551,15832,17411,27829,4631,17623,13218,23678,36520,27168,14555],"artist":[10455],"mood":[],"activity":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station\/1917250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/station"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1917251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1917250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=1917250"},{"taxonomy":"station_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station_tag?post=1917250"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=1917250"},{"taxonomy":"mood","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mood?post=1917250"},{"taxonomy":"activity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity?post=1917250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}