CHECK THIS OUT! ASCII art Google Street View

By Creative Bloq Staff
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You can now go virtual globetrotting in a world of ASCII text, thanks to this amazing and slightly disconcerting remix of Google Street View.

Every wondered what the world looks like in ASCII? Want to live out your Matrix fantasies from the comfort of your workstation? Or do you like testing the extremes of your eyes? Then you need to spend some time playing around with this ASCII art remix of Google Maps' Street View.

Self-confessed "retro textmode geek" Peter Nitsch, a programmer at Teehan+Lax, coded the eye-bendingly cool conversion in WebGL, which slowly (and slightly eerily) rotates so you can concentrate on the shifting scene on your screen.

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