Animal Planet Found a Way to Make This Year's Puppy Bowl Even Better

Correction appended, Jan. 7

You can now visit the famed Puppy Bowl stadium in virtual reality, bringing adorable animal sports into the future.

Before the annual Puppy Bowl — the fluffiest event to air alongside the Super Bowl — Animal Planet has released four videos through the Discovery VR website and app. The footage can pair with virtual reality goggles to give puppy enthusiasts anywhere a close-up experience with the canine athletes.

Viewers can enter the Puppy Bowl stadium and watch three puppies play tug of war. In the highlight reel, they can experience a cascade of dog toys flying towards them in slow-motion, drawing a pack of puppies in its wake. With VR technology utilized for this critical purpose, the potential for puppy viewing enjoyment seem limitless.

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Animal Planet coordinated with 44 different animal shelters across 25 states to build the line-up for this year’s Puppy Bowl XII.

[USA Today]

Correction: The original version of this story misstated the edition of this year’s Puppy Bowl. It is Puppy Bowl XII.

Write to Julia Zorthian at julia.zorthian@time.com.