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And if the earth seems fairly limited, an update to the mobile version of Google Earth from earlier this year lets you pull back to 30,000 miles above the earth to see some of the surrounding stars. It's a great way to explore without leaving home.

Voyager allows you to get more out of Google Earth by taking you on guided tours of points of interest as well as other countries and cultures. If you want, you choose to share stories with others, which can come in handy for class projects or presentations. You're able to upload your own photos and videos to the site to add meaning and details to locations. Google Earth for iOS and iPhone: iOS App Store (opens in new tab)īesides a view of nearly the entire world pieced together from satellites and Google Street view images - which in itself is pretty cool - Google Earth features some other functionality as well.Google Earth for Android: Google Play (opens in new tab).The mobile version syncs up with any info you've stored on the desktop version so you can look at the same places regardless of device. Google Earth Pro: Google (opens in new tab)Īs for mobile devices, you can also get a global view by downloading Google Earth for either Android or iOS.Regardless of area though Earth VR doesn't change much from Earth in that it can take a few moments for areas to fully render looking pixelated or otherwise odd when you first view them. As with Google Earth itself huge swathes of land are covered but it's mostly metropolises that look the best. It goes beyond simply giving you a first-person view and controls based on VR though: Earth VR also adds the ability to fly through cityscapes and above rural areas where coverage applies. Google Earth VR lives up to its name by providing virtual reality features for those who own the hardware. It has all of Google Earth's previous frills and a few more besides all that. This culminates in Earth VR which lets you get three-dimensional aerial views of many famous locations typically from a first-person view. Already Google has chronicled three-dimensional footage and pictures of almost every place on Earth spending time from the early 2010s to now creating a 'virtual world' that mirrors our world. Google Earth VR is an extension of Google's existing Earth API.

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