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<v 0>All right guys, um, new career goal, I'm about to become an NFL quarterback,</v>

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thanks to the magic of VR. So there's a new VR game. We're getting a demo here.

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It's called NFL pro era.

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The first game where you get to be on the field in VR and throw,

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I have no idea what I'm doing and this is going to be amazing.

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So maybe they'll make me, uh, uh, a Miami dolphin. What do you say? Eh,

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I have no idea what I'm in for

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NFL pro era is the first ever NFL licensed virtual reality game.

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And it's worth noting that this is the first major gaming title that was

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developed by athletes.

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It costs $30 and it's available to download now on both the meta and PlayStation

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VR stores.

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This game is all about playing as the quarterback and the crew first put me

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in a room so I could practice the controls. Why.

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<v 3>Don't you look at your left hand? Like you're telling the time.</v>

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<v 1>Okay.</v>

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<v 3>You should see a.</v>

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<v 0>Plus button. Yeah. Now.</v>

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<v 3>You're gonna click. Yep.</v>

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<v 0>The key here is that you have to release the trigger during your throw at just</v>

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the right time. Oh. That that went to the ground. Okay.

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That's the training modes. Let you throw balls at various targets.

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Some are moving targets and you can connect with others online for a game of VR

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catch.

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<v 2>&lt;Laugh&gt;. Hey.</v>

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<v 0>This is awesome.</v>

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The company behind this game is a sports technology and gaming startup called

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status pro it's. Based in Miami, I spoke with co-founder Troy Jones,

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a former division one quarterback.

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<v 4>So we're drilling in just to the quarterback position for this game.</v>

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Mm-hmm &lt;affirmative&gt; um, as we launch, you know,

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we'll be an annually released game. So as we launch in the future,

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we will introduce defense and wide receiver and running back what that work.

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So again, as Texas balls, we'll figure it out.

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But right now you can move around.

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Like you can hang out in the stadium with your friends, play, catch,

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play one on ones, run around.

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So we're actually gonna use that as a prototype center for people to tell us

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like, Hey, it feels good when I do this, it doesn't feel as good when I do that.

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Right?

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So just understanding that this is a long term vision and a long term play.

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We wanted to introduce something that was compelling and then build on top of it

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for years to come.

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<v 0>Okay.</v>

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Time for some real pressure in a two minute game to see how much I can score

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being from Miami, myself. I had to go with my dolphins.

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<v 1>Our rock stadium. You're in the stadium.</v>

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Now we're about to start simple two minute drill, try as many as you can.

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All okay.

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<v 0>You are.</v>

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<v 1>I'm.</v>

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<v 0>Against the Packers and.</v>

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<v 1>Sarah. So.</v>

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<v 0>What you're seeing is gameplay that we recorded from home later and paired it up</v>

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with my experience.

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So that way I can help show you what it's like inside the headset.

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<v 1>All right. So now.</v>

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<v 0>You're in the huddle. Hey guys, what's.</v>

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<v 1>Up? Look down at your left wrist. All right. Do that wristband. Yeah.</v>

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It's gonna tell you your play right there.

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Hit that brake button with your virtual finger. Just push it in.

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You don't even have to, to click. Yeah. There you go. Okay. All right.

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So the way that you hand the ball off. Okay.

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So look to your right and find your running back. You see him, uh.

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<v 5>Uh.</v>

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<v 1>Sure. Okay. So when you snap the ball,</v>

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you're gonna catch it and then you're gonna place it into his chest and let go

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of.

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<v 5>That trigger. How am I snapping the ball? I just you're.</v>

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<v 1>Gonna hit those.</v>

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<v 5>Triggers. Right? Okay. Hit.</v>

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<v 1>That. And then you hit him again to catch the ball. Hit it.</v>

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<v 5>Take it, take it. Oh, go, go, go.</v>

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<v 1>All right. First down, six yard.</v>

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<v 5>We're cooking. I'm like, take it. Take the ball.</v>

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<v 1>Snap. Look to your left. Look at your receivers. Look, look good.</v>

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Look your right. All.

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<v 5>Sure.</v>

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<v 1>All so now snap it.</v>

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<v 5>Oh, now what do I do? &lt;laugh&gt; where's that?</v>

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Where's that's.

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<v 1>It was close though.</v>

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<v 5>What am I supposed to be looking for? Who do I throw it to?</v>

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That's what I'm saying. This is what do.

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<v 1>I throw to? You know, it was so hard to be an NFL quarterback. He.</v>

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<v 5>Left real quick. Yeah. Does anybody look good? Yeah. Yeah. He's glowing.</v>

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Like right there. He's glowing and okay, sure. Now.

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<v 1>That your right lets.</v>

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<v 5>Your right he's glowing.</v>

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<v 1>Ooh, I like that guy all way on the outside. Looks like anyone's.</v>

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<v 5>Right. Okay. Okay. So.</v>

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<v 1>Snap it and.</v>

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<v 5>Then look to him as throw oh, delay, delay the game. That's my fault.</v>

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Oh no. Did.

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<v 1>He get it? That's the first down. Did he.</v>

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<v 5>Get it? That's first. Got it. He got it.</v>

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That's tell all the

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sure. Take, take, take, take, take. No, that doesn't look good.

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That does. Is that good? Is that good? It's the cut sound? Oh, I couldn't even.

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<v 1>Tell if you can see me. I.</v>

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<v 5>All, here we go. You take it. You got it.</v>

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I just feel like I was in my living room. I totally like.

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<v 1>Look around you. You're only a football field in an NFL stadium.</v>

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<v 5>This is so cool. This crazy dream tech feature,</v>

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even if it's not invented yet. Okay.

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What would be the cool thing to do with VR in a.

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<v 4>Football game? That's awesome to be able to have my friends, you, me,</v>

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everyone in this room have our own teams and we're all playing in the same

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virtual stadium with each other. Me as a quarterback, he was a running back,

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someone else on defense. And we're all just playing a,

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a virtual NFL football game, but literally with every position on the field.

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<v 6>Ah, this will be actually be extremely funny. So I've been,</v>

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I played with a bunch of teams. I played for bill Beech.

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I played for John Harba. I played for some amazing coaches. Uh,

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the experience that a lot of people would love to see is what happens in the

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locker room at half time. You know, you come in that locker room,

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you're winning, it's a different conversation.

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You come in that locker room and you're losing, right. And,

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and especially by bill Belichick, coach team or some other team,

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I think that that would be a really cool, um,

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experienced to be sitting down in the locker room, looking around and, uh,

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taking that feedback, whatever, whether it's positive or negative. Um,

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but I think that that would be a fun experience. We.

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<v 5>Tried. Yeah, we tried. We tried.</v>

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<v 1>How you feeling sweaty?</v>

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<v 5>No it.</v>

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<v 0>Man, right? Yeah. I could see myself easily playing like a little bit,</v>

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but I'm like, I'm like, uh, like, like, like this kind of game,

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you don't really do the, um, like the offense as much.

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It's really just like throwing. Right. Well, there's,

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that was smoother than I thought. Uh, and a lot more fun. Um,

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and you see the helmet in there,

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you're looking around and it's so funny cuz in the moment you feel that pressure

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I'm like going, what do I do? And I saw it would be like a delay of game. Like,

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oh, you gotta act fast. They're just coming at you.

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Um, I did actually feel, you know, anyone right into me obviously,

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but your brain starts playing tricks on you a little bit.

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Cuz I like one point I wanted to run in. I'm like, let me just go forward.

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&lt;laugh&gt; there's nowhere to run. I mean, I don't wanna run into like, you know,

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the wall or anything, but uh, I, I was getting a feel for it.

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That was no training and I just got a feel for it. That was great.

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Obviously it's so important to like make it intuitive. I don't play VR.

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Um, I don't don't play a lot of football either, but it was easy.

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I just didn't really know my football players,

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but I didn't need to know my football players. I just kept going. Sure, sure.

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Let's just go with what is preselected and then I could just also randomize it

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and just like throw it.

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But yet you do have to get a feel for like when you're releasing,

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if you have two hands on, if you're holding it, cuz every times I dropped it,

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but it's all good. I feel pretty good. I feel pretty good about what I,

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what I brought to the team today.

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The real interesting twist to me is that the founders of this game come from a

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sports background and that can take this game in a different direction than

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other football titles.

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<v 6>They wanna make sure that the game feels real. You know,</v>

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uh, when I put on the headset, I can tell you whether or not, ah,

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this is kind of like the real thing or no, this is the real thing.

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And so I think having those two, um,

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mindsets as we create is what lends itself to making sure

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that this thing is a real experience.

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<v 0>This is all new stuff and this is the kind of stuff that's gonna get families</v>

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excited about VR during the holidays,

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when they wanna be able to put the headset on and actually play a game,

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hit me up in the comments on what features you wanna see in your ideal VR

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football game and what other sports you would like to try. I gave this a try.

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Would you until next time, thanks for watching.