What’s the story?
YBVR and Manchester City have launched City Space, a new immersive VR experience on the Xtadium platform for Meta Quest headsets.
Why it matters
The experience gives Manchester City fans a new way to view club content through immersive footage, behind-the-scenes access, and VR perspectives.
The bigger picture
City Space shows how VR platforms are being used to reshape sports content, fan access, and brand placement.
In Virtual Reality News
May 6, 2025 – YBVR, the developer of virtual reality (VR) platform Xtadium, has recently announced a collaboration with Manchester City Football Club on the launch of ‘City Space’, a new immersive VR experience available on the Xtadium platform.
Available exclusively on Meta Quest headsets, City Space allows supporters to relive iconic Manchester City moments and explore immersive 180° content from both the men’s and women’s teams. According to YBVR, the experience provides behind-the-scenes perspectives and first-person views of matchday moments, placing fans inside the action rather than watching from a fixed camera angle.
The company added that as new content is added regularly throughout the season, City Space will continue to evolve, giving supporters fresh immersive VR experiences to discover.
What is Xtadium?
Xtadium combines traditional 2D video with immersive content, offering access to highlights, exclusive footage, and matchday atmosphere, with fans able to look around freely and switch perspectives where available.
YBVR stated the launch of City Space marks a step in its mission to transform how sports are experienced, unlocking new formats for storytelling and a new commercial layer for partners and brands. According to the company, the experience is built around “presence, context, and attention,” and enables brands to integrate directly within the experience to create more meaningful and immersive ways to connect with fans.
How to watch Manchester City in VR on Xtadium
City Space is now live on Xtadium, which is available to download on Meta Quest devices. Once in the Xtadium app, users can navigate to City Space to access available content, with the ability to look around freely and switch perspectives.
For more information on YBVR and its Xtadium platform for immersive sports viewing, please visit the company’s website.
Image credit: YBVR / Xtadium
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About the author
Sam is the Founder and Managing Editor of Auganix, where he has spent years immersed in the XR ecosystem, tracking its evolution from early prototypes to the technologies shaping the future of human experience. While primarily covering the latest AR and VR news, his interests extend to the wider world of human augmentation, from AI and robotics to haptics, wearables, and brain–computer interfaces.