Basketball fans will soon be able to experience NBA games like never before in Apple Immersive on Apple Vision Pro, with a selection of live Los Angeles Lakers matchups during the 2025-26 season, courtesy of Spectrum SportsNet. Viewers will feel the intensity of each game as if they were courtside, with perspectives impossible to capture in traditional broadcasts. The schedule of games will be revealed later this fall, with the first game streaming by early next year, available through the forthcoming Spectrum SportsNet app for Vision Pro.
In addition to live games for fans in the Lakers' regional broadcast territory - which covers Southern California, Hawaii, and parts of southern Nevada, including Las Vegas - full game replays and highlights will be available to Apple Vision Pro users in select countries and regions from both the SportsNet and NBA apps. These live games will be captured using the new URSA Cine Immersive Live camera from Blackmagic Design, a version of the camera that launched earlier this year to capture Apple Immersive for Vision Pro, and will be available for purchase next year.
Apple Immersive allows viewers to experience stories as if they were right in the middle of them, from intimate documentaries and groundbreaking sports performances, to music, travel, and more. Apple Vision Pro users can enjoy a growing slate of original series and films in Apple Immersive, including Adventure, Metallica, VIP: Yankee Stadium, and the all-new Tour De Force from CANAL+ and MotoGP. New films from the Audi F1 team, Red Bull, and more global studios and brands will launch in the coming months.
Apple Vision Pro users can also enjoy traditional game broadcasts live and on demand with the Spectrum TV and NBA apps. The NBA app for Vision Pro allows fans with NBA League Pass to see real-time player and game stats, watch up to five live games in 2D at once with multiview, and see player movements on a 3D court with tabletop mode for select games.
Pricing and Availability
- Apple Vision Pro is available in Australia, Canada, China mainland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. Customers can book a demo online , and demos are hosted at all Apple Store locations where Vision Pro is available.
- The Los Angeles Lakers in Apple Immersive from Spectrum SportsNet will be available to Apple Vision Pro users running visionOS 26 or later. It will be available live and on demand in the U.S. through the Spectrum SportsNet and NBA apps. Users outside of the Lakers' broadcast territory may be subject to regional broadcast restrictions. Full game replays and highlights in Apple Immersive will be available on demand from both apps one to three days after the conclusion of each game. A subscription to Spectrum broadband or Spectrum SportsNet is required to use the Spectrum SportsNet app. The Spectrum TV app for iPad is available on Vision Pro, allowing Spectrum subscribers to enjoy traditional game broadcasts live and on demand on a giant theater-sized display.
- The NBA app for Apple Vision Pro is available for free in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. Full game replays and highlights in Apple Immersive will also be available on demand in Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the UAE, and the UK through the NBA app. An NBA ID is required to watch live games, replays, and highlights in Apple Immersive in the NBA app. NBA League Pass is required to watch traditional game broadcasts live and on demand in the NBA App.
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