Liquid Galaxy: Google Earth in Surround Mode

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Stan Schroeder
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Liquid Galaxy: Google Earth in Surround Mode
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The latest 20 percent project, however, is quite different from anything we've seen so far. Oddly dubbed the Liquid Galaxy, it's a chamber in which the viewer is surrounded by LCDs displaying synchronized imagery from Google's Street View or Google Earth.

Creator of the project and software engineer at Google Jason Holt calls the end result "stunning." From his blog post:

"...all of a sudden, flying around in Google Earth really felt like flying, and exploring the ocean trenches was like piloting a submarine. When you splashed through the sea surface you cringed slightly, expecting to get wet. You could even command your own lander down to the Moon or Mars."

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