Basketball app Gymnasium Class VR launches on Meta Quest

IRL Studios’ new basketball app Gymnasium Class VR is launching on Meta Quest. This app permits gamers to play basketball by themselves or with buddies and opponents from around the globe. First proven at Meta Join 2022, Gymnasium Class VR garnered many optimistic evaluations throughout its time in Meta’s App Lab.

“Since its introduction final yr, Gymnasium Class VR has turn out to be the highest app for anybody trying to play digital actuality basketball,” mentioned Paul Katsen, Co-Founder at Gymnasium Class VR, in a press launch. “We’re excited to welcome new gamers to the world’s largest VR basketball neighborhood as Gymnasium Class VR launches within the Meta Quest retailer. We thank our unbelievable traders for believing in what we’re constructing, with the promise of extra thrilling information and partnerships coming later this yr.”

The launch has additionally introduced in new funding. 35V (Kevin Durant and Wealthy Kleiman), SOMA Capital (Aneel Ranadive), Andre Iguodala and Rudy Cline-Thomas, GSW Sports activities Ventures, Lonzo Ball, Danny Inexperienced, and Zaza Pachulia all took half. This spherical follows one other bout of funding from August of this yr.

“The Gymnasium Class VR group is reimagining the way in which folks play, be taught, train and socialize by basketball,” mentioned Andrew Chen, Normal Associate, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). “It’s uncommon that one app can ship every thing from social engagement to content material creation to health, and all by VR. We’re sturdy believers within the imaginative and prescient and the group who proceed to show that Gymnasium Class VR has a large viewers and alternative.”

Gymnasium Class VR is launching as a free-to-play title however affords in-app purchases like skins and equipment. GM Mode, an in-app buy, offers you a non-public, invite-only courtroom and a full physique avatar. The free accounts have entry to public courts and the power to play solo for follow.