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Google Earth VR Reviews

Walk the earth in VR

Social recommendations and mentions

We have tracked the following product recommendations or mentions on Reddit and HackerNews. They can help you see what people think about Google Earth VR and what they use it for.
  • VR Headsets
    For the actual program we mostly used The Lab introduction where you can inflate balloons and laser them. Since it shows you in a huge room it was cool. Also Home from the BBC and The Lab Vesper's Peak and Google Earth VR and Richie's Plank Experience. To streamline the process, I showed short clips of each game and had kids choose which game they wanted to play, then did back-to-back in the same game. With... - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago
  • Reccomendations for a high-fidelity low violence VR game
    Free. A real nostalgia trip for visiting places. Pro-tip: go into options and select the human scale to make the buildings seem less like you're walking around a model village and more like you're a flying super hero flying through the real world. https://arvr.google.com/earth/. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago
  • Game for visiting locations?
    The best ones I know of are Google Earth in VR https://arvr.google.com/earth/. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago
  • Starbase in VR
    App also available for VIVE. https://arvr.google.com/earth/. - Source: Reddit / 12 months ago
  • Google Earth 2.0
    Or just use https://arvr.google.com/earth/ available on steam and works with any steam VR headset. - Source: Reddit / 12 months ago
  • Oculus Quest review one year after purchasing: Expectations vs. Reality
    I dont see this in the oculus store and when I look on the google earth vr official page I only see its available for oculus rift. How do you use it on Quest? I would love to check it out. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • 79 year old meets 3D printer
    I have had some good moments letting people use Google Earth in VR. https://arvr.google.com/earth/ that is kind of mind blowing to almost everyone. - Source: Reddit / over 1 year ago
  • does anyone know a cool "virtual japan" experience?
    Like Mary Poppins - https://arvr.google.com/earth/. - Source: Reddit / over 1 year ago
  • I visited Yogtowers in VR and I have to say - as an American, I'm incredibly jealous of your bike paths
    I'm guessing just with Google Earth VR. It sounds like he only looked around outside in the square. - Source: Reddit / over 1 year ago
  • Game Idea: Use the MFS20 World Map and Turn It Into a Driving Simulator.
    You know there IS a Google Earth VR right? https://arvr.google.com/earth/. - Source: Reddit / over 1 year ago
  • Got a grant for VR in my classroom - need advice
    Google Earth VR for virtual field trips to explore natural and engineered phemonena. - Source: Reddit / over 1 year ago
  • Did you ever wonder how would the whole Earth look like to your eyes if you were in space? Most of Earth images you normally see are compositions or were color enhanced. Here there is a 6k resolution REAL COLOR photo of Earth taken by the geostationary weather satellite GOES-16! (source in comments)
    Not to dismiss your idea, but this is a thing. - Source: Reddit / almost 2 years ago
  • Did you ever wonder how would the whole Earth look like to your eyes if you were in space? Most of Earth images you normally see are compositions or were color enhanced. Here there is a 6k resolution REAL COLOR photo of Earth taken by the geostationary weather satellite GOES-16! (source in comments)
    Google earth has VR version, not quite what you visioned but close. - Source: Reddit / almost 2 years ago
  • Kansas’s current coverage of 3D Imagery in Google Earth (scroll right to see stunning 3D-rendered aerial images)
    These are all auto generated from data gathered by planes for elevation and building shapes. If you have VR you can take a closer look at these in Google Earth VR. Unfortunately like a lot of Google products, VR hasn’t been updated in a while (notice it says “Now available for Oculus Rift” on their site). - Source: Reddit / about 2 years ago

External sources with reviews and comparisons of Google Earth VR

Top Ten Virtual Worlds for Adults
Google Earth VR allows you to walk or fly through specific places on earth. Want to fly through the Grand Canyon or walk the streets of Paris? With this platform, you can. While nothing will beat the experience of actually traveling to a specific place and visiting it yourself, you will be able to see things in a different way than you have ever experienced in the past.

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