Traveling the world with Google Earth in the mid-2000s is a very popular experiment. Google wanted to take this experience to the next level with the development of virtual reality, and launched Google Earth VR for HTC Vive.
Google Earth VR, which continues to provide you with all of your familiar Google Earth experience, is elaborated for a very different scenario. For example, with Google Earth VR you can fly over a city, straddle a mountain peak or even watch the world from a distance.
Go to the Alps with Google Earth VR!
When using Google Earth to VR, HTC Vive is seen as a virtual controller. On the right is a world showing you where you are on the right, and on the right is a virtual controller that you will use to point to your point.
Google says that Earth is so big in Earth VR's description, and so everywhere in the world can not be viewed with Google Earth VR.
Only cinematic tour and find your home, this application can visit the places with tourist importance does not seem possible, but with Google Earth VR Amazon river, skyscrapers in Manhattan, you can explore the Alps or the Grand Canyon.
Google Earth VR, available for free via Steam, is only available for HTC Vive at this time. Google Earth VR is expected to be available for other virtual reality goggles next year.