---
title: "Traveling Through the World Just Became Free and Beautiful"
description: "Hyperlapses, the integration of 360 degree video and VR headsets such as the Oculus Rift with Google Maps will allow for anyone with an internet connection and a $200 VR headset to travel the world"
date: "2014-12-24"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Klokus"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/alex-klokus"
url: "https://futurism.com/traveling-through-the-world-just-became-free-and-beautiful"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
  - "Virtual Reality"
tags:
  - "virtual reality"
---

# Traveling Through the World Just Became Free and Beautiful

![Default Futurism featured image](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Futurism-Filler-Image.jpg>)

- Hyperlapse is an photography technique in which multiple pictures are aligned and merged to create ultra stabilized videos.
- While the video is a rough rendering, Instagram recently released their own hyperlapse application that allows anyone with an iphone to create one.
- With the Oculus Rift, virtual reality travel is only a few years away.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexklokus>)