
Many locations around the globe are also rendered in a 3D perspective, so you can stop on top of Mount Everest and have a look around or fly into New York City and see what the view is like from the top of the Empire State Building. The quickest way to get to a location is to search for it - but there's something to be said for gliding above Earth - a bit like Superman. You can click-and-drag to get to a location more quickly or bring up the search menu and jump straight there. Whizzing over mountains and fields, over cities, towns and oceans. Pressing on the trackpad allows you to zoom across the surface of the rock that we call home. From this angle you have the ability to look around or start "flying". As you get closer, you can then switch viewpoint so the ground is beneath your virtual feet. Clicking on the Vivecontroller's trackpad allows you to zoom down to the planet's surface for a closer look. You start in outer space with a god-like view of Earth, then you can spin the globe and find a location that interests you.

A quick tutorial walks you through how to navigate around your virtual world of choice and get used to the controls.

The mechanics of Google Earth VR are simple.
