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Re:Travel photos are underrated (2019) by ehnto on Friday March 25, 2022 @03:44AM (#30799589)
There's a self-propelled army of "FPS" video walkers, documenting some of the more interesting and popular places around the world as if you were there yourself wandering quietly through these places. I really hope that the trove of videos that exist on YouTube remain intact even after the company itself disappears, because it's a catalogue like no other.

I regularly watch train rides or walks through suburbs of places I've never been, and at 2k resolution and high quality audio, it can really transport you for the moment you're watching. During the pandemic lockdowns here, a bit of people watching while wandering through other countries was worth it's weight in gold.

Re:Travel photos are underrated (2019) by moneywoes on Friday March 25, 2022 @10:18AM (#30802456)
Any favourites?
Re:Travel photos are underrated (2019) by ehnto on Friday March 25, 2022 @10:59AM (#30802973)
I quite like these channels:

Rambalac for walks around Japan https://www.youtube.com/c/Rambalac

HKSAMA for train rides in Japan https://www.youtube.com/c/HKASAMA

Nomadic Ambience for walking in quite a few places around the world: https://www.youtube.com/c/NomadicAmbience

And Sound Traveler for binaural walks around the world: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSoundTraveler/videos

Destin from Smarter Every Day has been getting a bit of attention on Hacker News lately, so it might be interesting to know that Sound Traveler is his project!

Re:Travel photos are underrated (2019) by mitchdoogle on Friday March 25, 2022 @11:41AM (#30803489)