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On November 16, 2016, Google released a virtual reality version of Google Earth for Valve's Steam computer gaming platform. [89] [90] Google Earth VR allows users to navigate using VR controllers, and is currently compatible with the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive virtual reality headsets. On September 14, 2017, as part of Google Earth VR's 1.4 ...
The success of Cardboard convinced Google to develop more advanced virtual reality hardware and appoint a new chief of virtual reality. [42] Google announced an enhanced VR platform called Daydream at Google I/O on May 18, 2016. [43] The platform's first headset, the Daydream View, was released on November 10, 2016. [44]
Google Expeditions was a virtual reality (VR) platform developed by Google and designed for educational institutions. Using Android or iOS smartphones , the companion mobile app and head-mounted displays such as Google Cardboard or Daydream View , students (or other users) could take virtual trips to various destinations.
Daydream is a discontinued virtual reality (VR) platform which was developed by Google, primarily for use with a headset into which a smartphone is inserted. It is available for select phones running the Android mobile operating system (versions "Nougat" 7.1 and later) [1] [2] that meet the platform's software and hardware requirements.
Tango enabled apps to track a device's position and orientation within a detailed 3D environment, and to recognize known environments. This allowed the creations of applications such as in-store navigation, visual measurement and mapping utilities, presentation and design tools, [9] and a variety of immersive games.
3D virtual tourism is the realistic 3D geo-visualisation of virtual environments, which allows the user to explore physical places without physical travel. [ 7 ] 3DVT typically creates a virtual tour that uses 3D models and 2D panoramic images , a sequence of hyperlinked still or video images, and image-based models of the real world, with ...
In virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), a pose tracking system detects the precise pose of head-mounted displays, controllers, other objects or body parts within Euclidean space. Pose tracking is often referred to as 6DOF tracking, for the six degrees of freedom in which the pose is often tracked.
In the metaverse in Snow Crash, there is a piece of software called Earth made by the Central Intelligence Corporation (CIC). The CIC uses their virtual globe as a user interface for keeping track of all their geospatial data, including maps, architectural plans, weather data, and data from real-time satellite surveillance.