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Google Earth Lets You Explore the Planet in Virtual Reality

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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!” It feels robust.

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‘Nazi VR’ Documentary Shows How VR is Helping to Convict Nazi War Criminals

Road to VR

“It is much, much more precise than Google Earth.” Ambassador dealing with war crimes between 1997-2001. ” Without it, it would be more difficult to probe into Hanning’s claims of never being aware of the gruesome happenings at the concentration camp.

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A Brief History of VR

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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.