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Have you ever felt the burning desire to be in the same room with Presidential candidates during a 2-3 hour long debate? Now you can be there virtually from the comfort of your own home!
CNN and NextVR will make history on October 13th by hosting the first-ever live stream of a news event in virtual reality, giving viewers a front-row seat to CNN's 2016 election debates.
The network is partnering with virtual reality technology platform NextVR to stream the CNN Democratic Presidential Debate live, in full 3D immersive virtual reality, from Las Vegas, NV.
The live stream follows CNN and NextVR's first virtual reality experience at the CNN Ronald Reagan Debate, where it quietly filmed the highest rated event in CNN history in virtual reality to make it available to users on demand. This experience is now available to users who have a Samsung GearVR virtual reality headset by visiting the NextVR portal in the Oculus Store. Once downloaded, the debate can be seen from the perspective of an audience member at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
The October 13th debate will feature 5 candidates, along with Vice President Biden should he choose to enter the race. You can discuss the debate on my journal.
[Ed's Comment: Discuss the technology in the comments below, but please leave the political discussion for Takyon's journal.]
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday October 13 2015, @04:34PM
I dunno, this article does seem like fair game to me on Soylent, without even needing to go to the "Stuff That Matters" we usually cite when people complain about non-tech articles. Technology is a human construct, and how humanity uses technology should be interesting to every technologist who wants to design and create useful technology. Seeing VR employed in an American presidential debate is definitely a golden opportunity for that, because it doesn't get any more high profile than that.
Do I personally give a crap about seeing Hillary Clinton in VR? No, because I have spoken to her in person and that was plenty, thank you very much. Do I care about anything she or the other candidates say? Nope, I've stopped caring because they are irrelevant. But I am interested in watching the reaction of non-technical people to the use of VR. Will it be a giant 'meh,' or a Wizard of Oz moment when Dorothy emerges from the tornado-deposited house into a world of color?
Washington DC delenda est.