Love this new technology! Press play, wait for the intro to load, then as you're driving around New York City on top of a yellow cab, use your mouse to look at everything - yes, left, right, up, down, diagonally. What a fun way to experience Manhattan with fully immersive, 3D interactive video...

01/23/09 by visitEarth
Tags: New York City, Manhattan, NYC, cab, cab ride, yellow cab, video, interactive video, immersive video, New York video

 

This short video shows some of the things to see and do in Chicago, Illinois - the "Windy City" along Lake Michigan. This clip focuses more on the architecture and commercial aspects of Chicago, such as shopping and famous deep dish pizzas, but my personal highlight is Anish Kapoor's giant shiny amorphous sculpture in Millennium Park.

01/09/09 by visitEarth
Tags: Chicago, Illinois, IL, USA, travel, tourism, to do, trip, shopping, deep dish pizza, pizza, windy city, Millennium Park, Kappor Scultpure

 

Here's a POV video of hiking one of the most popular trails in the Grand Canyon, the South Kaibob. It's on cold, wintery days like today that I think back to my time spent in Arizona, and my three trips to the Grand Canyon.

12/12/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Grand Canyon, Arizona, hike, hiking, South Kaibob

 

Here's a fun little video tour of Muir Woods, an amazing park just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. The host is a young woman who seems to be speaking to a younger audience, but it's still entertaining and informative. The giant redwood and sequoia trees are truly huge and magnificent; they're so big that it's always dark, cool and humid below their towering trunks. Good job!

12/12/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Muir Woods, San Francisco, California, redwood, sequoia, tree, park

 

Our final day in Vermont started with a lovely breakfast looking over the sunny backyard, with Elizabeth having a deep fruit pancake. Having only the morning to stay, after checking out, we drove up the Lincoln Gap again (site of our earlier engine breakdown) and managed to get up the hill with no real problems. We then did a short 2 km hike up to Sunset Ledge, took a few photos of the Adirondack Mountains, then hiked back down before grabbing some snacks from the Sweet Pea health food store and leaving the Mad River Valley (for now). Here are a couple pics from our hike, in the coming days I hope to post some videos from our trip as well.

Sunset Ledge, Mad River Valley, Vermont

Sunset Ledge, Mad River Valley, Vermont

08/23/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Vermont, Waitsfield, Mad River, hike, Sunset Ledge