Microsoft HoloLens NFL Demo Imagines How We'll Watch Games in the Future

As part of the Super Bowl 50 festivities in California this week, NFL partner Microsoft put out a new HoloLens concept video that asks the question, "What could the future of football look like?" As you'll see in the video, Microsoft has a pretty ambitious idea for how NFL fans may watch games in the future.

"What if game day was no longer confined to your television screen, but covered your room and took over your coffee table?" Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi said in a blog post accompanying the video.

In the concept video, a variety of mixed-reality scenarios are presented, some of which look a little silly, including Marshawn Lynch virtually crashing through your wall. Others, however, like player stats and instant replays beamed to your coffee table, seem like they might be a nice addition to the viewing experience.

This video was first shared during a panel at Super Bowl 50 this week called "The Future of Football: How Technology Could Shape the Next 50 Years of the Game."

Of course, this is a purely a concept video. It is unclear if Microsoft has any of this functionality up and running at this point or if it has any concrete plans to actually develop something like this. It is still early days for HoloLens, as the VR/AR headset is only just now starting to go out to developers.

In May 2013, Microsoft reached a deal with the NFL reportedly worth around $400 million that gave Microsoft the exclusive rights for Xbox One experiences. Additionally, as part of this deal, real-world NFL coaches were given Surface tablets to use during games. In the Patriots vs. Broncos game last month, the Patriots experienced a technical problem with their tablets, but it was apparently a network issue.

Super Bowl 50 airs February 7 on TV network CBS, whose parent company--CBS Corp.--also owns GameSpot.

Do you think you'll one day watch NFL games in this way? Let us know in the comments below!