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IRL Studios’ caller hoops app Gym Class VR is launching connected Meta Quest. This app enables players to play hoops by themselves oregon with friends and opponents from astir the world. First shown astatine Meta Connect 2022, Gym Class VR garnered galore affirmative reviews during its clip successful Meta’s App Lab.

“Since its instauration past year, Gym Class VR has go the apical app for anyone looking to play virtual world basketball,” said Paul Katsen, Co-Founder astatine Gym Class VR, successful a property release. “We’re excited to invited caller players to the world’s largest VR hoops assemblage arsenic Gym Class VR launches successful the Meta Oculus Quest store. We convey our fantastic investors for believing successful what we are building, with the committedness of much breathtaking quality and partnerships coming aboriginal this year.”

VR is astir the lone spot I tin dunk a basketball.

The motorboat has besides brought successful caller funding. 35V (Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman), SOMA Capital (Aneel Ranadive), Andre Iguodala and Rudy Cline-Thomas, GSW Sports Ventures, Lonzo Ball, Danny Green, and Zaza Pachulia each took part. This circular follows different bout of backing from August of this year.

“The Gym Class VR squad is reimagining the mode radical play, learn, workout and socialize done basketball,” said Andrew Chen, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). “It’s uncommon that 1 app tin present everything from societal engagement to contented instauration to fitness, and each done VR. We are beardown believers successful the imaginativeness and the squad who proceed to beryllium that Gym Class VR has a monolithic assemblage and opportunity.”

Gym Class VR is launching arsenic a free-to-play rubric but offers in-app purchases similar skins and accessories. GM Mode, an in-app purchase, gives you a private, invite-only tribunal and a afloat assemblage avatar. The escaped accounts person entree to nationalist courts and the quality to play solo for practice.

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