Wander VR
Wander
Teleport anywhere Google Street View has been and stand in the scene at full scale. Search by voice, read the Wikipedia entry for where you are, look back at older imagery of the same spot and explore together with friends.
Wander is a virtual travel app by Parkline Interactive that uses Google Street View imagery to let you visit places around the world in VR. It came to Meta Quest on 21 May 2019 and costs $9.99. It is rated 3.7 from about 2,400 ratings, with more than 1,400 written reviews, and is rated for everyone. It is not an official Google product.
You can teleport to famous places such as London Bridge, the Taj Mahal or the Pyramids of Giza, or to any address with Street View coverage, including your own street. Speech search makes it quick to jump to a place, Wikipedia integration gives background information, and historical views let you see how a location looked in earlier Street View captures. Wander also supports multiplayer, so a group can explore together.
- Visit almost anywhere with Street View
- Runs standalone on Quest
- Voice search and Wikipedia built in
- Historical imagery to compare change
- Multiplayer exploration
- Low price and rated for everyone
- Image quality varies by location
- Jump between points rather than walk
- Needs internet access
- Mixed ratings from some users
- Not an official Google app
