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5 VR Apps for Exploring the World

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Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR is one of the most detailed and comprehensive VR exploration experiences for anyone. All the areas of the globe mapped by Google cars are now available in the VR app. So, here are some of the best VR apps and experiences for traveling around the world you should try: 1. Everest VR.

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Book Review: Mark Pesce’s “Augmented Reality: Unboxing Tech’s Next Big Thing”

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From the introduction, Pesce moves onto a history of computing and user interface beginning – where else – with Classical-Age Egypt. Pesce identifies these technologies as Microsoft Kinect, Keyhole (a forerunner of Google Maps), and the smartphone by way of Google Cardboard. The (Long) History of Augmented Reality.

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Cas & Chary Present: Awesome Things to Do in VR Other Than Gaming

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Image courtesy Google. With Google Earth VR , you can visit the whole world without leaving the comfort of your home. Imagine walking on the Great Wall Of China or climbing on top of a pyramid in Egypt. More apps you can check out are Immersed VR and Bigscreen. Visit Your Your Old House & Travel Virtually in VR.

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Thanks to VR, Teachers Could (Finally) become Millionares

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Teachers in the Middle East , Egypt and UAE have shown a particularly keen interest and they are “very passionate” about using this technology. “It’s basically a personal field trip app,” says Ben Schrom, product manager of Google Expeditions.

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Virtual Reality in Storytelling

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Example 2: Google Earth VR [link] Google Earth VR puts the whole world within our reach. With Google Earth VR, we can go anywhere in virtual reality. With the help of VR, I think it helps people understanding other cultures in the first step: experiencing it. Example 3: 360° Travel inside the Great Pyramid of Giza?—?BBC

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Is VR the Future of News?

Tech Trends VR

Even while you’re taking in the beautiful sights and sounds as you fly above waterfalls, you’re made aware that this is where the world’s first war over water could be fought as a major new project – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – threatens to upset the balance of power between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan.

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Educators make lemonade with Virtual Worlds

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Architecture students from Egypt and the United States meeting in Second Life. Educating K-12 children is an entirely different proposition, one that uses different tools, such as Google Expeditions or Nearpod VR. Image courtesy Google Expeditions.). Image courtesy Jon Brouchoud.). The next wave.