Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
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#2With Timelapse in Google Earth, 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years have been compiled into an interactive 4D experience. Now anyone can watch time unfold and witness nearly four decades of planetary change.
This is amazing, will this be included in the VR versions of google earth? For those who haven't tried it yet Google Earth is the first thing I show friends who've never tried VR before by giving them a Godzilla's eye view of Tokyo. I've yet to find someone who doesn't ":o"
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#4>unfold and witness nearly four decades of planetary change.
four decades of meaningless uncontrolled overpopulation, destruction of pristine nature and its ecosystems, a march of techno-globalism across the planet. Every time I see these timelapses it depresses me quite a bit.
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#5Is it just me or is this feature not showing up? When I put in my address, the little place card on the side doesn't show any controls to move through time.
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#6Looking at Google earth always gives me a feeling that I suspect is similar—though lesser—to what astronauts feel when they look down at earth.
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#7It makes the loss of the Amazon rain forest actually tangible instead of some vague conception of 10% gone.
This is outstanding.
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#8I consider Google Earth something like a modern digital world wonder. These things are absolutely amazing, especially in VR.
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#9Most striking to me is that Google registered a custom TLD (.gle) just to use as a URL shortener. Impressive use of funds.
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#10With Timelapse in Google Earth, 24 million satellite photos from the past 37 years have been compiled into an interactive 4D experience. Now anyone can watch time unfold and witness nearly four decades of planetary change. This is amazing, will this be included in the VR versions of google earth? For those who haven't tried it yet Google Earth is the first thing I show friends who've never tried VR before by giving t…
Are there headsets other than HTC Vive and Oculus Rift that work with it?