You may already be familiar with the productivity sapping Google Maps Streetview Player.
Input any two locations. Allow a little load time, then watch a timelapse-style journey (composed of stapled-together Streetview images) from one location to the other.
And that’s the rest of the afternoon sorted.
(H/T: Barry McKenna)
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That’s the end of my working life right there.
..and the start of your new one as a taxi driver.
Oh it takes you the long way then?
Ya but the short way if you’re delivering pizza
Agreed. That’s it I’m leaving my job and signing on.
Who’s Brian Folts?
yeah.. that’s the name on that link they’re giving there.. Who the fupp is he?
Anyone else just look up the road they travel every day anyway?
Something like this compatible with Google Cardboard is sorely needed.
within .0002ms.
Seemed like the obvious choice!
My brother bought me a phone-VR-thingy for Christmas for about €35 …can’t wait to tell him he could’ve made it out of cardboard instead :)
They’re limited but the amount of content for them will only increase. I will admit to backing away from a Silverback as he approached the camera on one of those 360 youtube videos.
You’re lucky there was no young pup there to video it on their phone and put it on you tube with the title ‘Auld lad gets a fright on VR phone – LOL’.
Always felt a bit sorry for the occulus granny in that regard.
I’ll have to look it up :)
get into a car and do it for real! look up from your screens humans, there is a world out there!
“get into a car and do it for real”
You could also try walking or cycling, and actually experience the world.
Walking / cycling…ugh get your head out of your bee hind and forward tumble your way down
…now if only I had actual broadband