NBC has promised to broadcast 85 hours of the 2016 Rio Olympics in virtual reality. The opening and closing ceremonies, plus men’s basketball, gymnastics, track and field, beach volleyball, diving, boxing, and fencing events will all be available for the Samsung Gear VR headset, through a special section of the NBC Sports app. Besides needing a Samsung smartphone, viewers will require a paid TV subscription, as they would to watch NBC’s non-VR broadcasts online. NBC’s VR programming will be released with a delay, from August 6th — the day after the opening ceremony — to August 22nd, after the closing. While virtual reality video can often be viewed as flatscreen 360-degree video without a headset, it’s not clear whether that will be the case here.
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