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Google Earth VR - Walk the earth in VR

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Explore the world from totally new perspectives. Stroll the streets of Tokyo, soar over Yosemite, or teleport across the globe.

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Google just announced last week. This makes me think about how Google Earth might evolve, to become (or perhaps power) Second Life-like experiences with real-world locations and data.
ready Player One?
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Or the Metaverse!
hahaha awesome connotation
The fact that this isn't on Daydream VR irks me.
This will help me fight my fears of heights 😱 Why is it not shown with a Daydream set though?
only available for the HTC Vive, crazy. must be some sort of barter for getting them to make the Pixel?
Daydream is powered by a smartphone (currently only compatible with the Google Pixel), which does not have enough computing or rendering power or positional tracking to be able to run something this heavy and this interactive.
I doubt it- Valve really owns that platform, even though HTC manufactures the hardware product.
The evolution of Google Earth both freaks me out and makes me more excited at the same time !
This is getting cooler and cooler. Why move our bodies when we can just move our minds.
Wow, I've just tried it. It's crazy how detailed it is. Feels like SimCity VR. Quite surprised there's no Search option in a Google app.
This might be the app that has me purchase my first VR rig.
Very nice!
Seriously this is SO COOL - we played with Google Earth VR yesterday in our mixed reality studio at VRScout and live streamed it on Facebook! Check it out if you want to see our tour around the world, guided by requests from the audience:
I don't get it. Is it an app, do you watch via browser, how does this work?
You can get it on Steam if you own a HTC Vive, at the moment this is the only way.
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