Quick look at the Google Street View Trekker at Google I/O

Did you ever wonder how Google gets all that great street view detail in National Parks? Well they do it with the Street View Trekker. It’s a backpack that weighs 40 pounds, has 15 five-megapixel cameras, a hard drive, and two batteries. It’s pretty hefty so I can’t imagine going very far with one of these. Google brought one of them to I/O to give everyone a chance to see what it’s like to wear one with a simulator. Hit the break to see it in action.

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