In Praha, @yerdua found her way to the TV tower (w/ cerny’s climbing babies), the Meet Factory, and the astronomical clock, all from memory.
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From San Francisco, she travelled across the US, taking a left at Florida, and made her way up the Eastern seaboard to Philadelphia.
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She then spent a comical half hour “driving” to her parents’ house in suburban NJ crawling on hands & knees to read road signs as she went.
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I opted to take several of Google’s demo “tours”, and found each one more awe and joy-inspiring than the last. What a beautiful world!
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There are so many lovely touches as well, from the choice of scale and framing, to the subtle interface decisions, and extensive ambient sfx
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Whether it’s church bells in Florence or wind sweeping across the vast expanse of the Atacama Desert, the result is always richly immersive.
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Everyone should experience Google Earth VR. It’s a beautiful historic achievement of art & technology, and points towards an amazing future.
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I’m likely babbling here, but I’m genuinely agog. This is the closest I expect I’ll ever come to what it felt to first see Earth from space.
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Google Earth VR is the ultimate infinite dollhouse, a clear signpost of the power and potential of virtual reality. Such a source of wonder.
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