Touring the world in person is expensive, time-consuming and often dangerous. And is it really that much different to playing with Google Earth on this gigantic 48-screen display that covers 40m² with almost 100 million pixels?
Google’s 20% time policy, source of untold numbers of obscure Linux drivers, single-use utilities and ridiculous Gmail features, occasionally results in something truly amazing—like the eight-screened Liquid Galaxy, which lets you step inside of Google Earth.