52 NBA Games This Season Will Be Streamed In Immersive 180-Degrees To Quest For Free

52 NBA games this season will be streamed in immersive 180-degrees to Quest headsets in the US for free.

That means that American owners of Quest 2, Quest Pro, or Quest 3 can virtually sit courtside at no extra cost, through the Xtadium XR sports viewing app. Xtadium also streams NASCAR for free, and UFC fights for Fight Pass subscribers.

The free NBA games come by way of an ongoing multi-year partnership between Meta and the NBA, which sees Quest continue to be "the official VR headset of the NBA".

Here's the full list of games:

• October 25: Atlanta Hawks vs. Charlotte Hornets (4:00 pm PT)
• October 28: Memphis Grizzlies vs. Washington Wizards (4:00 pm PT)
• October 30: Miami Heat vs. Milwaukee Bucks (5:00 pm PT)
• November 3: Golden State Warriors vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (5:00 pm PT)
• November 6: San Antonio Spurs vs. Indiana Pacers (4:00 pm PT)
• November 10: Minnesota Timberwolves vs. San Antonio Spurs (5:00 pm PT)
• November 14: Dallas Mavericks vs. New Orleans Pelicans (5:00 pm PT)
• November 17: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Atlanta Hawks (4:30 pm PT)
• November 18: New York Knicks vs. Charlotte Hornets (3:00 pm PT)
• November 21: Toronto Raptors vs. Orlando Magic (4:00 pm PT)
• November 24: Detroit Pistons vs. Indiana Pacers (5:00 pm PT)
• November 25: LA Lakers vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (4:30 pm PT)
• November 28: Chicago Bulls vs. Boston Celtics (4:30 pm PT)
• December 2: Indiana Pacers vs. Miami Heat (5:00 pm PT)
• December 11: Denver Nuggets vs. Atlanta Hawks (4:30 pm PT)
• December 14: Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat (4:30 pm PT)
• December 16: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Charlotte Hornets (4:00 pm PT)
• December 18: LA Clippers vs. Indiana Pacers (4:00 pm PT)
• December 20: LA Lakers vs. Chicago Bulls (5:00 pm PT)
• December 21: San Antonio Spurs vs. Chicago Bulls (5:00 pm PT)
• December 23: San Antonio Spurs vs. Dallas Mavericks (5:30 pm PT)
• December 27: New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (5:00 pm PT)
• December 30: LA Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (5:00 pm PT)
• January 2: Boston Celtics vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (5:00 pm PT)
• January 6: Utah Jazz vs. Philadelphia 76ers (4:30 pm PT)
• January 8: Boston Celtics vs. Indiana Pacers (4:00 pm PT)
• January 9: Portland Trail Blazers vs. New York Knicks (4:30 pm PT)
• January 13: New York Knicks vs. Memphis Grizzlies (5:00 pm PT)
• January 15: Indiana Pacers vs. Utah Jazz (6:00 pm PT)
• January 20: San Antonio Spurs vs. Washington Wizards (4:00 pm PT)
• January 21: Denver Nuggets vs. Washington Wizards (3:00 pm PT)
• January 26: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Milwaukee Bucks (5:00 pm PT)
• January 28: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Detroit Pistons (3:00 pm PT)
• January 29: New Orleans Pelicans vs. Boston Celtics (4:30 pm PT)
• February 2: Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards (4:00 pm PT)
• February 3: Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers (3:00 pm PT)
• February 5: Dallas Mavericks vs. Philadelphia 76ers (4:00 pm PT)
• February 9: Charlotte Hornets vs. Milwaukee Bucks (5:00 pm PT)
• February 12: Denver Nuggets vs. Milwaukee Bucks (5:00 pm PT)
• February 26: Brooklyn Nets vs. Memphis Grizzlies (5:00 pm PT)
• March 1: Indiana Pacers vs. New Orleans Pelicans (5:00 pm PT)
• March 4: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (5:00 pm PT)
• March 11: Phoenix Suns vs. Cleveland Cavaliers (4:30 pm PT)
• March 15: Denver Nuggets vs. San Antonio Spurs (5:30 pm PT)
• March 16: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Houston Rockets (2:00 pm PT)
• March 21: Utah Jazz vs. Dallas Mavericks (5:30 pm PT)
• March 24: Golden State Warriors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves (4:00 pm PT)
• March 29: Phoenix Suns vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (5:00 pm PT)
• March 31: LA Lakers vs. Brooklyn Nets (3:00 pm PT)
• April 5: New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls (5:00 pm PT)
• April 7: Sacramento Kings vs. Brooklyn Nets (4:30 pm PT)
• April 12: Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ers (4:00 pm PT)

Xtadium allows you to teleport between courtside and behind-basket cameras so you can get the best view at all times. You can also virtually sit with friends if they also own a Quest headset, and they'll appear beside you as their Meta Avatar.

The 52 180-degree immersive games are free, but NBA League Pass subscribers can also watch any games on floating 2D virtual TV screens in mixed reality using Xtadium's new 'Multi-Game Mode'. This mode supports up to 9 games simultaneously, and you can also apparently "check out the latest player stats and follow every alert, like, and mention on social media while watching the game."

Meta is also relaunching its interactive NBA Arena in its Horizon Worlds "metaverse" platform on November 17. This world will stream the NBA games in 180 degrees too, while also letting you "play interactive games like the Slam Dunk Jam and Basket Blitz to show off your skills as you hang out with fellow fans".

Finally, Meta is selling virtual NBA and WNBA team apparel for your avatar, which you can wear in any app that supports the Meta Avatars SDK, including Xtadium and Horizon Worlds.