Meta’s September unveiling of Immersive Sports was overshadowed by Zuckerberg’s new Meta VR Glasses, set to launch in spring 2027. But Faultline saw the real story, as the only outlet to inform readers about how Meta had been secretly building out its futuristic sports experience with a third-party video technology company. To the delight of Dutch video software firm Tiledmedia, the team can now shout about its Meta work from the rooftops. That is apparently justified, not only because Meta is Meta, but because early reviews of the immersive experience are rather flattering. After approximately a year of cloak-and-dagger development, Tiledmedia— best known for pioneering tile-based encoding for Multiview experiences such as F1—has delivered its flagship video player and newer…