I use this when I prep for business travel, especially outside the USA. I've used this approach to "google walk the streets" of Paris, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Seoul, Tokyo, Melbourne, and Moscow. It's amazingly helpful and I have yet to be sent anywhere in the world that wasn't google walkable. Now ... if they would just add a option of seemlessly flowing the images ...
I just thought of something amazing. What if someone just went and made movies of similar roadtrips to use as background visuals, the way you can get a fireplace on dvd? I'd buy that.
I believe someone actually created a steering wheel and has peddle based control for Google Maps that drives around this little virtual monster truck and can also go first-person into Street View. It was WAY less hacky than this rig, but I have to give this Demo Slam props for using projectors for the immerse experience instead of just a flat-screen monitor. It's fun to push the boundaries of VR "simulacrum" as one comment here so eloquently put it.
Notice how the video is in stop time, that's not stop time...that's actually how Google Streets loads pages. But still not so bad, it got me playing with it
@Maaxxwell Well, it's not the projector's on switch, because the projector is full-on from the moment he touches it. So it's gotta be the sound of the mask on the lens.
@mystikan, here is a beautiful quote to remember when living life: “You can only grow if you’re willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.” -Brian Tracy
I can hardly wait until Google comes out with a feature that allows you to view your Google Street View route just like a video and then we can just pan around 360 degrees as the video places forward automatically.
Just seeing this reminds me of the shittiest part about dreaming. You can see everything. Sometimes, you can hear too. But everytime you want to interact, you realise everything is fake! When I was little, I used to dream about being at an amusement park, but I could never try the rides! Damndamndamn
@Mystikan, if we all thought the way you did, then yes we would stay inside to play virtual reality. In fact, a lot of people do. Instead of overcoming fears, be they personal or otherwise, we'd rather stay inside and be victorious living life through a Sim rather than attempting to be victorious in life. I currently walk outside often due to no car. I meet interesting people, and I exercise more. So far, no arrests for me. Don't pass through Arizona if you're concerned about it.
Call me old fashion, but I rather take a car and drive than watching a wall and clicking on a mouse a million times. And even turn off my cell phone so that I enjoy every minute of it.
Google street view is awesome. I have the ifit Live, which combines a treadmill workout with Google street view maps. You map out the route you want on Google maps, say around the canals in Amsterdam or the streets of Paris, the map is sent to your treadmill and your computer. You watch the streetview change as you walk on the treadmill. The incline of the treadmill changes with the terrain. It's awesome. I've walked all over Europe from my basement in New England. Makes workouts interesting.
Очень понравилось ) молодцы Жаль, что в России сервис стритвью не так совершенен. Я бы с удовольствием прокатилась так от Москвы до Владивостока. И везде вокруг поля, медведи, леса, медведи, поля, леса.. )
@skepticaltruth Actually, keep the sofa, tear out the backseats of the car--sell the seats--and install the sofa in place. Get some seatbelts (or not), and enjoy a much more comfortable road trip.
Sometimes I open the world map, pick a country and just drop the little yellow man figure in a random location. Just imagine...you'll never be able to visit all the places on this earth...but I can see them via the Internet!
I think it would be good to use as a point of reference, especially if you're going to take that big drive. However, I feel everyone should do the real thing. Creative idea behind the application but I fear everyone will do this as a reality instead of actually going out to have real fun. Oh well...
@anarchy82 I really don't think they actually did the whole "trip" but i guess the editing was good enough so guys like you thought this guy clicked 20000 times... but yeah i agree with you
@markinrs They obviously skipped over 90% of the voyage. Thats why you only saw cities. If they had done everything you wouldve saw a shit ton of desert.
still not seamless frame transition, imagine is an immersive experience like a racing game rather than button-pressing. More work to be done, guys. Just try a testingbed region in NY or London
