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NextVR, Fox Sports to Beam Opening Bundesliga League Soccer Match Live in VR

NextVR will team with Fox Sports to broadcast the opening match of the Bundesliga soccer league’s 2016-17 season in live virtual reality, the companies said in a Monday announcement. The match, which pits Bayern München against Werder Bremen, is scheduled…

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for 8:30 p.m. Munich time (2:30 p.m. EDT) Friday. It's the first time the Bundesliga league will broadcast live to an international audience in VR, they said. Viewers will have the ability to watch a produced feed with cameras placed in the stands, along the sidelines, midfield and behind the goal, they said. The broadcast will be available for free through the Fox Sports portal on the NextVR platform viewable on Samsung Gear VR headsets, they said.