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The NBA app is getting a way to overlay yourself on another player in a live game so that it looks like you are that playe<\/em>r. Yes, it\u2019s as strange as it sounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Here\u2019s how it works \u2014 at least, as shown in an on-stage demo with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Ahmad Rashad. With the NBA app, you\u2019ll be able to scan the person you want to drop into an NBA game by walking around that person and pointing your camera at them. (It seems as if the scanning works like Epic Games\u2019 RealityScan app<\/a>, but for people.) Then, from a menu, you can pick which player to inhabit, and when you do, your scan will be overlaid on top of that player as they move around the court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Unfortunately, we have very few details about when we can actually expect this feature. When we asked the NBA, it pointed us to this brief press release<\/a>, which doesn\u2019t say when the feature might be released. Still, I think it\u2019s a pretty fun feature, and I imagine people will have a lot of fun slotting friends and family as \u201cplayers\u201d in NBA games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The press release also has this interesting nugget: as part of other new features coming to the app, you\u2019ll also be able to \u201ctransport the game to virtual locations.\u201d Maybe I\u2019ll be able to see the Blazers play on Mars?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n