In addition to releasing an updated Keyhole based client, Google also added the imagery from the Earth database to their web-based mapping software.
It was also made available on the iPhone OS on October 27 2008, as a free download from the App Store. Google Earth is also available as a browser plug-in (released on June 2, 2008) for Firefox 3, Safari 3, IE6 and IE7. The product, re-released as Google Earth in 2005, is currently available for use on personal computers running Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above, Linux (released on June 12, 2006), and FreeBSD. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality Google Earth Plus (discontinued), which included additional features and Google Earth Pro ($400 per year), which is intended for commercial use. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004.
Optional narration and annotations to help identify features in the panoramas along with detailed description.Windows 2000, XP & Vista, Mac OS X, iPhone OS, Linuxġ0 MB (8.9 MB iPhone 24 MB Linux 35 MB Mac ) There is also mission audio as spoken by the Astronauts to mission control in Houston at the time each panorama was captured. The result is a virtual experience depicting the exact sight only 12 Moonwalkers have even seen before. IPhone users can click the VR Goggles mode, allowing users to put their phone into a headset adaptor. The 360 degree images were then placed into 360 degree astronomy software developed by Mike Smithwick of DistantSuns where a virtual Sun and Earth were added.
Made from high resolution Apollo 360 degree panoramas with virtual a Sun and Earth, mission audio, and optional narration and annotations.Īpollo 360VR makes use of the iPhone and iPad's accelerometer to allow users to move their devices around to get a 360 degree experience of all 6 Apollo lunar landing sites The app uses 360 degree panoramas assembled by Mike Constantine of which were captured by the Apollo Astronauts as separate frames which were then seamlessly assembled to form a single 360 degree image. And now, for the first time, you can see it just as they did.Īpollo 360VR for iOS is a new Virtual Reality App allowing you to get a Moonwalkers eye view of the Lunar Surface in glorious 360 degrees. Fifty years ago, man first walked on the moon.
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