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Re:Google Maps shows sunken car where missing man’s body was... by zelly on Thursday September 12, 2019 @10:50PM (#20958746)
someone needs to make a VR open world game set in Google Maps 3D view
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Re:Google Maps shows sunken car where missing man’s body was... by Fr0styMatt88 on Thursday September 12, 2019 @11:29PM (#20958935)
FWIW Google Earth VR on PC does let you walk around the 3D view and you can set your scale to be real-world. I'm assuming it's the same 3D reconstruction that you get on regular Google Maps / Google Earth.

It's definitely a must-try VR application.

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Re:Google Maps shows sunken car where missing man’s body was... by Vespasian on Friday September 13, 2019 @05:42AM (#20960574)
Can confirm.

Everyone I demoed the first Vive to loved it, even though the reconstruction is far from perfect.

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Re:Google Maps shows sunken car where missing man’s body was... by mrep on Friday September 13, 2019 @01:02PM (#20963985)
Google earth VR does have a VR mode which I have heard is amazing [0]. Their maps platform is also part of cloud and you can use it for gaming [1].

[0]: https://vr.google.com/earth/

[1]: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/gaming/

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Re:Google Maps shows sunken car where missing man’s body was... by reportgunner on Friday September 13, 2019 @04:12AM (#20960161)
what for ?
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Re:Google Maps shows sunken car where missing man’s body was... by zelly on Friday September 13, 2019 @08:46AM (#20961563)
novelty

sightseeing (1:1)

you may be a nobody in real life but you and your clan online control the Rome Colosseum

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