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Editing the lat/lngs should enable you to visit wherever you choose.
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I've been using DK2 + Leap Motion to play some of the simpler Vive only titles. I'll try it and report back.
Please do! I'd like to avoid cluttering my desk with too many more gadgets.
It's pretty tough to use with the Leap Motion. However - you can run the tours via the mouse on the desktop. (Also - in another comment I mentioned you can edit the tours in a text editor so that might be enough to keep people happy.
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Yet... And once you can leverage the power of the cloud for rendering that makes VR a much more portable proposition.
This isn't really a "yet" case -- it's just physics. Even if you assume that this is all light speed and that congestion, routing latency, etc aren't a factor -- it's still impossible. You need to send your input (sensory and otherwise) to a server, then get a response, 90 times a second. That's 11ms round trip for the entire transaction. Light can only travel 2050mi in that time, meaning a maximum distance of 1025mi…
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Depends on your use case. If it's better than Street View, I'll definitely use it a lot (once I get my hands on a compatible headset, that is). I use Street View a lot and I think it's one of the most amazing Google services.
Honestly what are you using it for, if you don't mind me asking?
Also, I'm looking for a house to buy (more a wish than an actual search) and we always look at the neighborhood.
Also to see where my family lives, and we kind of virtually travel (no money for actual travel for now).
I used to work for an insurance company and the house insurers actually used it to give the houses we were insuring a quick check (if windows have bars, for instance) to avoid actually inspecting it if possible (and seeing which merited a more thorough inspection).
I now work for a travel agency and they use it to see hotel's neighbourhoods.
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They are, and I've done both. But I think two things will limit the majority of people doing the latter: it's expensive, and some experiences are getting very crowded and even limited by ticket. Things like The Wave, Half Dome, etc are already on permit/lottery systems. Other places are so crowded that it seriously impacts the experience (parts of the Louvre, the Vatican). Visiting the Sahara from Morocco requires fl…
> Other places are so crowded that it seriously impacts the experience (parts of the Louvre, the Vatican). I will never, ever go back to Palais Versailles. The gardens, maybe. Inside? Hell no. It was a really long wait to eventually be shoved through a cattle-chute of an experience for a couple hours, barely able to see anything, unable to take enough time to really look around due to the motion of the crowd, some ot…
I think initially people will decry virtual tourism as inferior but eventually cost and convenience will make it very popular. And then we'll see a seriously blurred line between true tourism (Versailles, for example) and enhanced (Westworld, shot around Moab in Utah) or completely invented worlds (Avatar). And another blurred line between those sorts of traditional experiences and the same being gamified at varying levels.
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Seeing the Sahara on a screen, and climbing a sand dune, are two very different experiences.
That's very true. It's a matter of personal preference, and to me the VR experience seems to be surpassing the point at which a physical journey may not be worth the hassle or the cost.
The joy of summiting a mountain is diminished if you ride a tram to the top instead of climbing it.
Honestly, I'm visiting Mecca tonight. And then Tehran. And then North Korea.
Why the downvote? How visiting forbidden places isn't on the top of mind for people using this is beyond me. Area 51, White House grounds, Russian military bases, Syria. I know the experience will vary, but think big.
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