The San Francisco Shock space in Sansar.
The San Francisco Shock space in Sansar.
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Sansar elevates Overwatch League esports viewing with social VR

It’s not often you can combine buzzwords like virtual reality and esports in the same business. But Sansar has done it by enabling esports contests to be viewed in VR.

Linden Lab, the San Francisco maker of Second Life and Sansar, has partnered with multiple professional esports teams in the Overwatch League. Sansar is working with the Houston Outlaws and the San Francisco Shock teams, taking fans beyond the two-dimensional chat that streaming allows.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.