New NBA App feature lets you enter yourself into live games

DALLAS — Have you ever dreamed of seeing yourself in the midst of an NBA sport hitting stepback three-pointers like Luka Doncic? How about breaking down a defender like Kyrie Irving? 

Well, with a new streaming experience through the NBA app, you will be capable of. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed off the brand new feature on the All-Star sport in Utah, utilizing longtime NBA analyst Ahmad Rashad for example.

Silver used the app to scan Rashad’s physique in a 360-degree, which then uploaded his bodily options as an avatar that may be put into the place of gamers on a sport’s stream. 

Watch the presentation here: 

Rashad’s avatar was put into the place of Talen Horton-Tucker on a clip the place he throws down a one-handed tomahawk dunk. The crowd cheered as Rashad’s digital avatar dunked on Lakers ahead Damian Jones.

Here is the real-life clip of the dunk: 

Silver stated the app feature will enable customers to insert themselves as gamers whereas streaming the sport. So, in principle, you may play as – or alongside – Doncic within the Mavs uniform. Or another participant on the courtroom for that matter.

This is simply the most recent of know-how’s newest developments within the NBA world. Doncic, himself, launched Luka.AI in September, which is a barely creepy however fascinating method to interact with Mavs followers.

Luka’s new metahuman character is positioned totally on TikTok. The synthetic intelligence is augmented with neural community applied sciences and learns new behaviors in actual time and interacts with different customers.

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