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The Professor played basketball at SXSW — in virtual reality

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Grayson “The Professor” Boucher took his stylized technique to SXSW, but not just to any ol’ basketball court — instead, he took them to a new virtual reality experience. Thanks to Mountain Dew, The Verge, and SB Nation, VR junkies got to try out #GotHandles, the new live-action 360-video and interactive CGI game at SXSW, to test their skills against The Professor one-on-one. Turns out, besting The Professor is really hard.

Try it out for yourself here.