Earlier this week, we mentioned the expansion of Google Art Project, which now gives you virtual access to 30,000 works of art from 151 museums worldwide. What we didn’t mention is that the expanded Art Project also includes a 360 degree walk through the White House — the same one visitors experience when they take a public tour of the mansion. The White House tour was made with Google Street View technology, which otherwise lets you take a journey to the Amazon Basin, the Swiss Alps, various historical sites (Pompeii, Stonehenge and Versailles), and the cherry blossom of Japan. via Gizmodo
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Very interesting! I have never been in the white house, so a 360 degree tour of it is very interesting indeed!