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Re: Google Earth VR

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matthjensen wrote: post #39
secure wrote: post #31

I played this for about 2 hours recently, and it’s so much fun! Flying around like that really gives you a perspective of your home town that you don’t usually get. For instance, I have discovered that there’s actually train tracks underneath a bridge over which I drive fairly frequently — from inside the tram, I never saw them. Notably, this is significantly better than the “liquid galaxy” installations one can find…

What else is on the list of things you show people who are new to VR?

Valve’s The Lab is fantastic and is usually one of the first things I show.

Next up is Job Simulator. Lots of fun and attention to detail in there.

Then Tilt Brush, because it’s surprisingly fun, even for non-artists.

Earth VR probably goes into the list at this position right here :).

The Cubicle (https://steamcommunity.com/app/452490) has a nice twist to it, but is far less polished than the ones I previously listed.

If the person is into shooters and online gaming, definitely Hover Junkers.

Re: Google Earth VR

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Post by mememachine »

jpreiland wrote: post #54
amenod wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I very much doubt these places will allow virtual visitors if they forbid real ones. That is, I doubt Google will be allowed to drive through North Korea with their cars. :)

would satellite imagery be sufficient?

I would guess that it will still work but at a (noticeably?) lower quality

Re: Google Earth VR

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Post by WhiteNoiz3 »

iandanforth wrote: post #22
VikingCoder wrote: post #15

Was playing with it - it's great. I was flying around the towns I know, but I'm reminded of the places that I need to go when I get a chance: Golden Gate Bridge The Washington Monument Disney World Yosemite Beijing The Grand Canyon

It looks very nausea inducing, even the video gave me a little bit of an issue. Did you experience any of that?

By default it has some comfort options enabled. Basically it blanks out a good portion of your peripheral vision which keeps you from getting sick. Honestly it's one of the best examples of non-nausea inducing locomotion yet.

Re: Google Earth VR

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Post by explodingcamera »

ferongr wrote: post #58

>Google Earth VR is first available on Steam for the HTC Vive The lack of a common VR framework, and no expectation from consumers that a VR-enabled application will be cross-compatible between different systems is the main reason I have not yet bought a headset, and advise people asking me against buying. The VR landscape right now looks like it suffers from consolitis, and I will never support such business models.

SteamVr / OpenVr is a common VR framework and Google even decided to use it, but they just block all headsets but the vive...

Re: Google Earth VR

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Post by qume »

jliptzin wrote: post #60

I really think something like this will displace some tourism/sightseeing (at least at the margins). I have done a ton of traveling all over the world and would much prefer a VR experience like this instead of cramming onto an airplane like cattle for hours, getting accused of being a drug lord at every border crossing, dealing with foreigners who seem to hate Americans, etc. Most tourist cities are pretty much the s…

Wow. You are why united states citizens have such a bad rep overseas. For the sake of the good people of the US im glad you will now only travel in VR
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