Google Earth VR is the Most Mind Blowing Virtual Reality Experience I've Had To Date! #VR #HTCVive #VirtualReality
Introducing Google Earth VR, our next step to help the world see the world. With Earth VR, you can fly over a city, stand at the edge of a mountain, and even soar into space. Google Earth VR is available now on Steam for the HTC Vive. Learn more at g.co/earthvr
Wow! This is cool.
For those of you who know me, you've heard me rave about my experiences with virtual reality since I bought an HTC Vive a few months ago. I think it's the best experience on the market and it just keeps getting better and better.
Today was the best. Google released an app for Google Earth VR and it is mind blowing. Tonight, I was sitting in the middle of my living room but it felt like I was flying all over the world including Paris, New York City, San Francisco, and perhaps weirdest of all for me, directly in front of my childhood home.
I floated all around Niagra Falls, the great pyramids in Egypt, and Devil's Tower in Wyoming. It was very surreal and I stayed up an hour past my bed time enjoying it. If you haven't experienced the HTC Vive yet, make arrangements to do so and check this out. You will be amazed!
Todd Swank
The Ocean is Way Deeper Than You Think #Oceanography
The Ocean is a deep and scary world that is completely removed from most of our lives. In this video I explore just how deep the ocean actually is while discussing some of the strange life down there... and other just plain weird and odd things about the ocean. Feel free to leave any comments and share what you found interesting, or anything else you think that I should have added!
Great White Shark Gets Stuck In Cage With Diver Inside
On a recent great white shark cage diving trip we experienced a very rare event, a shark breaching the side of the cage. What might appear to be an aggressive great white shark trying to attack the cage, this is not the case. These awesome sharks are biting at large chunks of tuna tied to a rope. When a great white shark lunges and bites something, it is temporarily blinded. They also cannot swim backwards. So this shark lunged at the bait, accidentally hit the side of the cage, was most likely confused and not able to swim backwards, it thrust forward and broke the metal rail of the cage. There was a single diver inside the cage. He ended up outside the bottom of the cage, looking down on two great white sharks. The diver is a very experienced dive instructor, remained calm, and when the shark thrashed back outside the cage, the diver calmly swam back up and climbed out completely uninjured. The boat crew did an outstanding job, lifting the top of the cage, analyzing the frenzied situation, and the shark was out after a few long seconds. Everyone on the boat returned to the cages the next day, realizing this was a very rare event. The boat owner, captain, and crew are to be commended for making what could've been a tragic event into a happy ending. I'm sure God and luck had a bit to do with it too!
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