The EuroMillions Basketball League’s bpost cup final — the championship game for the highest Belgian professional basketball league’s cup competition — on Feb. 19 was reportedly the first Belgian basketball game to be live-streamed in 360-degree virtual reality.
The title game between BC Telenet Oostende and Hubo Limburg United was filmed using six conjoining GoPro devices that stitched and streamed the images directly to viewers. Sund, a Belgian digital agency, conducted the live stream in conjunction with Belgian Wi-Fi connectivity company In Any Event.
When using virtual reality headsets, viewers were able to experience a live, 360-degree panorama of the surrounding atmosphere, from a center court seat, at the Forest National arena in Brussels.