Pérez Unveils ‘Infinite Bernabéu’ VR Project In New Collaboration With Apple

‎Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, has shared new details about the club’s “Infinite Bernabéu” virtual reality project, describing the partnership with Apple as “like opening the stadium doors to the entire planet.”

‎More than 30 specialised cameras were used to film Madrid’s 1-0 Champions League win over Juventus. The footage will be released next year as a documentary for Apple’s Vision Pro VR headset.

‎The NFL played its first regular-season game in Spain this past Sunday at the Bernabéu as the Miami Dolphins scored a 16-13 win over the Washington Commanders in front of 78,610 fans.

‎Pérez, who tested the ‘Infinite Bernabéu’ concept during a 2024 AGM speech, welcomed a delegation from the technology company to the Bernabéu on Wednesday.

‎”[It’s] a project I’ve been pursuing for many years: to allow any fan to experience the excitement of the Bernabéu as if they were right here in the stadium,” Pérez told GQ in an interview.

‎”I call it the Infinite Bernabéu, a place where anyone, from their own home, can experience a live match, with a sense of presence and emotion that was previously impossible.”

‎The additional cameras captured footage throughout the Bernabéu tunnel, pitchside, press box, and press conference room during the Oct. 22 Juventus match, as a trial of the new technology.

‎”It will be like opening the stadium doors to the entire planet, without limits, without barriers,” Pérez said, “with a technological quality that will mark a before and after in the world of sports.”

‎Pérez said that the project was not primarily focused on increasing revenue.

‎”The economic impact is important, of course, but it shouldn’t be our short-term obsession,” he said.

‎”What’s really special is offering a billion Real Madrid fans, around the world, the experience they want to have.”