The supreme power is now in your hands. Get ready to fly around the destinations on rising, global landmarks or treasures of nature.
Google Earth VR has launched for the HTC Vive on the Steam Store. This app allows users to explore any corner of the world at the utmost comfort. Such invention provides a God-like experience, a sense of freedom to reach any favorite destination across a planet. Forget the limitations now and fly like a bird. Experience the coastlines, architectures, monuments, trek on mountains reaching its peak or the surface of the earth.
As per the report, Earth VR is for HTC Vive only, as of now, although VR Apps product manager Mike Podwal says Google is “actively exploring support for other platforms.” It’s the second Vive app from Google, after the painting app Tilt Brush which was able to achieve fame in a short time.
How to use Google Earth VR?
- Pick your HTC Vive controller
- Click and drag your way through megalopolises
- Tower over 3D Google Earth renderings of the cities
- After the world tour, it’s time to move around the planet
- Fly in the middle of outer space, standing among the stars, looking at Earth
- 8 GB of RAM in Windows phone to run the application
In a Google Earth VR video demo, a woman wearing a Vive headset is shown looking at a virtual representation of Tokyo skyscrapers hovering in the air in between the buildings. The power has its own beauty. With Vive controller point at any area on the planet and drag the globe to find where you want to look next.
View video demo here.
