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I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro

I went to the loneliest baseball game on Apple Vision Pro
The Verge Monday 31 August 2026, 21:18 UTC By Mia Sato 1 min read
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Ceddanne Rafaela is tagged out at home plate at Yankee Stadium on August 28th. This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn't make that much sense.

Ceddanne Rafaela is tagged out at home plate at Yankee Stadium on August 28th. | Getty Images

This weekend, I strapped on an Apple Vision Pro to watch a baseball game in immersive virtual reality for the first time. It was technically impressive, visually pretty remarkable, and also didn't make that much sense.

Apple and Major League Baseball chose a classic match-up of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees for the first of its series of four games streamed on the device. I do not review tech for The Verge, but I do watch a lot of baseball - if there's a game on and I'm at home, it's likely on my television. If this is the future of sports, live events, and wearable technology in general, I'd like to see what all the fuss is a …

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