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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.

Can confirm.

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

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/

what for ?

novelty

sightseeing (1:1)

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