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ESPN / KPN Live VR Football

Live football in a virtual skybox, with fans watching together

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James at the viewing party: designing the virtual skybox and integrating Tiledmedia’s SDK for the live match feed.

For ESPN Netherlands and KPN, I built the Unity VR skybox and integrated Tiledmedia’s SDK for the live match feed. The experience was shown at Go!Gaming in Utrecht on 6 April 2024, when fans watched PSV–AZ live in VR.

Two views of the game

Inside the headset, a stadium view gives fans a sense of being at the match. A floating TV feed provides the close-ups alongside it, keeping both ways of following the action in the same virtual skybox.

Transparent photographic illustration with the labels VIRTUAL SKYBOX, Stadium view and TV close-ups: an archived football stadium view with its floating TV feed, beside a seated headset viewer holding controllers.

A shared viewing party

Fans sat together at Go!Gaming and followed the live match through Meta Quest headsets. The event brought the VR experience into a room where people could watch and react together.

Transparent photographic illustration with ONE MATCH. TOGETHER., In the same room and In the headset: two seated headset viewers raise their arms beside an inset of the archived live stadium experience.
ESPN’s promotional campaign for PSV–AZ on 6 April 2024. KPN’s event announcement.
ESPN’s promotional campaign for PSV–AZ on 6 April 2024. KPN’s event announcement.