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Nomad List VR — Travel the world in virtual reality
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@bentossell @mijustin I agree and love the post.
I think the next step is depth scan cameras (as are in Google Street View cars) which means we'll be able to walk around in most of the big world cities and travel destinations in full VR. This will change the entire travel industry in ways we can't really imagine yet I think.
It potentially makes ordinary travel boring as it can be done in VR. So IRL travel will have to evolve in to offering experiences that aren't possible in VR. What those are only time will tell.
@bentossell @levelsio this is 💯.
Flying to Budapest and back from my place would put 2.80 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. I'm making a consciousness decision to fly less (I'm trying to get down to 3 round-trips per year to start).
For folks like me, tools like this could allow us to explore the world... and eventually meet people from those countries as well. All virtually. I think it's awesome. 🙌
@bentossell @mijustin I'd prefer to travel through time instead of space. Every time I walk around London , I'm thinking how cool it would be if I could do a AR walk through different time periods.
@ghromis @mijustin seems you have a side project idea.... try out https://www.producthunt.com/post...
@levelsio @bentossell @mijustin any plans for offering a free trial? Or is a paid membership required to try it even once?
Oh man, great work @levelsio! Who needs to travel when you have something like this?? About to give this ago! 🙉
Congrats on the launch @levelsio ! Awesome job on this product 👏 Nomadlist + VR = 🔥 I can't wait to try it with my Google Cardboard.
Thanks guys + girls!
Support for VR on web is still a bit rough, but if you install the WebVR build of Chrome, it should work on Oculus and Vive: https://webvr.info/get-chrome/
You can also open the page in a VR web browser, and go from there!
Worst case, you can use your mouse to move around the VR videos.
I like Levels' work and he's a very prolific (muse) maker but this is more of a lead generation post to the already well-upvoted (and excellent nonetheless) Nomad List.
There is no additional technology involved in "making" Nomad List VR and this is technically not a "product", much more an aggregate of existing 360° video content (the first video has been created with panoramavideo.eu for instance). But hey :)
@wilhempujar you're right. It's a test to validate if people are curious about travel and VR.
If this takes off I can decide to start producing travel content in true VR (e.g. moving around) with 3d depth scanning in places around the world.
I love the idea of exploring destinations in VR, but having opened Portland (that I plan to go to soon), I was a bit disappointed by the content. For the travel industry products, quality content is crucial. San Francisco was not cool also, which is hard to believe as the city is amazing :)
I know it's hard, but investing in the great content should be a priority in such projects. Anyway, I think the idea is cool, and I will keep on exploring.
I've had one of the Nomad List stickers slapped on my Macbook for the past year. Love the site and this project. Keep up the good work.
Super cool, for anyone who hasn't seen @levelsio progression to learning VR you should check it out here: https://levels.io/from-web-dev-t...
Haha I knew this would be your next step. It's a very nice first step with collection virtual reality experiences other people shared. This will save you the hassle going somewhere that is flooded with tourists and thus have a proper reality check with what travel sometimes is really like. Good job Peter!
This is great @levelsio ! Skip the airplane, just pump up the temperature in my living room, put on my Cardboard and I'm in Rio!!
The only question I have is: Are you ever going to stop making cool stuff?! :)
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