Assuming Vision Pro sets off a new device adoption cycle over the next few years (and assume lower cost and Android version), what sport do you think: 1. Benefits the most on a relative basis, i.e. grows in popularity from the baseline today 2. Is the most enjoyable in full immersive mode
Sorry to be the one to say it’s probably some version of procreation.
I think individual sports will what will click - something like golf might work, tennis is something you mentioned already, squash is another - shooting might work with an add on game gun lol
1. fitness 2.boxing I did some 3d model freelancing for a VR fitness game a year ago
I wish I could have the wingsuit proximity flying experience 🫡
A lot of Olympics' events would really hit on Vision Pro 💥
1. Tbh I think a newly invented esport is going to go from zero to hero v quick. 2. I’m gonna niche down and say “college basketball” - I think the vibe of pro basketball might change as people pay less to show up, but colleges will always have a captive student body in the audience at games
All f1 cars already have a bunch of cameras on them so am sure they can nail down the immersion part
Maybe more 2. than 1. but if someone is able to crack the NBA courtside UX, that could be massive. Especially given the current price. In this thread, someone mentions a company Apple acquired that seemed to be doing things right (https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/10w83by/nba_vr_is_pretty_disappointing/)
1. While I don't know how it'd work, I think F1 is likely best positioned to take advantage of new tech. They seem to be good at creating good experiences for fans. 2. I hear Hockey is really fun live compared to on TV. For me, I'd love to be courtside to NBA games regularly
Part of me wants to say air racing for both 1 & 2, but the other part of me is already feeling motion sickness 🫠
Honestly could be golf for both, 1. Bc in some places golf is prohibitively expensive (Asia)
I find golf and ping pong to be very fun to play on my quest. I think basketball will be most fun to watch since it’s also the most fun to watch live.
scuba diving in pre-bleach coral reefs captured at a particular point in history 🥲 and would probably be fun/easier to spar, or at least that’s the part i found hardest to train regularly when i did muay thai!
Extreme sports and competitions like X Games. Thinking skateboarding and snowboarding from multiple vantage points unavailable to the average fan and mounted on the riders helmet.
football: seeing the whole field of play instead of the zoomed view would be a better experience than anything existing basketball: court side view or that 3d model view that looked like the alien chess from star wars, both awesome hot take: F1 wouldn’t really get better from this
1. Fishing 2. Esports (especially fighting games and FPS) and porn
UFC/Boxing will be sweet close up bigger hurdle is 360 cameras IMO
Pickle ball, because it will be the most easily simulated given the medium
1. Hockey 2. Basketball I’m not a basketball person, but the sports I prefer (soccer, American football) are best experienced from above for a full field view. TV almost gives you all of that now. Basketball is the best sideline/courtside experience in terms of feeling what happens.
1. Golf, Canoeing. Tennis is already hugely popular, but then so is golf. 2. Horse riding, motorcross.
Golf. Wear the Vision Pro at the driving range and play a full round at Augusta with Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan. The AI enabled NPCs can make suggestions on how to improve your swing.