{"id":223075,"date":"2022-05-17T07:15:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T11:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/?p=223075"},"modified":"2022-05-17T09:07:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T13:07:09","slug":"nba-lane-vr-experience-allows-fans-to-celebrate-leagues-75th-anniversary-in-the-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2022\/05\/17\/nba-lane-vr-experience-allows-fans-to-celebrate-leagues-75th-anniversary-in-the-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Lane VR Experience Allows Fans to Celebrate League&#8217;s 75th Anniversary in the Metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In October, the league rolled out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/nba-lane-horizon-worlds-meta\">NBA Lane<\/a> campaign to celebrate its 75th anniversary season. The campaign pays homage to the game\u2019s greatest legends and the modern-day stars who\u2019ve succeeded them, and now thanks to virtual reality, the NBA Lane experience can be explored first-hand.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-223076 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAArena_16x9-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAArena_16x9.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAArena_16x9.jpeg 951w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAArena_16x9.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAArena_16x9.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAArena_16x9.jpeg 470w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAArena_16x9.jpeg 345w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAArena_16x9.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Through June 30, people 18+ in the U.S. and Canada can enter NBA Lane through Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest 2. The immersive VR experience allows basketball fans to step into the NBA-themed metaverse and celebrate their love for the game up close.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-223077 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAPlaza_16x9-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAPlaza_16x9.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAPlaza_16x9.jpeg 951w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAPlaza_16x9.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAPlaza_16x9.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAPlaza_16x9.jpeg 470w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAPlaza_16x9.jpeg 345w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBAPlaza_16x9.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the fun activities available in NBA Lane include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free Throw Shootout: Compete with friends in this minigame. The player who sinks the most shots in the moving hoop wins.<\/li>\n<li>Low-Gravity Dunk Contest: Fly high and defy physics to impress the judges.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy the Big Screen: Sit back and enjoy epic NBA content on a giant screen in front of the arena. Clips will include game highlights, player interviews and other NBA content.<\/li>\n<li>Selfie Time in the NBA Trophy Room: Hold the newly-unveiled Larry O\u2019Brien trophy, recreated in VR. Take a selfie in virtual reality and share it with friends in real life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-223086 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBATrophy_16x9-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBATrophy_16x9.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBATrophy_16x9.jpeg 951w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBATrophy_16x9.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBATrophy_16x9.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBATrophy_16x9.jpeg 470w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBATrophy_16x9.jpeg 345w, https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/NBATrophy_16x9.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To learn about how to explore the NBA Lane VR experience, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/experiences\/quest\/2532035600194083\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In October, the league rolled out the NBA Lane campaign to celebrate its 75th anniversary season. The campaign pays homage to the game\u2019s greatest legends and the modern-day stars who\u2019ve [&hellip;]\n&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/2022\/05\/17\/nba-lane-vr-experience-allows-fans-to-celebrate-leagues-75th-anniversary-in-the-metaverse\/\" class=\"more\">More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":223076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8899],"tags":[411,9039],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223087,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223075\/revisions\/223087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsvideo.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}