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The 3D view looks so comically dystopian. The distorted effect makes everything look mangled. On the other side of the pond, about 4 houses down... the backyar

• Benjammer 7y ago
  What is up with that red spot in that empty pool for real though? There's a truck parked out front with the door open, obviously people are working on the back yard in general, but what in the world would that red spot even be? Bing maps shows the backyard done and the pooled filled and normal-blue-looking.
  • dwighttk 7y ago
    yeah, weird. Apple 2D shows completed pool, 3D shows backyard before the pool was started. Must be construction or something.
  • rdiddly 7y ago
    In some areas the soil has a lot of iron in it and looks reddish (like rust-colored literally). But I'm not sure whether this is one of those areas, and also the particular shade of red here seems a bit more vivid than just rusty-red!
    • dmix 7y ago
      It could just be a tarp or a toy that melted. Pools always attract a lot of dirt and insects. Without constant maintenance it will look discoloured pretty quickly. There's also construction-looking vehicles parked out front of these house so it's probably under renovation.
  • jessaustin 7y ago
    Dogfights. Empty pools are ideal venues. Handlers back up to the walls, spectators can see over their heads, and it's easy to clean up...
    • james_s_tayler 7y ago
      That sounds disturbingly real.
  • vadym909 7y ago
    Someone may be using it to slaughter chicken or lamb
  • JibJabDab 7y ago
    There's some strange vehicles parked in front of the house too
  • epigramx 7y ago
    Too red to be real blood, it's probably paint. Blood turns near black if it's old.
• DanBC 7y ago
  It's straight out of JG Ballard.
• zelly 7y ago
  someone needs to make a VR open world game set in Google Maps 3D view
  • Fr0styMatt88 7y ago
    FWIW Google Earth VR on PC does let you walk around the 3D view and you can set your scale to be real-world. I'm assuming it's the same 3D reconstruction that you get on regular Google Maps / Google Earth. It's definitely a must-try VR application.
    • Vespasian 7y ago
      Can confirm. Everyone I demoed the first Vive to loved it, even though the reconstruction is far from perfect.
  • reportgunner 7y ago
    what for ?
    • zelly 7y ago
      novelty sightseeing (1:1) you may be a nobody in real life but you and your clan online control the Rome Colosseum
  • mrep 7y ago
    Google earth VR does have a VR mode which I have heard is amazing [0]. Their maps platform is also part of cloud and you can use it for gaming [1]. [0]: https://vr.google.com/earth/ https://vr.google.com/earth/ [1]: https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/gaming/ https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/gaming/
• StavrosK 7y ago
  Where is that? I've looked and looked but can't find anything.
  • ozgung 7y ago
    You can see that if you change the region to US from the link below the map. It may also enhance the resolution.
    • StavrosK 7y ago
      Ahh, I see, thank you!
• xfitm3 7y ago
  Google's 3d "enhancements" make it very difficult to use these images. I wish I could turn it off.
  • yrro 7y ago
    You can turn off 3d mode by the blindingly obvious procedure of clicking the hamburger button, observing that "Globe" mode is enabled (because it is blue) and then clicking "Globe" to disable this mode. Don't be so foolish as to think the button labelled "3D" in the content area toggles the 3D mode. Only an idiot would make that assumption! (The above is sarcastic. I think the discoverability of this feature, and the weird 1/3/1 modality behavior of the items in the second section of the hamburger menu is shockingly poor).
    • kevin_b_er 7y ago
      The quality drops off if you do that and you get a completely different set of images. There's no way to turn of the 3D garbage and still see the same thing.
      • yrro 7y ago
        Oh I see, yeah it's a shame that you get a different set of imagery too...