Democratic Presidential Debate 2016: Date, Time & Preview, Live Streaming & VR on CNN
CNN is planning to live-stream the first Democratic presidential debate of 2015 "in full 3D immersive virtual reality."
According to CNET, the Atlanta based network is assuring all of its viewers a "front-row seat" for the October 13, Las Vegas showdown. The debate will air live on CNN and is the first of six slated for the party's primary season. Network officials recently announced the time and location for the event will be announced in the coming weeks.
To make good on their boast, network execs are reported to have entered into a partnership agreement with Next VR, a virtual-reality company that airs a host of sporting events through those very channels via Samsung's Gear VR headset equipment.
"Users are able to hold a gaze on a particular candidate, catch off-screen interactions and more," CNN officials announced in a statement. "Each and every viewer has a seat in the room and a new perspective on presidential debates."
Polls continue to show former Secretary of State and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as the party's frontrunner, though Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has gained some ground in several recent polls.
According to CNN, a recent Quinnipac University national survey of likely democratic voters finds the former First Lady lapping the field with an 18-point lead over Sanders and 43 percent of the overall vote.
Current vice president Joe Biden, who has yet to publicly declare if he will be a candidate, checks in with 18 percent of the vote and when he is taken out of the mix Clinton's numbers jump to 53 percent, while Sanders just modestly manages to pick up five points.
Former governors Martin O'Malley of Maryland and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island are also part of the democratic field, as is former Virginia senator Jim Webb.
"With six debates scheduled -- at a pace of roughly one per month -- voters will have ample opportunities to hear our candidates discuss their visions for our country's future," DNC chairman Debbie Wasserman Schultz recently wrote in a post on the Medium.
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