{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nikolaswise/web-design-workshop/issues/43","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nikolaswise/web-design-workshop","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nikolaswise/web-design-workshop/issues/43/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nikolaswise/web-design-workshop/issues/43/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nikolaswise/web-design-workshop/issues/43/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nikolaswise/web-design-workshop/issues/43","id":153637116,"number":43,"title":"Good: Google Night Walk - https://nightwalk.withgoogle.com/en/panorama","user":{"login":"joekuffner","id":18647145,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18647145?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner","html_url":"https://github.com/joekuffner","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/joekuffner/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-05-08T05:38:21Z","updated_at":"2016-05-08T05:38:21Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I came across this site a couple of years ago, and it is still the coolest thing I’ve ever seen done with Google Maps.\r\n\r\nThis is definitely all about the UX and not the IA… really, this entire website is the immersive “night walk” experience.\r\n\r\n![nightwalk00](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/18647145/15096214/50ce6a1c-14a4-11e6-894c-1201803d692c.jpg)\r\n\r\nWith the advent of 360 video this concept may be showing its age a bit, but I still think it’s a pretty amazing interactive experience – with a guided tour exploring art, music, street scapes, nightlife, etc. I particularly love the use of natural sound throughout.\r\n\r\nThere are several videos, photo galleries, panoramic pics, points of interest, etc scattered throughout the walking tour. The “hotspots seen” counter adds a bit of gamification fun, and some of the videos and points of interests are daisy-chained with additional related videos and information. \r\n\r\n![nightwalk01](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/18647145/15096216/5d269208-14a4-11e6-8bff-ba908857c616.jpg)\r\n\r\nYou can end up finding yourself watching a chef cooking his specialty in a Marsailles restaurant when you originally were watching a video of a GoPro strapped to a cat that is wandering around the streets. I like this “choose your own adventure” aspect to it, and I also like that it lets you go off trail and do some of your own exploring. \r\n\r\nThis feels particularly important to me, given that one of the criticisms I have seen levied at 360 video and VR is that it can be a “contained” UX experience that dictates how a user interacts with it and doesn’t allow for a lot of skipping around/self-discovery/exploration. \r\n\r\nEven though this type of immersive Google Maps interface is only applicable to very specific circumstances and this site is now a few years old, it still feels important and vital to me.\r\n"}}