Enjoy a view overlooking the cathedrals and the Italian or the skyscrapers in new york, just wandering through the snowy forests of the regions in the north or explore the arid desert… And all this, without putting the slightest foot outside of her home. Google has made the virtual exploration of the world possible, by publishing Thursday, on the Steam platform, its software Google Earth VR (virtual reality), report several media such as Konbini.
This is simply the version of “virtual reality” of its popular tool for 3D mapping. But rather than traveling the world through the screen of his computer and frame-by-frame, the user is immersed in landscapes in high definition and 360 degrees.
A free software, but that requires expensive hardware
As shown in a video presentation posted on YouTube, it is possible to vary the points of view, “rise” like to stay on the ground. “You can hover over a city, you stand at the foot of a mountain, and even propel you in space,” writes Google. According to Konbini, only a few military areas are not present in the map.
Google Earth VR is free, but requires, of course, the use of a virtual reality helmet and not only that, the HTC VIVID, the price of which is about 900 euros. According to the site Next Inpact, the giant of the web, however, should decline its application to other media. In addition, note the site Futura Sciences, the costs of the computer hardware needed to support the resources, high of the software. For the time being, Google Earth VR, therefore, is not a product accessible to all.
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