NextVR and Fox Sports to broadcast boxing event in virtual reality

This is what a ringside seat looks like in 2016. Live VR company NextVR has partnered with Fox Sports to broadcast the upcoming January 23 Premier Boxing Champions matches live in virtual reality. It will be available for free on the Samsung Gear VR headset, via the NextVR app. In an email to Cynopsis Digital, a spokesperson for NextVR was bullish on the company’s viewership prospects. “We anticipate our audience growth to expand in the immediate future. The install base of potential viewers is already well into the millions, and we had viewers from 120 countries for a recent Democratic Presidential debate in late 2015,” the company wrote. “In regards to VR technology being costly for some users, Qualcomm announced a new partnership with NextVR to bring virtual reality content to any mobile device with the latest chip, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor. We expect VR streaming to become more mainstream through mobile devices in the future, and help make VR technology more accessible.”

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