N° 01Interactive Camera Experiment2026LiveN 35.6586 / E 139.7454

STREETCAM

Google Street View, rebuilt as a virtual digital camera.

Streetcam turns Google Street View into a virtual photography tool. Explore locations, frame an image, adjust the virtual camera, switch orientation, and capture photographs from almost anywhere in the world.

Launch Streetcam How it works

APPLICATION PREVIEW3 : 2

STREETCAM · v0.1

ISO 400f/2.81/250s

35.6586° N, 139.7454° E

LIVE VIEW3 : 2

COMPOSE

Zoom

42MM

Aspect3 : 2

LandPort

Shibuya Crossing · TokyoPreview

Launch Streetcam

The Idea

A world already photographed.

I wanted to know what would happen if Google Street View felt less like a navigation tool and more like a camera. Instead of simply looking around a location, Streetcam lets you deliberately frame it, photograph it, and treat the entire world as a virtual photo studio.

How It Works

Explore, compose, capture.

Step 01MOVE

Explore

Move through a Street View location and find a frame.

Step 02FRAME

Compose

Adjust orientation, zoom, aspect ratio, and camera framing.

Step 03SAVE

Capture

Press the virtual shutter and save the resulting photograph.

ENVIRONMENTVIEWPORTEXPORT

Camera Controls

A minimal viewfinder.

INTERFACE MAP

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01Zoom
02Pan
03Landscape mode
04Portrait mode
05Aspect ratio
06Shutter
07Image preview
08Location
09Fullscreen
10Download / save

Technical Build

Under the viewfinder.

Framework	React + TypeScript
Maps integration	Google Maps JavaScript API
Street View panorama	StreetViewPanorama + custom controls
Field of view	Virtual FOV mapped to focal length (18–200mm)
Heading & pitch	Continuous, easing on release
Capture pipeline	Canvas frame-grab + client-side export
Image export	PNG / JPG, 1x / 2x / 3x, EXIF-style overlay optional
Input	Pointer + wheel + keyboard, gesture on touch
Keyboard	WASD move · ⇧/⌃ tilt · +/− zoom · Space shutter
Mobile	Two-finger pan, pinch zoom, tap to focus

Example Photographs

Frames captured with Streetcam.

FRAME 01

35.6586° N, 139.7454° E

Shibuya Crossing · Tokyo3 : 2

FRAME 02

48.8471° N, 2.3730° E

Rue Crémieux · Paris3 : 4

FRAME 03

20.1338° S, 67.4891° W

Salar de Uyuni · Bolivia3 : 2

FRAME 04

55.6797° N, 12.5896° E

Nyhavn · Copenhagen3 : 3

FRAME 05

40.7580° N, 73.9855° W

Times Square · New York3 : 4

FRAME 06

33.8908° S, 151.2743° E

Bondi Beach · Sydney3 : 2

Watch The Build

I turned Google Street View into a camera.

VIDEO16 : 9

Video coming soon

THE WORLD IS ALREADY PHOTOGRAPHED. FIND A BETTER FRAME.

Launch Streetcam Best experienced on desktop with a mouse or trackpad.