miniverse-lookingoutwards05

 

Google took the data from google maps to create a very large VR experience of the world. It could be a cultural teaching tool, immersive geography, a way to study architecture and much more. As a learning device it is boundless. HoweverIn Covid times, this as close to going to Florence or Japan as most people can get. Considering the data is from life it provides a nice alternative to being there. As it stands this tool is on the near edge of the uncanny valley. It is not close to realism at all.