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Google Earth Lets You Explore the Planet in Virtual Reality

VRScout

Google Earth is now available for the HTC Vive. If you have access to a Vive, try Google Earth VR for yourself before reading any further. I spoke with Product Manager Mike Podwal and Lead Engineer Dominik Kaeser about all that went into Google Earth. It’s free. Go in blind. Feel all the feelings. Welcome to Earth.

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Google Launches Earth VR on HTC Vive, A Breathtaking New Way to Know Our Planet

Road to VR

Today Google launches Earth VR for the HTC Vive for free, giving us a whole new perspective on the world. I remember, back in 2001, how amazed I was to see Google Earth for the first time. Google Earth made the world tangible in a way we’d never known it. ” “Go to Hawaii!”

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

In 2001, SAS Cube created the first PC based cubic room that then led to the development of Virtools VR pack, a library pack add-on. After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. In 2016, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR were all released.