If you are happy with Google Street View alone, the VR app Wander is a good choice. It is the only standalone VR app that offers 3D world exploration. If you don’t have a computer and are dying to experience something similar on Meta Quest 2, you should still give Wooorld a chance.

If I want to travel the world in 3D and demonstrate this experience to others, I’d rather reach for the PC VR classic that’s easier to control and more visually impressive. Bringing something like Google Earth VR to a standalone headset is a technical feat, but the result isn’t quite convincing. It seems to me that the developers wanted to pack too many features into the program and forgot about the user experience.

Conclusion: 3D world exploration with drawbacks Then I’ll also be more inclined to try the Geoguesser mini-game, where you’re teleported to a random area and have to guess where you are based on Street View views. Only with the next update will it be possible to create private rooms for friends. The app throws you directly into a room with strangers without being asked, which can be an unpleasant experience.įortunately, you can switch to a private room, but only alone. I only tried out the multiplayer feature less extensively. The studio promises to add 3D versions of these cities soon. Even cities like London and Paris are currently flat. I was astonished to discover that the large Croatian city where I live exists only as a 2D wallpaper, although it can be admired in Google Earth VR in magnificent 3D. That is, if they exist.Īccording to the developers, Wooorld represents about 450 cities in 3D. The second major disappointment is the 3D landscapes themselves. I was more concerned with learning the interface than enjoying the 3D landscapes during my test. This jumble of modes and interfaces gets in the way of the VR experience.

In mixed reality mode, the rules are different again, and those who put away the VR controllers and switch to hand tracking are confronted with another 2D interface! Users have to move the world map on the one hand, move themselves on the other hand, and constantly adjust the table to their own needs.

Google earth 360 view